Robert Henri

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American artist art teacher human painter

Robert Henri was a leading American painter and influential teacher, best known as a central figure of the Ashcan School and for shaping early 20th-century American art through his instruction.

Statements (47)

Predicate	Object
instanceOf	American artist → art teacher → human → painter →
artisticStyle	loose brushwork → realism →
birthName	Robert Henry Cozad →
countryOfCitizenship	United States of America →
dateOfBirth	1865-06-24 →
dateOfDeath	1929-07-12 →
educatedAt	Académie Julian → Pennsylvania Academy of the Fine Arts → École des Beaux-Arts →
familyName	Henri →
fieldOfWork	art education → painting →
genre	portrait painting → urban scene painting →
givenName	Robert →
influenced	Edward Hopper → Everett Shinn → George Bellows → George Luks → John Sloan → Rockwell Kent → Stuart Davis → William Glackens →
languageOfWorkOrName	English →
memberOf	The Eight →
movement	American Realism → Ashcan School →
name	Robert Henri →
notableFor	influential art instruction in early 20th-century America → leadership in the Ashcan School →
notableWork	Portrait of George Luks → Salome → Snow in New York → The Art Spirit →
occupation	art teacher → painter →
placeOfBirth	Cincinnati, Ohio, United States →
placeOfDeath	New York City, New York, United States →
residence	New York City, New York, United States → Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, United States →
subjectOf	The Art Spirit (book of his teachings) →
taughtAt	Art Students League of New York → New York School of Art →

Referenced by (4)

Subject (surface form when different)	Predicate
Robert Henri →	name
Art Students League of New York →	notableFaculty
Académie Julian →	student
Edward Hopper →	studiedUnder