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Snow in New York by Robert Henri, 1902

American / Landscape / Paintings (Reproductions) - 1 year ago - troycapc

A reproduction of “Snow in New York” of 1902 by Robert Henri.  This is a masterpiece of the leading figure of the Ashcan school of Art.  He began studying at the Pennsylvania Academy of Fine Arts in 1886 when he was nineteen years old.  He studied in France and Italy and began teaching in Philadelphia in 1892.  He married six years later and continued to paint in Philadelphia and Paris.  He began teaching at the New York School of Art in 1902, the year in which this painting was completed.  In 1908 he organized a showing of art by himself and seven others which became known as the eight and was later considered the founding of the "Ashcan" school.  He continued to paint and attract significant following of clients and painters.  He was chosen one of the top three living American artists by the Arts Council of New York in 1929, the year of his death.  The painting is currently at the National Gallery of Art in Washington, D. C.

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