Meeting Benches World art in all forms
WILLIAM GLACKENS 1/4 – He was born in Philadelphia in 1870, beginning his career as an illustrator for several newspapers, while he studied at the Pennsylvania Academy of Fine Arts. In 1895 he went to Paris, to further the study of European painting. Back in America, he painted landscapes, adding strong colors reminiscent of the works of Manet and Cezanne. In 1906 he is in Europe, where he visited France and Spain. He began to devote himself to drawing from life, capturing images of streets and people in the city, almost telling new urban American civilization and industry, full of energy, but also violent and vulgar.
WILLIAM GLACKENS 2/4 – This shared interest with other American painters, determines the birth of the Ashcan School (one formed by painters who observe and depict what many prefer not to look at putting in place techniques that reject the hypocritical conventions of fine art). The term “Ashcan” means “dustbin”, clear and unambiguous expression of the interests of painters of this current to the world where there is also a poor and dreary reality of some neighborhoods.
WILLIAM GLACKENS 3/4 – Among his major early paintings? At Mouquin’s, shows a lively New York restaurant in a vivid and robust manner. From 1925 to 1932 he returned to France, where, influenced by Renoir, produces paintings in Impressionist style, with dark backgrounds and sharp lines. For his works, he uses a new way to paint, without preliminary drawing, using rapid brushstrokes, palettes of rich colors.
WILLIAM GLACKENS 4/4 – He whas the man that introduced a matter-of-fact realistic, into the art of the United States. Looking at his paintings you can almost always find people to work, daily life in the slums of the city. In 1933, the winner of numerous awards, had also been named Academic at the National Academy. He gave us the magic of his last strokes up to one day in May, 1938.
Learn More in these related articles on Meeting Benches http://meetingbenches.com/2016/11/william-glackens-18701938-american-painter-man-introduced-matter-fact-realistic-art-united-states/
