William glackens

William Glackens. Children Rollerskating. ca. 1912-14. Oil on canvas, 23 3/4 x 17 15/16 in. Artists of the Ashcan School focused on capturing immediate impressions of real, modern, urban life rather than on finished, polished work. Although they stressed modernity, their roots were in Spanish and Flemish genre painting, and also produced some very naturalistic portraits of children.

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William Glackens ~ Ashcan School painter ~ (1870-1938)

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William James Glackens (1870-1938) was an Illustrator and an American Impressionist painter, one of the founders of the Ashcan School of American art, who is considered to be one of the most influential artists in the history of American Art.

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William Glackens (1870 – 1938) studied at the Pennsylvania Academy of the Fine Arts and later moved to New York City, where he co-founded what came to be called the Ashcan School art movement. This group of artists, dubbed by the press "the Eight Independent Painters" or The Eight, chose to exhibit their works without pre-approval by the juries of the existing art establishment. He became known for his dark-hued paintings of street scenes and daily life in the city's neighbourhoods. His…