The Ashcan School
A group of early
twentieth-century American artists who often painted pictures of
city life. A critic who did not appreciate their choice of subject
matter - alleys, tenements, and slum dwellers - dubbed these artists
'The Ashcan School', a label that is often used as synonymous with
that of another group - The Eight. The Ashcan School included these
six members of The Eight: Arthur B. Davies (1862-1928), Robert Henri
(1865-1929), George Luks (1867-1933), William Glackens (1870-1938),
John Sloan (1871-1951), and Everett Shinn (1876-1953). Others who
are considered in the Ashcan school: Alfred Maurer (1868-1932),
George Wesley Bellows (1882-1925), Edward Hopper (1882-1967), and
Guy Pène Du Bois (1884-1958).
Representative
painters:
Arthur B. Davies, Robert
Henri, George Luks, Alfred Henry Maurer, William Glackens, John
Sloan, Everett Shinn, George Wesley Bellows, Edward Hopper, Alfred
Maurer, Guy Pène Du Bois