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William GlackensWilliam Glackens Watercolor on Paper, "Criticizing Ernest Lawson’s Art Class"ca. 1907
ca. 1907
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William Glackens, 1870-1938
Criticizing Ernest Lawson’s Art Class, ca. 1907
Watercolor and pencil on paper
Signed (at lower left): Glackens
Inscribed (at lower right): OVER
Letter to artist (on verso) written by and signed: W. Glackens
The text written on verso is as follows:
My Dear Serviere [sic]
The picture on the other side will explain why I was not at the train at 12 noon. I arrived a few minutes after you left. Lawson asked me to criticize his class for him that morning. It took longer than he said it would. Please accept this picture as an apology in both senses.
Yours regretfully,
W. Glackens
Provenance:
Bernard and Miriam Perlman.
Exhibited:
The Immortal Eight And Its Influence, The Art Students League of New York, January 9-
29, 1983, illus. Cover and p.20.
Baltimore’s Print and Drawing Society, 1968-1988, Baltimore Museum of Art, October
25-December 4, 1988.
In Criticizing Ernest Lawson’s Art Class, there is the dark palette, the vigorous strokes of the pencil and the quick dabs of the watercolor; all of these add to the sense of action and immediacy. Glackens’ wit is quite evident in this drawing. The artist stands gesturing before an easel holding a nude study (the model appears in the background), and he depicts himself as a very short and somewhat rotund man. The pensive female student whose work he is critiquing hovers over him, her neck extended as she looks down upon him. The scene has the feeling that the roles have been reversed—there is something childlike, almost naive in Glackens’ facial features; he seems the student, while the woman, with her stern concentration, appears to be the instructor. Perhaps this is Glackens’ feeling about himself for having missed an appointment (see the letter verso), but it’s more likely that this is a jab at the academic critics of his day, those of the National Academy who refused his work and the work of his contemporaries in the same year that Criticizing Ernest Lawson’s Art Class was created.
- Creator:William Glackens (1870-1938, American)
- Creation Year:ca. 1907
- Dimensions:Height: 7.5 in (19.05 cm)Width: 9.25 in (23.5 cm)Depth: 1 in (2.54 cm)
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- Gallery Location:New York, NY
- Reference Number:1stDibs: LU2157211687872
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