American Art: Jacob Dasher Art 2001 Fall 2006

American Art: Ashcan School American Scene Social Realism

Ashcan School Subject: “Raw Scenes” of Everyday Life Considered by Many to “Only be Fit For the Ash Can” Movement Away From “Stuffy Art”

Ashcan School Artists John Sloan ( ) George Bellows ( )

John Sloan “South Beach Bathers”

George Bellows “Stag at Sharkey’s”

American Scene Subject: Everyday People Romanticized Raised Spirits During the Depression

American Scene Artists Thomas Hart Benton ( ) Grant Wood ( )

Thomas Hart Benton “Steel”

Thomas Hart Benton “She’s Off”

Grant Wood “American Gothic”

Social Realism Subject: Highlighting Injustices and Motivating Reform Attacked the “Evils of Capitalism” Exaggerated Features, Color, & Scale for Emotional Impact

Social Realism Artists Diego Rivera Edward Hopper ( ) Romare Bearden ( )

Diego Rivera “Detroit Industry”

Diego Rivera “The Flower Carrier”

Edward Hopper “Nighthawks”

Edward Hopper “Hotel Lobby”

Edward Hopper “Western Motel”

Romare Bearden “The Woodshed”