william glackens and american impressionists

A Prelude to William Glackens Painter, Illustrator, Pictorial Journalist

A Prelude to William Glackens

1870-1938

Presented by Florence M. Paisey

Spanish American War

1898

William Glackens: Pictorial Journalism

A Street Scene at Tampa City.

William Glackens. Gouache and ink over graphite on wove paper,1898.

American troops in Tampa, en route to transport ships headed for Cuba.

Reporter Illustration for Collier’s magazine.

Library of Congress, Prints and Photograph Division.

William Glackens. Pen-and-ink wash, Chinese white, and charcoal on paper, c. 1898.

Loading horses on Transport Ships at Port Tampa.

Reporter Illustration for McClure’s Magazine.

Library of Congress, Prints and Photograph Division.

William Glackens. Ink and wash drawing, Chinese white and crayon on paper, 1898.

Reporter Illustration for McClure’s Magazine.

Library of Congress, Prints and Photograph Division.

Inspecting Cuban Recruits at Cuban Headquarters.

William Glackens. Wash drawing, 1898.

EL Pozo: Assault on San Juan Hill, Santiago, Cuba.

Reporter Illustration for McClure’s Magazine.

Library of Congress, Prints and Photograph Division.

Illustrations for Scribner’s Monthly

Magazine

Scribner early twentieth-century advertising poster.

Cover features an illustration by William Glackens.

Library of Congress, Prints and Photograph Division.

Gift of C. Carter Smith, Jr., 2000.

Illustration for Colton’s Short Story “The Portate Gentleman” c. 1898.

William Glackens. Illustration for Cahan’s “Rabbi Eliezer's Christmas” 1899.

William Glackens. Illustration for Cahan’s “Rabbi Eliezer's Christmas” 1899.

“Fish, fish, living fish—buy fish you little housewives!”

William Glackens.

Illustration for story by Sewell Ford "Pluribus Jones and How He Came Into His Own."

1906.

William Glackens.

Illustration for Ford’s story "Pluribus Jones.”

1906.

William Glackens.

Illustration for "The Old Lamp" by the Venezuelan writer Catalina Paez.

1909.

"Carmelina enthroned upon the stairs of her own vegetable cellar."

William Glackens. Charcoal and watercolor wash.

Illustration for Paez’s “The Old Lamp.”

1909.

"The joy of huddling bside Nonna on a potato sack."

William Glackens. Gouache with pastel colors.

Illustration for Corbin’s article “The Lights and Stars of Broadway.”

1905.

William Glackens. Litho pencil with watercolor washes.

Illustration for Albert White Vorse play "In Town it's Different" for "The Play's the Thing.”

1899.

William Glackens. Litho pencil with watercolor washes.

Illustration for Vorse’s play "In Town It's Different."

William Glackens. Litho pencil with watercolor washes.

Illustration for Albert White Vorse play "In Town it's Different" for "The Play's the Thing.“

1899.

William Glackens.

Illustration for “The Vaudeville Theatre," by Edwin Milton Royle.

1899.

William Glackens.

Illustration for “The Vaudeville Theatre," by Edwin Milton Royle.

1899.

William Glackens.

Illustration for “The Vaudeville Theatre," by Edwin Milton Royle.

1899.

William Glackens.

Illustration for Royle’s “Vaudeville Theatre.”

1899.

“The Eight” Emerge

The New York Times Announcement

“The Eight” At the Macbeth Gallery

•  The Eight were a progressive group of American reporter-illustrators turned artists.

•  Flaunting the National Academy of Design, they mounted their own independent exhibition at the Macbeth Gallery in New York.

•  This successful exhibition, daring for its era, spiked an interest in realistic, gritty depictions of urban life.

•  The Eight also included John Sloan, George Luks, Everett Shinn, Arthur B. Davies, Ernest Lawson, Maurice B. Prendergast, and Robert Henri.

The Shoppers,1907. Oil on Canvas.

William Glackens.

At Mouquin's, 1905. Oil on canvas.

William Glackens.

Central Park, Winter, 1905. Oil on canvas.

William Glackens.

The Armory Show, 1913.

Relocating the Art Market.

The Entrance Hall

Sailboats and Sunlight, [1910]. Oil on canvas.

William Glackens.

The Family Group, 1910. Oil on canvas.

William Glackens.

National Gallery of Art.

Glackens and Early American Realism Origins of the Ashcan School

They Huddled with Heads Bent Low, 1902. Carnegie Museum of Art

Tugboat and Lighter, 1904. Oil on canvas.

William Glackens.

Luxembourg Gardens, 1906 Oil on canvas.

William Glackens.

The Terrace, c.1896. Oil on canvas.

William Glackens.

Christmas Shoppers, c. 1911. Crayon and Watercolor.

William Glackens.

Museum of Art Fort Lauderdale.

William Glackens “Far from the Fresh Air,” 1911.

Carbon pencil and watercolor on paper.

Museum of Art Fort Lauderdale.

New York East Side, 1910. Charcoal and pencil on paper.

William Glackens.

Smithsonian American Art Museum.

Miss Olga D., 1910. Oil on Canvas.

William Glackens.

Hunter Museum of American Art.

Vacation Home, 1911 Oil on canvas.

William Glackens.

William Glackens A Move to Realistic Impressionism

Sheet of Studies, 1920. Black crayon on cream wove paper.

Gift of Linda and Harvey Saligman in honor of Judith Barter.

Chicago Institute of Art.

Nude with an Apple, 1910 Oil on canvas.

William Glackens.

Brooklyn Museum of Art.

Beach Scene, c. 1920s. Oil on canvas.

William Glackens.

Smithsonian American Art Museum.

Beach Umbrellas at Blue Point, 1915. Oil on Canvas.

William Glackens.

Smithsonian American Art Museum.

The Promenade, 1927. Oil on canvas.

William Glackens.

The Soda Fountain, 1935. Oil on canvas.

William Glackens.

Pennsylvania Academy of the Fine Arts.

A Glackens Sketch