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William Glackens

1870 - 1938

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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 also known for his work 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 life in pre-WW I New York and Paris first established his reputation as a major artist. Read more on Wikipedia

Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of William Glackens has received more than 150,439 page views. His biography is available in 16 different languages on Wikipedia. William Glackens is the 1,949th most popular painter, the 10,402nd most popular biography from United States and the 134th most popular American Painter.

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Among PAINTERS

Among painters, William Glackens ranks 1,949 out of 2,023. Before him are Robert Peake the Elder, Nevin Çokay, Benjamin Wilson, Robert Reid, Władysław Hasior, and N. C. Wyeth. After him are George Luks, Rebecca Solomon, Arthur Wesley Dow, Thomas Baines, Peter Perez Burdett, and Derek Riggs.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1870, William Glackens ranks 161. Before him are Major Ritchie, Lilian Gibbs, Walter Chaffe, Hubert Gough, Antonín Slavíček, and Liberato Marcial Rojas. After him are Erskine Childers, Roscoe Pound, Benjamin N. Cardozo, Alexander Munro, Philip Herbert Cowell, and C. B. K. Beachcroft. Among people deceased in 1938, William Glackens ranks 213. Before him are Victor Cavendish, 9th Duke of Devonshire, James Scott, Jacob Opdahl, Jean-Guy Gautier, Alma Gluck, and Tom Crean. After him are Oscar Apfel, Karl Malmström, Benjamin N. Cardozo, Pauline Frederick, Thomas Dewing, and Arthur Barclay.

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In United States

Among people born in United States, William Glackens ranks 10,402 out of 20,380. Before him are Sean Murray (1977), Glenn Plummer (1961), Joseph F. Smith (1838), Paul Pierce (1977), Bryan D. O'Connor (1946), and John Logan (1961). After him are Alphonse Lacroix (1897), Charles Band (1951), Chris Dodd (1944), Rebecca Schaeffer (1967), Marcia Strassman (1948), and Taylor Schilling (1984).

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Among PAINTERS In United States

Among painters born in United States, William Glackens ranks 134. Before him are David Smith (1906), Elaine de Kooning (1918), John La Farge (1835), John Sloan (1871), Robert Reid (1862), and N. C. Wyeth (1882). After him are George Luks (1867), Arthur Wesley Dow (1857), Kenyon Cox (1856), Edwin Lord Weeks (1849), Worthington Whittredge (1820), and Elizabeth Catlett (1915).

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