Robert Henri

American painter. A leading figure of the Ashcan School of American realism. In 1908 he was an organizer of the group known as "The Eight," a loose association of artists who protested the restrictive exhibition practices of the National Academy of Design. In 1886 he enrolled at the Pennsylvania Academy of Fine Arts. He also studied at the Academie Julian in Paris and at the Ecole des Beaux Arts. In 1892, he began teaching at the Philadelphia School of Design for Women. In 1902 he began teaching at the New York School of Art. In 1909 he established the Henri School of Art in New York. http://www.henrirobert.org/biography.html http://sullivangoss.com/robert_Henri/ https://www.wikiart.org/en/robert-henri https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Robert_Henri (accessed 03/09/17 MM) http://roberthenrimuseum.org/