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
William Glackens
Portrait of Flossy Shinn Wearing a Hat., 1907
Sale Date: May 25, 2023
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William Glackens
Yellow Bath House and Sailboat,..., 1912–1916
Sale Date: April 21, 2023
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-portrait-of-a-seated-woman.jpg "(i) Portrait of a Seated Woman")
William Glackens
Sketch of Rockport, Massachusetts, 1936
Sale Date: December 16, 2022
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.jpg "Afternoon in Provence (Woman and Child on..., 1920")
William Glackens
Afternoon in Provence (Woman and Child on..., 1920
Sale Date: December 5, 2022
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.jpg "Shop Lady (Woman in a Feathered Hat), 1910")
William Glackens
Shop Lady (Woman in a Feathered Hat), 1910
Sale Date: October 4, 2022
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