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Ashcan School

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Noun

1. ashcan school, eight

a group of United States painters founded in 1907 and noted for their realistic depictions of sordid aspects of city life

2. ash can, ashcan school

early 20th-century United States painting; portrays realistic and sordid scenes of city life

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Ashcan School

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a group (formed c. 1908) of U.S. painters who promoted realistic painting based on the direct observation of everyday, esp. urban, events

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Ashcan School

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n.
A group of US painters of the early 20th century who painted realistic scenes of everyday urban life.

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