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Glackens, William James
American Ashcan School Painter, 1870-1938
American painter and illustrator. He graduated in 1889 from Central High School, Philadelphia, where he had known Albert C. Barnes, who later became a noted collector of modern art. He became a reporter-illustrator for the Philadelphia Record in 1891 and later for the Philadelphia Press. In 1892 he began to attend evening classes in drawing at the Pennsylvania Academy of Fine Arts, studying under Thomas Anshutz. In the same year he became a friend and follower of Robert Henri, who persuaded him to take up oil painting in 1894. Henri's other students, some of whom were referred to as the Ashcan school, included George Luks Related Paintings of Glackens, William James :. | Bal Bullier, No. I | At Mouquin's | Seated Actress with Mirror | Dancer in a Pink Dress | Portrait of Charles FitzGerald | Related Artists: MELZI, FrancescoItalian Painter, 1493-1570
Italian painter and draughtsman. Belonging to a noble Lombard family, he began to attend the workshop of Leonardo da Vinci around 1508, during Leonardo's second visit to Milan. From that time on he was always associated with Leonardo, whose favourite pupil he became: he followed Leonardo to Rome in 1513 and moved with him to France in 1515, staying with him until his death in 1519. Michel Gobinpainted Junger Mann mit Pfeife in 1681 Henry ReuterdahlAmerican, 1871-1925
He was best known for his paintings of Navy warships and recruiting posters for World War
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