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An American Experiment: George Bellows and the Ashcan Painters
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An American Experiment: George Bellows and the Ashcan Painters
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In the first decades of the 20th century, painters of the Ashcan School, a loosely connected group of gritty, urban realists, created images of New York City from street level. Following older artist Robert Henri's insistence that artists should make 'pictures from life', the Ashcanners renounced the polished academic style taught in art schools of the time. Instead they practised a more urgent manner, seeking to catch the ebb and flow of life in urban America. Some of them also produced vivid landscapes with a highly saturated colour palette and portraits. An American Experiment: George Bellows and the Ashcan Painters introduces th...
