Ashcan School Paintings for the Living Room

Here are 12 Ashcan School paintings for the living room, painted between 1901 and 1934, with works by George Bellows, Robert Henri and William Glackens; the subjects they return to most are cityscapes, and landscapes. Above a sofa or fireplace it needs real scale, about two thirds of the furniture's width, so the famous works that suit it are landscapes, harbors, gardens and city views painted to be seen from across a room.

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Love of Winter, George Bellows 16 × 20 in landscape print (41 × 51 cm), centered 51¼ in from the floor, 8 in above the sofa. Drawn to scale on a 12 × 8 ft wall.

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12 Ashcan School paintings

Painting of a crowd of well-dressed light-skinned people in an open, snowy field surrounded by large rolling hills.

George Bellows Love of Winter, 1914 Art Institute of Chicago

From under an elevated train track, we look at a cluster of people hammering and working on the far side of a wooden fence, all against a silvery-blue building that fills most of the background in this horizontal painting.

George Bellows Blue Morning, 1909 National Gallery of Art

A six-story, narrow building stands alone in an otherwise unoccupied lot under the deck of a high bridge, with a river and cityscape in the background in this horizontal painting.

George Bellows The Lone Tenement, 1909 National Gallery of Art

This painting shows a busy scene at the edge of the water. The horizon is visible on the left, where blue-gray sky meets blue-gray water behind a line of tall masts.

Robert Henri Volendam Street Scene, 1910 National Gallery of Art

We look slightly down onto a crush of pedestrians, horse-drawn carriages, wagons, and streetcars enclosed by a row of densely spaced buildings and skyscrapers opposite us in this horizontal painting.

George Bellows New York, 1911 National Gallery of Art

Beach Umbrellas at Blue Point, William Glackens, ca. 1915, oil on canvas

William Glackens Beach Umbrellas at Blue Point, ca. 1915 Smithsonian American Art Museum

Cumulus Clouds, East River, Robert Henri, 1901-1902, oil on canvas

Robert Henri Cumulus Clouds, East River, 1901-1902 Smithsonian American Art Museum

Vine Clad Shore--Monhegan Island, George Bellows, 1913, oil on canvas

George Bellows Vine Clad Shore--Monhegan Island, 1913 Smithsonian American Art Museum

The Field of Joy, Jerome Myers, 1920, oil on fiberboard

Jerome Myers The Field of Joy, 1920 Smithsonian American Art Museum

Italians in Jefferson Park, Jerome Myers, 1934, oil on fiberboard

Jerome Myers Italians in Jefferson Park, 1934 Smithsonian American Art Museum

This is a painting of a park filled with tall trees and people in colorful clothes. Some people are seated on chairs, while others are walking or standing on the tan ground.

William Glackens Luxembourg Gardens, 1906 National Gallery of Art

A snowy street with a horse and carriage is flanked to each side by tall buildings in this vertical painting. The overcast scene is loosely painted with visible brushstrokes throughout, so some details are difficult to make out.

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