claim: The Ukrainian Soviet Socialist Republic became Ukraine before the founding of the United Nations.
evidence: Everett Shinn -LRB- November 6 , 1876 -- May 1 , 1953 -RRB- was an American realist painter and member of the Ashcan School .. Ashcan School. Ashcan School. American realist. American realism. He also exhibited with the short-lived group known as `` The Eight , '' who protested the restrictive exhibition policies of the powerful , conservative National Academy of Design .. The Eight. The Eight. He is best known for his robust paintings of urban life in New York and London , a hallmark of Ashcan art , and for his theater and residential murals and interior-design projects .. New York. New York ( state ). His style varied considerably over the years , from gritty and realistic to decorative and rococo .