The Ashcan School Photo Gallery

March 4, 2008 6:02 PM

Ashcan School. Gritty, realistic, oddly intriguing. Eighteen photographs of Ashcan School paintings. (From the Detroit Free Press, publicizing an exhibit at the Detroit Institute of Arts.)
posted by John of Michigan (5 comments total)

Those paintings were unexpectedly nice. Thanks.
posted by oddman at 7:10 PM on March 4, 2008

I can't even begin to describe the amount of influence the Ashcan artists have had on my own work. Edward Hopper alone accounts for 50% of my knowledge of light and composition.
posted by billypilgrim at 8:05 PM on March 4, 2008

I love art that isn't "pretty." This art isn't pretty. I love it.
posted by sonic meat machine at 8:14 PM on March 4, 2008

Those were terrific. I didn't know anything about the Ashcan School until I clicked on the links--thanks for the post. I'm intrigued by the focus on the working class/poor at a time when that wouldn't have been considered a suitable subject for art.

I realize that they were influenced by Impressionists, but I am still surprised at just how strongly many of the paintings reminded me of Degas, Renoir, Pisarro, and Mary Cassatt.
posted by hurdy gurdy girl at 9:52 PM on March 4, 2008

Aw cool. I love George Bellows, and am familiar with the Ashcan School, but I hadn't taken a good look at George Luks' work before. Pedro is beautiful.
posted by louche mustachio at 1:13 AM on March 5, 2008