Meaning Of The Word Ashcan School

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Ashcan School in American English
a group (formed c. 1908) of U.S. painters who promoted realistic painting based on the direct observation of everyday, esp. urban, events
noun: a group of American painters of the early 20th century whose genre paintings were derived from city life

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