Welcome to the William Glacken Exibit
Do not fear mistakes - there are none.
- Miles Davis
Glackens' formative years started at the Pennsylvania Academy of Fine Arts (1892-93). There, like his contemporaries John Sloan, Everett Shinn and George Luks, fell under the spell of Robert Henri, a gifted painter and superb teacher. Henri enticed his young students to capture with swiftness the 'reality' around them, blemishes and all. Their seamy portrayals of down-to-earth themes gained them the nicknames of The Black Gang and Devotees of the Ugly.
Rocks and Lighthouse
Oil on canvas
Circa 1908
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