William Glackens (1870-1938)
The Terrace, 1896-97
Oil on canvas, 20 x 24 inches
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Ashcan images depicted the new realities of urban experience in the early twentieth century, which meant that their creators (or the New York Realists) did not shy away from capturing the gritty, crude, and seamy aspects of New York life, not neglecting evidence of the disparities in social rank that were apparent during a day of dramatic immigration, a burgeoning lower class, dense neighborhoods bursting with tenements where laundry lines crisscrossed over dark alleyways, and urban crowding. Read more from the blog post by Lisa N. Peters, Ph.D., Ashcan School - Part I.
Ashcan School artists in this online exhibition include George Bellows, Arthur Bowen Davies, William Glackens, Robert Henri, Ernest Lawson, George B. Luks, Maurice Brazil Prendergast, Everett Shinn, and John Sloan.
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