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Overview
What is The Eight?
1908Period
New York, United StatesBegan in
8Key artists on this page
12Works with free images
8Museums to visit
The Eight (A Nyolcak in Hungarian language) was an avant-garde art movement of Hungarian painters active mostly in Budapest from 1909 to 1918. They were connected to Post-Impressionism and radical movements in literature and music as well, and led to the rise of modernism in art culture. The members of The Eight, Róbert Berény, Dezső Czigány, Béla Czóbel, Károly Kernstok, Ödön Márffy, Dezső Orbán, Bertalan Pór and Lajos Tihanyi, were primarily inspired by French painters and art movements including Paul Cézanne, Henri Matisse, and Fauvism. Exhibits were held in 2011 and 2012 in Hungary and Austria, respectively, to mark the centenary of the group's first exhibit as The Eight in Budapest in 1911.From Wikipedia, CC BY-SA 4.0
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A group of American painters who united out of opposition to academic standards in the early twentieth century. Members of the group were Robert Henri, Arthur Davies, Maurice Prendergast, William James Glackens, Ernest Lawson, Everett Shinn, John Sloan, and George Luks.
The Masquerade Dress by Robert Henri, 1911 · Wikimedia Commons · CC0
Period
1908
Began in
New York, United States
Key artists
Robert Henri, John Sloan, William James Glackens, Maurice Prendergast
Related
Ashcan School, Cubism, Fauvism
How to recognise it
Key characteristics of The Eight
A protest against the exhibition policy of the National Academy of Design
Varied styles, from urban realism to Impressionism and Symbolism
Five members later linked with the realist Ashcan School
Independence of artists from juries
An influence on later independent exhibitions
Timeline
When was The Eight?
The Eight is usually dated 1908, beginning in New York, United States. Dates for art movements are approximate: artists joined and left, and styles overlapped.
Eight American painters who exhibited together in New York in 1908 in protest against the conservative National Academy of Design.
When was The Eight?
The Eight: 1908. It began in New York, United States. Dates for art movements are approximate.
What are the main characteristics of The Eight?
A protest against the exhibition policy of the National Academy of Design; Varied styles, from urban realism to Impressionism and Symbolism; Five members later linked with the realist Ashcan School; Independence of artists from juries; An influence on later independent exhibitions.
Who are the most famous The Eight artists?
Robert Henri, John Sloan, William James Glackens, Maurice Prendergast, Everett Shinn.
What are some famous The Eight works?
The Masquerade Dress by Robert Henri; George Luks by Robert Henri; Himself by Robert Henri; Edgar Varèse by John Sloan; Yeats at Petitpas' by John Sloan.
Where can I see The Eight art?
Metropolitan Museum of Art (New York, United States), National Portrait Gallery (Washington, D.C., United States), National Gallery of Art (Washington, D.C., United States), Princeton Art Museum (United States), Art Institute of Chicago (United States) hold works shown on this page.
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