ArtScapades presents Modern Beginnings: From Beautiful to Gritty

On Monday, Nov. 10, ArtScapades explores how a modern movement developed in America led by artists of The Ashcan School and The Eight. Works and lives of important artists of the period will be discussed including those of George Bellows, Robert Henri, William Glackens, John Sloan, and Edward Hopper.

The series continues on Monday, April 13th with The American Scene: From Regionalism to Roosevelt as ArtScapades details how artists included realism in their works, and looks at how FDR’s New Deal affected the art world.

Included in April’s lecture are works by Thomas Eakins, Thomas Hart Benton, Grant Wood, Andrew Wyeth, Marsden Hartley, and Diego Rivera.

Further lectures in this series will be held on May 11 and June 15.

Admission is free.

New Canaan Library - Lamb Room, 151 Main St., New Canaan, CT 06840

To register, and for more information, visit www.newcanaanlibrary.org.

Illustration: “Nighthawks” by Edward Hopper, 143, now at The Art Institute of Chicago.