Inside the Artist’s Studio Karl J. Kuerner, III

Art Guild of Delaware County

May 12, 2008

ASHCAN SCHOOL

Following an Impressive training in Paris, Robert Henri returned to Philadelphia completing another year of study at the PAFA. He taught at the Philadelphia School of Design for Women, and established the Charcoal Club, later known as the “Philadelphia Four.” Others considered in the Ashcan school were: Alfred Maurer, George Wesley Bellows, Edward Hopper, and Guy Pène Du Bois

William Glackens (1870-1938)

Beach Scene, Isle Adam

Robert Henri - Sailing

Among the Charcoal Club, (aka Philadelphia Four), Robert Henri, Arthur B. Davies, Maurice Prendergast, Ernest Lawson, William Glackens, Everett Shinn, John French Sloan, and George Luks also became known as “The Eight”.

Everett Shinn (1876-1953), The Old Bus

The Ashcan school was formed from the unified depiction of everyday life of poor, urban neighborhoods. “Art cannot be separated from life. It is the expression of the greatest need of which life is capable, and we value art not because of the skilled product, but because of its revelation of a life’s experience.” – Henri

John Sloan

Sunday, Women Drying Their Hair, 1912

George Wesley Bellows,

Cliff Dwellers, 1913

Edward Hopper (1882-1967)

Early Sunday Morning, 1930

Thank you

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