Ashcan school

Our Red Cottage, Gloucester John Sloan - 1916

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

SLOAN, John American Ashcan School (1871-1951)_Pigeons 1910 [2]

The Ashcan School were a group of painters who pioneered one of the first art movements to originate in America. These 6 facts and artworks can help you understand them.

“Peaceful Monday. John Sloan (United States, Pennsylvania, Lock Haven, 1871-1951), Town Steps, Gloucester. #ArteYArt”

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The artist Robert Henri gave us this 1904 painting of a NY shoeshine boy, Willie Gee, in 1925, right after Newark had purchased another portrait by him. He gave it to us because the Corcoran in Washington had given it back to him as undisplayable in a Southern city. Henri gave it to Newark because we were committed to the work of modern American artists. It is a focal point of our 20th century galleries, and one of the greatest things he ever did. This is why my museum matters.

Wet Night on the Bowery, John Sloan 1911

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Ashcan School artists and friends at John French Sloan's Philadelphia Studio in 1898 I first discovered paintings by artists of the New York “Ashcan School” soon after leaving art school in the late 60’s and living for a while in New York, and have been a fan of the work ever since. I thought I’d take a fairly comprehensive look at the work of the Ashcan artists on this blog, but my research has so far run to about forty postings, which for many could become a little tedious for anyone that…