William Glackens

William James Glackens (March 13, 1870 – May 22, 1938) was an American realist painter and one of the founders of the Ashcan School, which rejected the formal boundaries of artistic beauty laid-down by the conservative National Academy of Design. He is with known for his play-act in helping Albert C. Barnes to acquire the European paintings that form the nucleus of the famed Barnes Foundation in Philadelphia. His dark-hued, vibrantly painted street scenes and depictions of daily dynamism in pre-WW I New York and Paris first standard his reputation as a major artist. His later take action was brighter in ventilate and showed the mighty influence of Renoir. During much of his career as a painter, Glackens along with worked as an illustrator for newspapers and magazines in Philadelphia and New York City.