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Robert Henriborn: Cincinnati, Ohio; 25 June 1865
died: New York City; 12 July 1929
Henri was the leader of the Ashcan School and one of the most influential teachers of art in the United States.
Henri studied at the Pennsylvania Academy of the Fine Arts, Philadelphia, and at the École des Beaux-Arts in Paris. On returning to the United States in 1891 he became an instructor at the Women's School of Design in Philadelphia. His ideas and chrisma attracted a group of young illustrators from the Philadelphia press: John Sloan, Everett Shinn, George Luks, and William J. Glackens. With these artists, he later formed the group known as The Eight. From 1898 to 1900 he was again in Paris and exhibited at the Salon. He then settled in New York City, where in 1908 The Eight mounted their single joint exhibition before being absorbed into the larger Ashcan School. Henri also exhibited at the 1913 Armory Show.
From 1915 to 1928 he taught at the Art Students League, New York City. Henri's book, The Art Spirit (1923), embodying his conception of art as an expression of love for life, maintained a continuing popularity among artists and art students.
He affected American art more through his teaching than through his painting. He was instrumental in turning the young American painters of his time away from academic eclecticism toward an acceptance of the rich, real life of the modern city as the proper subject of art.
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