Ashcan School

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American art movement art movement

The Ashcan School was an early 20th-century American art movement known for its gritty, realistic depictions of everyday urban life, particularly in New York City.

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Label Occurrences
Ashcan School canonical 21
Ashcan School artists 3
American realist painters 1

Statements (51)

Predicate Object
instanceOf American art movement ⓘ
art movement ⓘ
aimedTo challenge academic standards in art ⓘ
depict contemporary urban reality ⓘ
artisticFocus everyday life ⓘ
street scenes ⓘ
tenement districts ⓘ
urban life ⓘ
working-class life ⓘ
artisticStyle dark palette ⓘ
gritty realism ⓘ
loose brushwork ⓘ
unidealized representation ⓘ
associatedExhibition 1908 exhibition of The Eight at Macbeth Gallery ⓘ
associatedGroup The Eight ⓘ
countryOfOrigin United States of America ⓘ
surface form: United States
criticized American academic art establishment ⓘ
endTime circa 1915 ⓘ
field visual arts ⓘ
genre realism ⓘ
influenced American Regionalism ⓘ
surface form: American Scene Painting

Social realism ⓘ
surface form: Social Realism

documentary photography aesthetics ⓘ
influencedBy Impressionism ⓘ
Realism ⓘ
Spanish painting ⓘ
Thomas Eakins ⓘ
Édouard Manet ⓘ
language English ⓘ
locationOfActivity New York City ⓘ
movement Realism ⓘ
surface form: American Realism
notableMember Arthur B. Davies NERFINISHED ⓘ
Ernest Lawson ⓘ
Everett Shinn ⓘ
George Bellows ⓘ
George Luks ⓘ
John Sloan ⓘ
Maurice Prendergast ⓘ
Robert Henri ⓘ
William Glackens ⓘ
reactionAgainst Gilded Age genteel tradition in art ⓘ
startTime circa 1900 ⓘ
timePeriod early 20th century ⓘ
typicalMedium etching ⓘ
illustration ⓘ
oil painting ⓘ
typicalSubject bars and saloons ⓘ
boxing matches ⓘ
children in city streets ⓘ
immigrant neighborhoods ⓘ
theaters ⓘ

Referenced by (27)

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Robert Henri → movement → Ashcan School ⓘ
Kenneth Hayes Miller → movement → Ashcan School ⓘ
Kenneth Hayes Miller → influencedBy → Ashcan School ⓘ
this entity surface form: Ashcan School artists
Edward Hopper → movement → Ashcan School ⓘ
American Regionalism → relatedMovement → Ashcan School ⓘ
American Impressionism → influenced → Ashcan School ⓘ
George Bellows → movement → Ashcan School ⓘ
The Art Spirit → hasInfluenced → Ashcan School ⓘ
this entity surface form: Ashcan School artists
The Art Spirit → associatedWith → Ashcan School ⓘ
Snow in New York → movement → Ashcan School ⓘ
Portrait of George Luks → movement → Ashcan School ⓘ
Portrait of George Luks → hasStyle → Ashcan School ⓘ
Portrait of George Luks → creatorMemberOf → Ashcan School ⓘ
Portrait of George Luks → depictsMemberOf → Ashcan School ⓘ
The Eight → influenced → Ashcan School ⓘ
The Art Spirit (book of his teachings) → associatedWithMovement → Ashcan School ⓘ
subject surface form: The Art Spirit
Robert Henry Cozad → movement → Ashcan School ⓘ
Robert Henry Cozad → influenced → Ashcan School ⓘ
this entity surface form: Ashcan School painters
Robert Henry Cozad → influenced → Ashcan School ⓘ
this entity surface form: American realist painters
Everett Shinn → movement → Ashcan School ⓘ
Everett Shinn → associatedWith → Ashcan School ⓘ
John Sloan → movement → Ashcan School ⓘ
George Luks → movement → Ashcan School ⓘ
George Luks → memberOf → Ashcan School ⓘ
William Glackens → movement → Ashcan School ⓘ
Gertrude Vanderbilt Whitney → movement → Ashcan School ⓘ
this entity surface form: Ashcan School (as patron)
Gertrude Vanderbilt Whitney → patronOf → Ashcan School ⓘ
this entity surface form: Ashcan School artists