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"Reclining Nude" Everett Shinn, Figurative Woman Watercolor, Ashcan School
By Everett Shinn
Located in New York, NY
Exposition. DeShazo noted that after having returned to America, Shinn lost interest in lower class urban
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1940s Ashcan School Figurative Drawings and Watercolors

Materials

Watercolor, Paper

"Female Nude, " Edith Glackens Dimock, Ashcan School Figurative Painting
By Edith Glackens Dimock
Located in New York, NY
life. Her works were shown in 1908 with seven other painters at the Macbeth Galleries at the Ashcan
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1910s Ashcan School Nude Paintings

Materials

Canvas, Oil

"Street Fair” William Glackens, Ashcan School, Street Scene, Carnival, Boxing
By William Glackens
Located in New York, NY
Spanish-American War. He became part of "The Eight," a landmark exhibition of urban realists, led by Henri
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Early 1900s Ashcan School Landscape Drawings and Watercolors

Materials

Gouache, Pencil, Paper, Ink

"Woman on a Staircase, Sketch" Everett Shinn, Ashcan School, Theater Scene
By Everett Shinn
Located in New York, NY
returned to America, Shinn lost interest in lower class urban life, and Young pointed out that unlike most
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1930s Ashcan School Figurative Paintings

Materials

Canvas, Oil

"Bathers" American Scene Social Realism 20th Century Modernism Ashcan Fauvism
By Charles Demuth
Located in New York, NY
"Bathers" American Scene Social Realism 20th Century Modernism Ashcan Fauvism Charles Demuth (1883
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1930s American Modern Figurative Drawings and Watercolors

Materials

Paper, Watercolor

"Rain by the Met" Impressionistic Ashcan School New York City Scene
By Cindy Shaoul
Located in New York, NY
and pushing her into the city’s explosive urban art scene. Shaoul and LA II worked on a collection
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2010s American Impressionist Landscape Paintings

Materials

Canvas, Oil

Itzhak Holtz (Judaica Master) Oil Painting Portrait John Sloan Ashcan Artist WPA
By Itshak Holtz
Located in Surfside, FL
Oil Painting Portrait of Ashcan Artist John Sloan. Signed I. Holtz. The youngest of four children
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1940s Realist Portrait Paintings

Materials

Canvas, Oil

"Ride Home around the Lake" Impressionistic Oil Painting on Canvas Ashcan School
By Cindy Shaoul
Located in New York, NY
A piece reminiscent of the Ashcan School, Shaoul is able to capture a unique style mimicking the
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2010s American Impressionist Landscape Paintings

Materials

Canvas, Oil

"View of the Empire State NYC in Snow" Impressionistic Ashcan School Style
By Cindy Shaoul
Located in New York, NY
explosive urban art scene. Shaoul and LA II worked on a collection that was an homage to New York’s streets
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2010s American Impressionist Landscape Paintings

Materials

Canvas, Oil, Board

"NYC in 20th Century" Figures in New York City Ashcan School Style Painting
By Cindy Shaoul
Located in New York, NY
Empire State. The thick brush strokes and fun marks creates an atmosphere reminiscent of the Ashcan
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2010s American Impressionist Figurative Paintings

Materials

Oil, Board

"The Row at the Picnic, " Original Black and White Etching by John Sloan
By John Sloan
Located in Milwaukee, WI
the founders of the Ashcan school of American art. He was also a member of the group known as The
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Early 1900s Ashcan School Figurative Prints

Materials

Etching

"Man Monkey, " Original Etching Genre Scene signed by John Sloan
By John Sloan
Located in Milwaukee, WI
twentieth-century painter and etcher and one of the founders of the Ashcan school of American art. He was
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Early 1900s Ashcan School Figurative Prints

Materials

Etching

Bridge to Brooklyn #382
Located in Salt Lake City, UT
New York City where his work would be profoundly influenced by the emerging Ashcan school under the
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1970s Ashcan School Landscape Drawings and Watercolors

Materials

Watercolor

"Westminster Abbey, " complete portfolio of 13 etchings by John Sloan
By John Sloan
Located in Milwaukee, WI
twentieth-century painter and etcher and one of the founders of the Ashcan school of American art. He was
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1890s Ashcan School Interior Prints

Materials

Paper, Etching

Woman Pulling on a Slip
By Everett Shinn
Located in Fairlawn, OH
Realist painter who focused on lower-class urban themes. Although his ongoing reputation seems to be for
Category

1910s Ashcan School Nude Drawings and Watercolors

Materials

Conté

Mal's (At Cliff Evan's Cabin)
Located in Salt Lake City, UT
Ashcan school under the direction of Robert Henri. Henri’s philosophy of immersing oneself in the city
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Mid-20th Century Ashcan School Landscape Drawings and Watercolors

Materials

Watercolor

New York scene done by John Grabach Artist "Trinity Church - Wall Street"
Located in Rockport, MA
urban working-class life in New York City and New Jersey during the 1920s and 1930s. Born in Newark, New
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1920s Ashcan School Figurative Paintings

Materials

Oil

Blanche Grambs, Unemployed
Located in New York, NY
this a work in the Urban-Realist tradition that grew out of the Ashcan School.
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1930s Ashcan School Figurative Prints

Materials

Etching

Rare Baltimore Harbor Oil Painting, Pratt Street Dock, ca 1950 - Rosalie Hamblin
Located in Baltimore, MD
buildings that once lined Pratt Street, before urban renewal clearance of the 1960’s, provide the background
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1950s Ashcan School Figurative Paintings

Materials

Oil

New Year’s Eve and Adam
By John Sloan
Located in Myrtle Beach, SC
Dubbed the “dean of American artists,” John Sloan was one of the most influential members of the Ashcan
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1910s Ashcan School Figurative Prints

Materials

Etching

New Year’s Eve and Adam
New Year’s Eve and Adam
H 3.75 in W 2.75 in D 0.01 in
Nude at Piano
By John Sloan
Located in Myrtle Beach, SC
most influential members of the Ashcan School. Born in 1871 in Lock Haven, PA, he lived and worked in
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1930s Ashcan School Nude Prints

Materials

Etching

Ann Nooney, (New York City Scene)
By Ann Nooney
Located in New York, NY
native New Yorker, Ann Nooney (1900-1970) recorded the urban scene while on the Works Progress
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1930s Ashcan School Landscape Prints

Materials

Lithograph

Ann Nooney, (Carnival Workers Resting, NYC)
By Ann Nooney
Located in New York, NY
native New Yorker, Ann Nooney (1900-1970) recorded the urban scene while on the Works Progress
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1930s Ashcan School Figurative Prints

Materials

Lithograph

Forest Landscape
By George Luks
Located in New York, NY
devoted himself to the artistic ideals of the Ashcan School, which he participated in as an urban realist
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20th Century Ashcan School Landscape Paintings

Materials

Oil

Forest Landscape
Forest Landscape
H 10.38 in W 13.75 in
Blanche Grambs, Waterfront, New York City
Located in New York, NY
pencil. Really I would consider this a work in the Urban-Realist tradition that grew out of the Ashcan
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1930s Ashcan School Figurative Prints

Materials

Etching, Aquatint

Sketch of Anne
By George Wesley Bellows
Located in Fairlawn, OH
daughters. After 1910 Bellows gradually abandoned the stark urban realism and dark palette characteristic of
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1920s Ashcan School Portrait Prints

Materials

Lithograph

'Hurdy Gurdy Ballet' — 1920s New York — American Scene
By Glenn O. Coleman
Located in Myrtle Beach, SC
subject matter of his Ashcan teachers: Bowery bums, election night bonfires, slum kids, cops, criminals
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1920s Ashcan School Figurative Prints

Materials

Lithograph

Emma and Marjorie on a Sofa
By George Wesley Bellows
Located in Fairlawn, OH
gradually abandoned the stark urban realism and dark palette characteristic of his early work and gravitated
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1920s Ashcan School Figurative Prints

Materials

Lithograph

Untitled (Woman Removing Her Stockings)
By Everett Shinn
Located in Fairlawn, OH
urban themes. Although his ongoing reputation seems to be for Social-Realist subjects, his real interest
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Early 1900s Ashcan School Nude Drawings and Watercolors

Materials

Conté

Untitled (Woman in Stockings), Standing Female Nude on reverse, double sided
By Everett Shinn
Located in Fairlawn, OH
was a Social Realist painter who focused on lower-class urban themes. Although his ongoing reputation
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Early 1900s Ashcan School Nude Drawings and Watercolors

Materials

Chalk

Millard Sheets, Family Flats
By Millard Sheets
Located in New York, NY
that these were printed. This large and intensely urban lithograph, Family Flats, by Millard Sheets
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Mid-20th Century Ashcan School Figurative Prints

Materials

Lithograph

"Portland Harbor, Maine, " Alexander Bower, Snowy River Scene in Winter
By Alexander Bower
Located in New York, NY
urban upbringing, the coast and the sea fascinated Bower. A large portion of his paintings are seascapes
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1910s Ashcan School Landscape Paintings

Materials

Canvas, Oil

Head Study, 1930
By John Sloan
Located in Missouri, MO
continuing as an illustrator, became a part of Henri's circle of urban realists. He was an avid walker who
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Early 20th Century Ashcan School Portrait Drawings and Watercolors

Materials

Paper, Conté

Little Zipper, whimsical fun graphic black & white parachute jump text skull
By Philomena Marano
Located in Brooklyn, NY
larger city, exposing elements of urban life: the underappreciated grace of an out-of-the-way tire shop
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1980s Ashcan School Prints and Multiples

Materials

Linocut, Rice Paper

"Red Motorcycle and Ben Fenske" artist walks away from painting, impressionist
By Carl Bretzke
Located in Sag Harbor, NY
, almost 10 years later. Carl Bretzke is a representational painter who specializes in urban scenes
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2010s Impressionist Figurative Paintings

Materials

Canvas, Oil

Alpine Utah 1906
Located in Salt Lake City, UT
for New York City where his work would be profoundly influenced by the emerging Ashcan school under
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Early 1900s American Realist Landscape Drawings and Watercolors

Materials

Ink, Pen

John Sloan's Oil Paintings, A Catalogue Raisonné, Volumes I&II, 1st Ed
Located in valatie, NY
Eight. Often referred to as the Ashcan School, for their straightforward depiction of gritty urban life
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1990s Books

Materials

Paper

The Neighborhood
By Carl Bretzke
Located in Sag Harbor, NY
representational painter who specializes in urban scenes and plein-air landscapes. Carl's work has been exhibited
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21st Century and Contemporary Realist Landscape Paintings

Materials

Canvas, Linen, Oil

Boatyard - Quarter Moon
By Carl Bretzke
Located in Sag Harbor, NY
is a representational painter who specializes in urban scenes and plein-air landscapes. Carl's work
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21st Century and Contemporary Realist Landscape Paintings

Materials

Linen, Oil

Oil on Masonite Painting Titled "Lobster Shack", by Aaron Bohrod, 1938
By Aaron Bohrod
Located in New York, NY
, followed by the Art Students League in New York City. There he was the student of Ashcan School artist
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1930s Figurative Paintings

Materials

Masonite, Oil

Guy Pene du Bois WPA American Modernism Realism NYC Scene Oil Lawyers in Court
By Guy Pène Du Bois
Located in New York, NY
the Ashcan School. By 1920, he had achieved his mature style, which was characterized by stylized
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1930s American Modern Figurative Paintings

Materials

Paper, Oil, Board

Pier Parking Sag Harbor
By Carl Bretzke
Located in Sag Harbor, NY
15.5 Artist Bio: Carl Bretzke is a representational painter who specializes in urban scenes and plein
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21st Century and Contemporary Realist Landscape Paintings

Materials

Linen, Oil

Ernest Lawson Oil on Board Painting Titled "Zoo in Central Park"
By Ernest Lawson
Located in New York, NY
. As with his more rural pictures, the urban works were often views into the distance, albeit capturing
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Early 20th Century Animal Paintings

Materials

Oil

Late Dusk at the Boatyard
By Carl Bretzke
Located in Sag Harbor, NY
representational painter who specializes in urban scenes and plein-air landscapes. Carl's work has been exhibited
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21st Century and Contemporary Realist Landscape Paintings

Materials

Linen, Oil

Cloudy Day by the Pond
By Carl Bretzke
Located in Sag Harbor, NY
17.5 inches Carl Bretzke is a representational painter who specializes in urban scenes and plein-air
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21st Century and Contemporary American Realist Landscape Paintings

Materials

Linen, Oil, Panel

Raphael Soyer Woman and Child 1969 Modern Lithograph on Paper 114/125 Framed
By Raphael Soyer
Located in Keego Harbor, MI
) was a Russian-born American painter. He is best known for his realist paintings which depicted urban
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Vintage 1960s Prints

Materials

Paper

Perched
By Carl Bretzke
Located in Sag Harbor, NY
specializes in urban scenes and plein-air landscapes. Carl's work has been exhibited extensively in Minnesota
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2010s American Impressionist Landscape Paintings

Materials

Linen, Oil

Looking For Shade
By Carl Bretzke
Located in Sag Harbor, NY
painter who specializes in urban scenes and plein-air landscapes. Carl's work has been exhibited
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2010s American Impressionist Landscape Paintings

Materials

Linen, Oil

Florida Sky - 2023 American Realist sunset on beach, en plein air oil painting
By Carl Bretzke
Located in Sag Harbor, NY
specializes in urban scenes and plein-air landscapes. Carl's work has been exhibited extensively in Minnesota
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2010s American Realist Landscape Paintings

Materials

Linen, Canvas, Oil

Sun Breaking Through / Port Salerno - 2023 American Realist seascape in Florida
By Carl Bretzke
Located in Sag Harbor, NY
inches, framed Artist Bio Carl Bretzke is a representational painter who specializes in urban scenes and
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2010s American Realist Landscape Paintings

Materials

Linen, Canvas, Oil

Great Lakes Grandeur - 2023 American Realist Sunset Oil Painting in Minnesota
By Carl Bretzke
Located in Sag Harbor, NY
inches, framed Artist Bio Carl Bretzke is a representational painter who specializes in urban scenes and
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2010s American Realist Landscape Paintings

Materials

Linen, Canvas, Oil

"December Snow on Cars" 2023 Snowy American Realist painting in Minnesota
By Carl Bretzke
Located in Sag Harbor, NY
inches, framed Artist Bio Carl Bretzke is a representational painter who specializes in urban scenes and
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2010s American Realist Landscape Paintings

Materials

Canvas, Linen, Oil

Tuscany Hillside
By Carl Bretzke
Located in Sag Harbor, NY
specializes in urban scenes and plein-air landscapes. Carl's work has been exhibited extensively in Minnesota
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21st Century and Contemporary American Realist Landscape Paintings

Materials

Oil, Linen, Panel

Division Street at Night - 2023, American realist nocturne by Carl Bretzke
By Carl Bretzke
Located in Sag Harbor, NY
inches, framed Artist Bio Carl Bretzke is a representational painter who specializes in urban scenes and
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2010s American Realist Landscape Paintings

Materials

Canvas, Linen, Oil

Leaving Sag Harbor by Boat
By Carl Bretzke
Located in Sag Harbor, NY
Bio: Carl Bretzke is a representational painter who specializes in urban scenes and plein-air
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21st Century and Contemporary American Realist Landscape Paintings

Materials

Linen, Oil

Painting Central Park Book by Roger F. Pasquier
Located in New York, NY
greatest painters. From Impressionists and members of the Ashcan School to twenty-first-century conceptual
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21st Century and Contemporary Books

Materials

Paper

Historic Village Morning
By Carl Bretzke
Located in Sag Harbor, NY
dimensions: 18.75 x 30.75 inches Carl Bretzke is a representational painter who specializes in urban scenes
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21st Century and Contemporary American Realist Landscape Paintings

Materials

Linen, Oil

Two Cars and a Billboard
By Carl Bretzke
Located in Sag Harbor, NY
winter. Artist Bio Carl Bretzke is a representational painter who specializes in urban scenes and plein
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2010s American Impressionist Landscape Paintings

Materials

Linen, Oil

"NY Street Signs" Mid-20th Century WPA 1938 Modernist Abstract Realism Pop Art
By Stuart Davis
Located in New York, NY
known as The Eight and, later, the Ashcan School. At the time of his son's birth, Davis's father, an
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1930s American Modern Abstract Drawings and Watercolors

Materials

Paper, Gouache, Pencil

Male Torso
By John Koch
Located in London, GB
century Realism. He is best known for his light-filled paintings of urban interiors, often featuring
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1950s American Modern Nude Drawings and Watercolors

Materials

Paper, Chalk, Pencil, Color Pencil

Male Torso
Male Torso
H 20.08 in W 26.78 in D 1.19 in
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