Potd21 precursors to Abstract Expressionism

American Precursors to ABSTRACT EXPRESSIONISM Painting of the day #21

[object Object],[object Object],George Bellows Stag at Sharkey’s 1909 Oil on Canvas 36 1/4 x48 ¼” The Cleveland Museum of Art

American Impressionism ,[object Object],Childe Hassam Church at Old Lyme Oil on Canvas 1905 John Henry Twachtman Winter, Gloucester Harbor 24x30” Oil on Canvas Also known for his awesome name.

Thomas Hart Benton ,[object Object],Cut the Line 1944 I really wanted to find a size for this, but couldn’t… :(

[object Object],[object Object],Wreck of the Ol’ 97 Train 1943 29x46”

American Social Realism ,[object Object],Thomas Pollock Anshutz The Ironworkers Noontime 1880 Oil on Canvas Robert Henri was a teacher out of PAFA (Penn Academy of Fine Arts, Phila) who, with some other friends, started the Ash Can School. This was a group of painters who wanted their paintings to be ‘realistically ugly’. Street scenes and realistic urban landscapes were a cornerstone for this movement. Above is a painting by an obviously influential teacher of Henri’s named Thomas Anshutz (who seemed to have been doing this realism thang waaay before Henri.

Ash Can School Everett Shinn The Fight Mixed Media 8x13” Robert Henri Snow in New York Oil on Canvas Nat’l Gallery, Wash DC George Bellows Cliff Dwellers, 1913 Oil on Canvas 40 1/4x 42 1/16 LA County Fund :(

John French Sloan " Six o'clock, Winter " 1912 The Ash Can folks refuted naysayers with the argument that ‘life is beautiful, this is what life actually looks like’.

Edward Hopper ,[object Object],Rooftops 1926 12x19 Watercolor on paper

Nighthawks 1942 Oil on Canvas 33x60” New York Movie 1939 Oil on Canvas 32 1/4x 40 1/8 Automat 28x36 Oil on Canvas Des Moines Art Center More Ed Hopper

Wee Gee (OMG a photographer!?) ,[object Object],Charles Sodokoff and Arthur Webber Use Their Top Hats to Hide Their Faces, January 27, 1942 Simply Add Boiling Water Gi rl Jumps out of Car, and was killed, on Park Ave (c. 1940)

END. PARIS FR NEW YORK, NY George Bellows Dempsey and Firpo 1924 51 x 63 1/4 in. Whitney Museum of American Art Here it comes! LOL

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