William Glackens (1870–1938)

 
William James Glackens was an American painter and illustrator who co-founded the Ashcan School art movement. At the beginning of the 20th Century, the Ashcan School group developed a new aesthetic – without preapproval or favor of the art establishment – that depicted realistic portraits of American urban life. Dubbed by the press as The Eight Independent Painters, or The Eight, the group exhibited their work in America’s first ‘no jury, no prizes’ exhibitions. Glackens became known for his dark paintings of street scenes and unsentimental portraits of entertainers
The man who is born with a talent which he was meant to use, finds his greatest happiness in using it.  -- Goethe

William Glackens (1870–1938)
Narcissus and Anemones
Oil on canvass