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Definition of Ashcan school
1. Noun. A group of United States painters founded in 1907 and noted for their realistic depictions of sordid aspects of city life.
2. Noun. Early 20th-century United States painting; portrays realistic and sordid scenes of city life.
Lexicographical Neighbors of Ashcan School
Literary usage of Ashcan school
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. 150 Years of Philadelphia Painters and Paintings: Selections from the Sewell by Sewell C. Biggs Museum of American Art, Milo. M. Naeve, Library Company of Philadelphia (1999)
"... or "Ashcan school," Wagner surely knew, or knew of, Glackens, George Luks,
and Everett Shinn in the well-acquainted community of illustrators. ..."