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Drawing by George Luks

Robert Henri1865-1929

George BellowsPenn Station Excavation,1909

George Bellows,Stag Night at Starkeys,1907

Thomas W. Dewing,Hermit Thrush,1890

Childe Hassam,The El1984

John Sloan,Six O’Clock, Winter,1912

George Bellows,Paddy Flannigan,1908

Robert Henri,Himself,1913

Franz Hals,Malle Babbe,1633-35

John Sloan,Three a.m.,1909

John Sloan,The Hairdresser’s Window,1917

George Bellows, River Rats, 1906

John Sloan,Sunday Afternoon in Union Square,1912

John Sloan,Fifth Avenue,1906

John Sloan, The Show Case, (from the series "New York City Life"), 1905

John Sloan, Fun, One Cent (from the series "New York City Life"), 1905

John Sloan,Movies, Five Cents,1907

Everett Shinn,Shop Window,1903

Jacob Riis,Bandit’s Roost

Jacob Riis, Italian Mother and Baby, Ragpicker, New York, ca. 1889-1890.

Jacob Riis, quoted in Maren Stange, Symbols of Ideal Life: Social Documentary

Photography in America, 1890-1950, Cambridge: Cambridge University Press, 1989, p.16

“The beauty of looking into these places without actually being present there is that the excursionist is spared the vulgar sounds and odious scents and repulsive exhibitions attendant upon such a personal examination.”

George Bellows,Cliffdwellers, 1913

George Bellows, Tin Can Battle, San Juan Hill, New York, 1907.

“. . . You can unmistakably discern a Jew by the walk, the flat foot, the turning out of the palm of the hand. . . You can tell an artist by the way he uses a thumb in place of the forefinger in describing a scene or picture. You can detect a convict by his clasped hands . . .”

William Glackens

D.W. Griffith, “The Italian Barber,” movie still

D.W. Griffith, “Romance of the Jewess,” movie still

John Sloan,Man and Monkey, 1905

William Glackens,Far From the Fresh Air Farm,1911

William Glackens,Washington Square, 1913Museum of Modern Art, New York

William Glackens,Patriots in the Making,1907

Lewis Hine,Ellis Island photograph