In the early 20th century, a group of eight American realist painters based in New York City organized & established an influential American genre in 20th century painting.
βThe Eightβ initial painters included Robert Henri, (leader), Everett Shinn, John Sloan, Arthur B. Davies, Ernest Lawson, Maurice Prendergast, George Luks & William J. Glackens.
βThe Eightβ like many innovative & influential groups of artists rebelled against the academic & popular aesthetic traditions of the day (pretty pastoral scenes & tableaux from mythology).
βThe Eightβ established their own artistic society in New York & set out to create a uniquely American painting genre competitive with European standards.
Ash Can School paintings have a loose and spontaneous style, very different from the polished techniques taught in the American art academies of the period. (#PreRaphaelite/Neo-Classical)
Ash Can painters preferred a dark & subdued palette, a result of Robert Henriβs trip to Europe, where he became influenced by the work of Goya, Velazquez, Hals and Manet.
Luks, Sloan, Glackens, and Shinn worked as newspaper illustrator-cartoonists & found inspiration capturing everyday life they found about the streets of NYC.
βSome members adopted a rough, realistic style, utilizing flashy brushwork on a dark ground in a manner reminiscent of Γdouard Manet & Gustave Courbet.β
βIn 1908, as a protest against prevailing restrictive academic exhibition procedures the βEightβ organized a historic exhibition that became a symbol of rebellion in American & modern art.β
βThe show was revolutionary in that it was the first exhibit that was self-organized & self-selected by a group of related artists, without a jury & prizes.β
William James Glackens - Sledding in Central Park - 1912
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