Ashcan school

Known for its gritty urban subject matter, dark palette, and gestural brushwork, the Ashcan School set the ground for the New York avant-garde.

Everett Shinn (1876 - 1953) was an American realist painter and member of the Ashcan School, also known as 'the Eight.' He was the youngest member of the group of modernist painters who explored the depiction of real life. He is most famous for his numerous paintings of New York and the theatre, and of various aspects of luxury and modern life inspired by his home in New York City. For biographical notes on Shinn, and for earlier works, see part 1 also. THis is part 2 of a 3-part post on the…

John French Sloan (1871 – 1951) was an American artist. As a member of The Eight, he became a leading figure in the Ashcan School of realist artists. He was known for his urban genre painting and ability to capture the essence of neighbourhood life in New York City, often through his window. Sloan has been called "the premier artist of the Ashcan School who painted the inexhaustible energy and life of New York City during the first decades of the twentieth century", and an "early…

Continuing the intermittent theme on the New York "Ashcan School" (see Introduction 4 Oct 2012, William Glackens 6 Oct - 14 Oct 2012, Robert Henri 22 Oct - 1 Nov 2012) the next artist I'm featuring is George Luks. George Luks by Robert Henri 1904 oil on canvas 194 x 97 cm George Benjamin Luks (1867-1933) was a pioneer realist, a member of "The Eight," and a vigorous opponent of academic and conservative standards in subject matter. He was born in Williamsport, Pa. in 1867. In about 1884 he…

Everett Shinn (American 1876–1953) [Modernism, Realism, Ashcan School] Nightclub Scene, 1934.

A close look at early-20th-century New York City through the eyes of Ashcan artist John Sloan John Sloan (1871–1951) began his career as a commercial newsp...

A few years back, a Sotheby’s auctioneer banged his gavel on a $1.9 million winning bid for an oil painting of a little girl named Lily Williams, a red-cheeked ragamuffin from the East Side s…

1stdibs Landscape Painting - York City Theatre View 1920 Opera Signed Oil 1920 Ashcan School

George Bellows Self-Portrait c1921 watercolour George bellows (1882 – 1925) was an American painter and lithographer. He studied with Robert Henri at the New York School of Art and became associated with the artists of the Ashcan School. Best known for his boxing scenes, he achieved notoriety with his painting Stag at Sharkey's (1909), which depicts an illegal boxing match. He was one of the organisers of the Armory Show. For full biographical notes on Bellows see part 1. For earlier works…

Rockaway, by R. Henri

Town Steps, Gloucester, John Sloan (United States, Pennsylvania, Lock Haven, 1871-1951), United States, 1916, Paintings, Oil on canvas, Sloan’s decision to work in Gloucester, a popular spot among artists, arose from his desire for new and different material, and the paintings he executed there represent a departure from the subject matter and style of his earlier and better-known paintings in several respects.

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Robert Henri, "Wee Maureen" (1926). Oil on canvas, 24 x 20 in. (61.0 x 50.8 cm.). Gift of Mrs. Herbert Cameron Morris (1962.17.1). No known copyright restrictions. Ohio-born, Nebraska-raised Robert Henri studied at the Academy before studying and traveling in Europe, where the expressive brushwork of Velázquez and Hals influenced his work. After settling in New York, Henri adapted this style to modern-day subjects and portraits. With a cadre of students and friends - some of whom had also…

Thomas Pollock Anshutz (1851 – 1912) was an American painter and teacher. He was the co-founder of The Darby School and leader at the Pennsylvania Academy of Fine Arts, Anshutz was known for his award winning portraiture work and for his working friendship with Thomas Eakins. Anshutz was born in Newport, Kentucky in 1851. He grew up in Newport and Wheeling, West Virginia. His early art instruction took place at the National Academy of Design in the early 1870s, where he studied under Lemuel…

View Copley Square, Boston (Circa 1904) By Luks George; oil on canvas; 20 x 24 in; Signed; . Access more artwork lots and estimated & realized auction prices on MutualArt.

Our Red Cottage, Gloucester John Sloan - 1916

"Atmosphere in a painting is nine-tenths fear." John French Sloan, painter, printmaker

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Everett Shin (1856-1953) American, Ashcan School.