William James Glackens
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William James Glackens was an American realist painter and one of the founders of the Ashcan School, which rejected the formal boundaries of artistic beauty laid down by the conservative National Academy of Design. He is also known for his work in helping Albert C.
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William Glackens. East River Park, ca. 1902. Oil on canvas. Brooklyn Museum
Italo-American Celebration, Washington Square, 1912, Boston Museum of Fine Arts
'My dear,' he instructed her patiently under the girl's approving eyes, 'you will find it always pays to get the best', Brooklyn Museum.
Soda Fountain, 1935
Portsmouth Harbor, New Hampshire, 1909
At Mouquin's (1905), the Art Institute of Chicago
Bathers at Bellport, c. 1912, the Phillips CollectionIn their orbit 1
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William James Glackens was an American realist painter and one of the founders of the Ashcan School, which rejected the formal boundaries of artistic beauty laid down by the conservative National Academy of Design. He is also known for his work in helping Albert C. Barnes to acquire the European paintings that form the nucleus of the famed Barnes Foundation in Philadelphia. His dark-hued, vibrantly painted street scenes and depictions of daily life in pre-WW I New York and Paris first established his reputation as a major artist. His later work was brighter in tone and showed the strong influence of Renoir. During much of his career as a painter, Glackens also worked as an illustrator for newspapers and magazines in Philadelphia and New York City.
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