A maverick group of painters in New York City set the foundation for depicting life in the changing, surging metropolis.
c. 1908 - 1940
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Bellows, Return of the Useless
The New York based ashcan artist George Bellows tackles the horrors of the First World War
George Bellows, Both Members of This Club
The violence and physicality of this boxing match reflect contemporary racial tensions in pre-WWI New York.
The Ashcan School, an introduction
These painters wanted to create a new art, rooted in the raw, visceral, day-to-day reality of New York City.
