Washington Square
1913 · Charcoal, pencil, colored pencil, gouache, and watercolor on paper
29 1/8 x 22 1/8" (73.9 x 56.2 cm)
Museum of Modern Art
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William Glackens
Artist
WA-00027289
PaintingAshcan School
Representation
None documented
12
Institutional Exhibitions
8
Works in Collection
25
Assets Indexed
0
Authority-backed Facts
0
Publications Referenced
90%
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Authority Records (3)
Selected Institutional Exhibitions
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American Drawings and Watercolors: A Selection from the Collection
Museum of Modern Art, New York
1969–1970
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100 Drawings from the Museum Collection
Museum of Modern Art, New York
1960–1961
No image
Drawings in the Collection of The Museum of Modern Art
Museum of Modern Art, New York
1947
No image
American Battle Painting 1776�1918
Museum of Modern Art, New York
1944
No image
Painting, Sculpture, Prints
Museum of Modern Art, New York
1944
No image
Modern Drawings
Museum of Modern Art, New York
1944
No image
Twentieth Century Portraits
Museum of Modern Art, New York
1942–1943
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New Acquisitions: American Drawings
Museum of Modern Art, New York
1942
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Three Centuries of American Art
Museum of Modern Art, New York
1938
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Modern Painters and Sculptors as Illustrators
Museum of Modern Art, New York
1936
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American Painting and Sculpture, 1862�1932
Museum of Modern Art, New York
1932–1933
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Painting and Sculpture by Living Americans
Museum of Modern Art, New York
1930–1931
Source Registry (1)
- MoMA bulk 2026-05-04Tier 1 · Institutional92%
About
Why this artist matters now
William James Glackens 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. His later work was brighter in tone and showed the strong influence of Renoir. During much of his career as a painter, Glackens also worked as an illustrator for newspapers and magazines in Philadelphia and New York City.
Source: Moma Bulk 2026 05 04 · Trust score: 92% · Updated 29d ago
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Movement
Ashcan School
Medium
Painting
Related Artists
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Artworks (8)
Artwork sources (4)
8 published of 20 catalogued · 16 with image
- Cleveland Museum of Art4 published
- Nga3 published3 img
- MoMA1 publishedof 2 catalogued2 img
- + 1 more source · 11 catalogued, not yet published
Per-Artwork Provenance Chains (top 4)
4 entries · 1 sources
- 1899 · Cleveland · 1 provUrl Pattern Extraction 2026-05-27·accession_number
- 1900 · Cleveland · 1 provUrl Pattern Extraction 2026-05-27·accession_number
- 1899 · Cleveland · 1 provUrl Pattern Extraction 2026-05-27·accession_number
- 1899 · Cleveland · 1 provUrl Pattern Extraction 2026-05-27·accession_number
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In collection
Smithsonian American Art Museum
In collection
Museum of Modern Art
New York, US
In collection
National Gallery of Art
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