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Town Steps, Gloucester, John Sloan (United States, Pennsylvania, Lock Haven, 1871-1951) United States, 1916, Paintings, Oil on canvas William Glackens, John Sloan, George Bellows, People Outdoors, Ashcan School, Christian Marclay, American Painters, American Realism, Most Famous Artists

Town Steps, Gloucester, John Sloan (United States, Pennsylvania, Lock Haven, 1871-1951), United States, 1916, Paintings, Oil on canvas, Sloan’s decision to work in Gloucester, a popular spot among artists, arose from his desire for new and different material, and the paintings he executed there represent a departure from the subject matter and style of his earlier and better-known paintings in several respects.

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George Bellows - Ringside Seats New York School, George Bellows, Ashcan School, American Realism, Hirshhorn Museum, Hudson River School, Most Famous Artists, Rhyme And Reason, Hudson River

George Bellows (1882 – 1925) was an American painter and lithographer. He studied with Robert Henri at the New York School of Art and became associated with the artists of the Ashcan School. Best known for his boxing scenes, he achieved notoriety with his painting Stag at Sharkey's (1909), which depicts an illegal boxing match. He was one of the organisers of the Armory Show. For biographical notes on Bellows see part 1. For earlier works see parts 1 - 5 also. This is part 6 of a 6-part post…

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