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American Realism Late 19th and Early 20th Century Painting

American Realism Late 19th and Early 20th Century Painting

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American Realism

Late 19th and Early 20th Century Painting

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Thomas Eakins (1844-1916)

• “Of course, it is well to go abroad and see the works of the old masters, but Americans must strike out for themselves, and only by doing this will we create a great and distinctly American art.”

• turned attention to contemporary American life.

• “work is an affirmation of the pragmatic American temperament and a celebration of scientific and technological advancements.”

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• Thomas Eakins. “Baseball Players Practicing.” 1875.

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• Thomas Eakins. “The Gross Clinic.” 1875.

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• “Max Schmidtt in a Single Scull,” 1871

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Mary Cassatt (1844-1926)

• born into a wealthy and cultivated Pa. family

• fiercely independent woman• boldly and defiantly moved to

Paris alone to study painting• influenced by the “old masters”

and by Impressionism

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• Mary Cassatt. “The Caress” (1902)

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• Mary Cassatt. “The Child’s Bath”

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• Cassatt. “Mother’s Goodnight Kiss.” 1888.

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Cassatt’s Work

• Her paintings show a singular devotion to the depiction of maternal scenes.

• “the intimacy of domestic life”• “There’s only one thing in life for a

woman; it’s to be a mother. A woman artist must be capable of making primary sacrifices.”

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John Singer Sargent

(1856-1925)

Elizabeth Winthrop Chanler,

1893

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• Madame X 1883-84

• caused an outcry in Paris, where it was exhibited.

• Madame Gautreau was a well-known American ex-patriot socialite and adulterer.

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The Ashcan School (NYC)

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The “Ashcan” Artists

• The “Ashcan” artists wanted to rescue American art from restrictive official ideology of the Gilded Age, especially its narrow emphasis on cultural refinement and its cautious and controlling assessment of American society.”

• “smash the glass and breathe freely”; “experience ‘real life’ in all its intensity”

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Towards American Modernism:The “Ashcan” Artists

George Luks, “Hester Street” (1905)

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The “Ashcan” Artists

George Bellows, “Both Members of This Club” (1909)

VS.

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John Sloan, “Movies 5 Cents” (1907)

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Winslow Homer

Realism, Naturalism and

Watercolor

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• “Gulfstream” (1899)

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• “The Lifeline” (1884)