AceHistoryDesk – Today in History – These American artists included Arthur B. Davies, William J. Glackens, Robert Henri, Ernest Lawson, George Luks, Maurice Prendergast, Everett Shinn, and John Sloan.

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Prior to The Eight’s breakthrough exhibition, William James Glackens (1870–1938), George Luks (1866–1933), Everett Shinn (1876–1953), and John Sloan (1871–1951)worked as illustrators for Philadelphia-area newspapers, including the Philadelphia Inquirer, Philadelphia Record and the Philadelphia Press. During this time, Robert Henri served as the group’s mentor. In the ensuing years, these artists moved to New York. Everett Shinn went on to do illustrations for Harper’s Weekly. Luks and Glackens covered the Spanish-American War in Cuba as reporter-illustrators for the Philadelphia Bulletin and McClure’s, respectively.El Pozo Centra, Santiago. William J. Glackens, artist; Cuba, 1898. Published in: “The Fight for Santiago” by Stephen Bonsal, McClure’s magazine, vol. 11, no. 6 (Oct. 1898), p. 506.

The Eight staged the exhibition as a protest against the National Academy’s rigid policies.

In 1907, the Academy jury rejected works by Sloan, Glackens, Luks, and Shinn for its annual show. The Eight were at the vanguard of American art for their depiction of urban realism, their rejection of strict academic standards of painting, and their lack of adherence to a particular school of thought. Instead of portraying the elite, the artists Glackens, Henri, Luks, Shinn, and Sloan depicted gritty scenes of the urban poor, including tenements and saloons. Henri, Glackens, Luks, Shinn and Sloan went on to form the Ashcan School. Lawson, the only landscape artist of

The Eight, painted various sites in New York, including the Hudson River and Coney Island.

Maurice Prendergast‘s Post-Impressionist style, with its bold, brightly contrasting colors, and simplified forms, was distinctly different from other members of The Eight. Arthur B. Davies painted dreamlike subjects with classical and literary allusions.

The Eight’s reach extended beyond the MacBeth Gallery show.

Several members became influential art teachers. Robert Henri, George Luks, and John Sloan taught at the Art Students League. Sloan’s students included the artists Alexander Calder and Barnett Newman. Robert Henri founded the Exhibition of Independent Artists in 1910, whose motto was “no jury, no prizes.” Arthur D. Davies became president of the Association of American Painters and Sculptors, which organized the famous Armory Show of 1913.

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