An American experiment
Subtitle: George Bellows and the Ashcan painters
By: David Peters Corbett ; with Katherine Bourguignon and Christopher Riopelle
Contributors: Bourguignon, Katherine M.; Riopelle, Christopher; National Gallery (Great Britain)
Publisher: National Gallery Company; Distributed by Yale University Press
Published: 2011
Place of publication: London; [New Haven, Conn.]
Language: eng
Number of pages: 55
ISBN-13: 9781857095272
Subjects: Ashcan school of art; Exhibitions
Other titles: George Bellows and the Ashcan painters
Description: This book provides an accessible introduction to some of the key Ashcan painters, focusing in particular on the works of George Bellows and those of his peers, William Glackens, Robert Henri, George Luks and John Sloan. It considers the context behind their radical approach to painting and examines twelve works in detail, from depictions of the metropolitan throng to Bellows's vivid later seascapes. The book concludes with short biographies of the artists and suggestions for further reading.
Notes: Catalog of an exhibition held at the National Gallery, London, Mar. 3-May 30, 2011.

Includes bibliographical references (p. 52).