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Robert Henri. Fifty-Seventh Street, NY. 1900
-humble, homely subject, realists
-revolt against academic norms, critics hated it thought they were evil
-part of THE EIGHT
-captures U.S. good and bad |
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Robert Henri. Laughing Child. 1910
-fast brushstroke
-captures immediacy of the moment
-very natural, dissonance from what people were used too |
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William Glackens. Chez Mouquin. 1905
-very contrived
-owner of restuarant with one of his "girls"
-members of THE EIGHT dont really paint the same
-critics hated it and called all the members anti-American
-paintings were still sold |
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Maurice Prendergast. The Promenade. 1910
-very small but highly decorated
-Part of THE 8
-after 1908 THE EIGHT never exhibited again
-they freed us from hypocracies
-the only thing in common with the Ashcan school is they both aren't academic traditionists |
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George Luks. Hester Street. 1905
-All about Immigration
-they were called Teeming Masses
-this was a market place
-many different types of people, Hassidic jews, italians, blacks
-Luks saw it as exciting |
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George Luks. The Speilers. 1905
-type of dance from Germany
-typically for adults, it was very close and intimate
-purposely blurry to capture movement
-not a portrait more of a genre scene |
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George Bellows. Pennsylvania Excavation. c. 1910
-Good example of the Ashcan SChool
-rise of city, very dirty and polluted |
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George Bellows. Cliff Dewellers. 1910
-similar to Hester Street
-hot crowded day
-subject matter isnt something you would expect in fine art
-rich people didnt understand because they would just leave the city in the summer and go to their country side houses |
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George Bellows. Both Members of this Club. 1910
-The black man would not have been allowed in the club if he wasnt fighting
-exclusively male, women just didnt want to go
-boxing was illegal except for private clubs
-fascinated by it yet disgusted
-discussed as comment on race and sexuality |
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John Sloan. Fun, One Cent. 1905
-Leader of Ashcan group
-print so it could be distributed
-focused on working girls
-short skirts, social norms are changing
-girls in their nightgowns movie box |
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John Sloan. Hairdressers Window. 1910
-seeing what she is capable of
-Store fronts of NY, consumerism is growing daily
-the closeness of NY
-native style was often subject matter relating to NY |
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