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Life's Pleasures
The Ashcan Artists' Brush with Leisure, 1895-1925
August 3–October 28, 2007

Ashcan painters, an early 20th century group of painters working in New York, are thought to depict primarily scenes of the urban life of the lower socio-economic classes. While this is certainly one important aspect of these artists’ work, it is not entirely representative, as Life's Pleasures will illustrate.

This exhibition, comprised of over 70 paintings, will feature the vibrant and diverse leisure activities experienced and observed by such Ashcan painters as Joan Sloan, Everett Shinn, George Luks, George Bellows, William Glackens, and their leader, Robert Henri.

This exhibition was organized by the Detroit Institute of Arts.

Image: George Luks (1867–1933). The Café Francis, ca. 1906. Oil on canvas, 36 x 42 in. Collection of the Butler Institute of American Art, Youngstown, Ohio

Image (from home page): George Bellows (1882–1925), A Day in June, 1913. Oil on canvas, 42 x 48 in. Detroit Institute of Arts: Detroit Museum of Arts Purchase, Lizzie Merrill Palmer Fund, 17.17