Saturday, February 4, 2012

Pictures at an Exhibition for William Glackens


            Despite his marrying into wealth, Glackens continued to work for close to thirty years as a newspaper, magazine and book illustrator. His income as a graphic artist afforded him the luxury of painting to fulfill his creative needs rather than to satisfy a capricious market. Thus, he accomplished every painter's dream of conceiving art for art's sake.
                We are what we create, and we create Art to bring a piece of ourselves to others.
                       -- Chris Peden




                                      William Glackens      Umbrellas at Blue Point   1915

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