The Artists of Cedar Hill

Notable of the Month -William Glackens (1870–1938)

William Glackens,
a native of Philadelphia, attended the Pennsylvania Academy of the Fine Arts where he studied under Robert Henri. In 1895, Glackens and Henri headed to Europe to study in Paris and Holland. The following year they returned to the U. S. and settled in New York City.

While in New York, Glackens and Henri befriended several other artists who were tired of the National Academy of Arts rejecting their artworks. The artists, consisting of Glackens, Henri, Arthur B. Davies, Maurice Prendergast, Ernest Lawson, Everett Shinn, John French Sloan and George Luks held their own exhibition, which was extremely well-received. The group became known as The Eight or theAshcan Group.

Glackens, a realist, primarily painted street scenes and snapshots of daily life. By 1910, he had established a name for himself in the art world and was often compared to Renoir. The top image is March Day, Washington Park and the bottom image is Family Group, featuring Glacken’s wife and son.

Married to artist Edith Dimock, daughter of Hartford merchant Ira Dimock, Glackens was buried in the Dimock family lot at Cedar Hill when he died unexpectedly in 1938.

To learn more about William Glackens and Edith Dimock, join us for the new tour,

The Artists of Cedar Hill on Saturday, October 17 at 10:00 am. (new date due to inclement weather predicted for October 3.) Admission is $5.00 and free to Cedar Hill Cemetery Foundation members.