Ashcans, Trains and Factories: Students and Followers of The Eight

Friday, September 19, 2008 – Sunday, February 1, 2009

Holden Community Gallery

Robert Henri, John Sloan and other members of The Eight were as noted for their talents as teachers as they were for their creative skills. One of Henri’s students wrote down his classroom comments and assembled them into a book titled The Art Spirit. Both collectively and individually, The Eight inspired a generation of artists to look at the urban life around them.

This exhibition features the work of artists influenced by The Eight’s emphasis on scenes of contemporary urban life. The exhibition will include works by Robert Brackman, Alexander Kruse, Reginald Marsh, Elizabeth Olds, Walter Pack, Raphael Soyer, Eugene Thomason and others. These works will be drawn from the collection of the Asheville Art Museum.

This exhibition is organized and curated by the Asheville Art Museum. This exhibition is sponsored in part by AT&T Real Yellow Pages.

Image credit:

Elizabeth Olds, Pittsburgh, 1935, lithograph, 12 x 16 inches. Gift of Thelma Lowenstein. Asheville Art Museum Collection.