Ashcan School Definition
The Ashcan School refers to works of artists in the early twentieth century depicting everyday scenes in New York city. It is called referred as Ash Can School, and realists. Six prominent members of the Ashcan School are: Arthur B. Davies (1862-1928), Robert Henri (1865-1929), George Luks (1867-1933), William Glackens (1870-1938), John Sloan (1871-1951), and Everett Shinn (1876-1953). Others who are considered in the Ashcan school are Alfred Maurer (1868-1932), George Wesley Bellows (1882-1925), Edward Hopper (1882-1967), and Guy Pène Du Bois (1884-1958).