The park was a favorite subject for Ashcan artist William Glackens, who depicts a late winter scene in “Washington Square, Winter” from 1910.
“Washington Square South was Glackens’s home from 1904 to 1913, and he painted more scenes of the square than any other subject except the beach near Bellport, Long Island,” states the website for the New Britain Museum of American Art, where the painting hangs.
“The Washington Square paintings were done in the winter, when the artist delighted in using paint to describe the thick mud, deep snowdrifts, and watery slush on the sidewalks.
“Once a fashionable address, it was by 1910 a diverse neighborhood, typical of the city of New York, which fascinated Glackens. Among the favored details that appear in his Washington Square series are the boy with the red sled, the green bus or trolley, and the woman in the flowered hat.”
Tags: Ashcan artists, Ashcan School, new Britain Museum of American Art, New York City 1910, New York painters, New York street, paintings of Washington Square, Washington Square Park, Washington Square Winter, William Glackens
February 19, 2011 at 6:58 pm |
This is a beautiful painting. Glackens seemed to focus on New York City and Long Island.
February 6, 2013 at 1:57 am |
[...] Glackens often painted winter scenes in the city. Here he capture more fashionably dressed women and children on a slushy day in Washington Square Park. [...]