William Glackens
(American, 1870–1938)
Biography
William Glackens was an American realist painter who co-founded the Ashcan School of painting along with the artists John Sloan and Robert Henri. Though many of his early works depict the streets of New York and Paris in gritty details and dark tones, his later works recall the gem-like palette of Pierre-Auguste Renoir. Like Renoir, he made use of ribbon-like brushstrokes, weaving together bright colors to produce modeled forms and sparkling light. Born on March 13, 1870, in Philadelphia, PA, Glackens was a childhood friend of the art collector Albert C. Barnes. He went on to study illustration and painting at the Pennsylvania Academy of Fine Arts before settling in New York in 1896. Glackens worked as an illustrator for both The New York Herald and the New York World. Frequently travelling to and from Europe, he became an integral art advisor and broker to his lifelong friend Barnes. He went on to introduce Barnes to the work of Pablo Picasso, Vincent van Gogh, and Henri Matisse, among others. Glackens died on May 22, 1938, in Westport, CT. His works are in the collections of the Metropolitan Museum of Art in New York, the National Gallery of Art in Washington, D.C., and the Art Institute of Chicago.
William Glackens Artworks
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William Glackens
At a Quick Run They Skidded Him on His Heels, 1918
Sale Date: March 6, 2024
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William Glackens
In the Married Quarters: A Little Story of...
Sale Date: September 27, 2023
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William Glackens
Interior Scene with Two Women Conversing.
Sale Date: September 21, 2023
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William Glackens
A-Babbled O'Green Fields, The Saturday..., 1905
Sale Date: June 16, 2023
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