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The Independents: The Ashcan School & Their Circle From Florida Collections
URL: http://www.tfaoi.com/aa/6aa/6aa55.htm

Description:
Essay about this group of early 20th century painters, who worked in "a style of realism that was later, imprecisely, designated 'The Ashcan School.'" Includes information about their genesis as "The Eight," their involvement in the Armory Show of 1913, and links to information about individual artists, such as Robert Henri, George Bellows, and Maurice Prendergast. By a curator of American art at the Flint Institute of Arts, Flint, Mich.

LII Topics: American, Art by Region, Ashcan School of Art, Schools of Art

Author:
Leeds, Valerie Ann

Publisher:
Traditional Fine Arts Organization, Inc.

Extra Keywords
Arthur Davies, Glackens, Rockwell Kent, Walt Kuhn, George Luks, Shinn

Library of Congress Subject Headings:
Art, Modern -- 20th century
Artists -- United States
Ashcan school of art
Realism in art

LII Database Information:
Record 19292 created by Maria Brandt on 10/10/2005
Last modification on 08/26/2006
Published: 10/13/2005  
Funding agency: California State Library
LII Item ID: http://lii.org/cs/lii/view/item/19292

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