Ashcan School Paintings

New York's streets, rivers, boxing rings and tenement roofs, painted fast and dark.

1900s–1910s. 26 paintings here, dated 1902 to 1922, with works by George Bellows, Robert Henri and William Glackens. They suit the apartment or dorm, living room and staircase most often.

26 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

Stag at Sharkey's, George Bellows, 1909, oil on canvas

George Bellows Stag at Sharkey's, 1909 Cleveland Museum of Art

Herself, Robert Henri, 1913, oil on canvas

Robert Henri Herself, 1913 Art Institute of Chicago

Himself, Robert Henri, 1913, oil on canvas

Robert Henri Himself, 1913 Art Institute of Chicago

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

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

This painting is a portrait of a seated woman shown from the knees upwards. She is seated in a woven yellow armchair, with her right arm resting on one arm of the chair, while her left hand rests on her lap.

George Bellows Florence Sittenham Davey (Mrs. Randall Davey), 1914 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

The painting is of an older woman from the waist up, her body slightly turned to the left and her head facing us. She has pale skin with soft lines, rosy cheeks, deep-set eyes, thin eyebrows, and thin red lips in a neutral expression.

Robert Henri Elizabeth Virginia Laning Bradner Smith (Mrs. George Cotton Smith), 1908 National Gallery of Art

Two men wearing brief-like shorts, shoes, and boxing gloves curl toward each other as they grapple in the middle of a boxing ring in this horizontal painting. We look at the ring from across the heads of the crowd below and around us.

George Bellows Club Night, 1907 National Gallery of Art

This painting shows a seated woman from the waist up. Her body faces us, and she looks off to the right with a neutral expression. She has light skin, brown eyes, and rosy cheeks.

George Bellows Maud Murray Dale (Mrs. Chester Dale), 1919 National Gallery of Art

This painting shows a dynamic scene of a green tennis court with a player in action near the bottom-right corner, their hand extended behind their head and one leg in the air.

George Bellows Tennis Tournament, 1920 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.

Robert Henri Snow in New York, 1902 National Gallery of Art

This painting shows four individuals - three women and one child - in an indoor setting. One woman is seated on a chair on the left, wearing a purple and blue dress under a black coat, with white gloves and a gray hat.

William Glackens Family Group, 1910/1911 National Gallery of Art

Boy in a Blue Coat, George Bellows, 1915, oil on canvas

George Bellows Boy in a Blue Coat, 1915 Cleveland Museum of Art

This painting shows an adult woman and two children on a white lounge chair. The adult is sitting on the chair with her legs extended, supporting one of the children who is lying across her lap.

George Bellows My Family, 1916 National Gallery of Art

The painting displays the upper torso, head, and shoulders of a person wrapped in a light-colored fabric that covers their body and forms a hood around their head. The person appears to be seated, facing slightly towards the right.

Robert Henri Indian Girl in White Blanket, 1917 National Gallery of Art

George Bellows Little Girl in White (Queenie Burnett), 1907 National Gallery of Art

This painting shows a young girl standing and facing forward. She is holding an open, dark-colored parasol with one hand and a small, indistinct object with the other hand.

George Bellows Anne with a Japanese Parasol, 1917 National Gallery of Art

This painting is a portrait of a child seen from the waist up. The child is seated, with their body turned to the left but their head facing us.

Robert Henri Catharine, 1913 National Gallery of Art

This painting shows a man from the waist up, his body turned slightly to the right. He stands upright, looking at the viewer, holding a golf club or cane horizontally with both hands.

George Bellows Chester Dale, 1922 National Gallery of Art

From a darkened arena around a boxing ring, we look up at two bare chested men, one with pale, white skin and the other with brown skin, who lock arms in a boxing match in this horizontal painting.

George Bellows Both Members of This Club, 1909 National Gallery of Art

This painting is a portrait of a man shown from the chest up, with his body partially turned to the right and his head facing us, the right side of his face in shadow.

Robert Henri George Cotton Smith, 1908 National Gallery of Art

Robert Henri Young Woman in White, 1904 National Gallery of Art

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