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Highlights from the William J. Glackens Collection

On view through Fall 2015

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William J. Glackens
William J. Glackens Girl Eating a Green Apple, c. 1911 Oil on canvas Collection of NSU Art Museum Fort Lauderdale, Nova Southeastern University; promised gift of the Sansom Foundation.
William J. Glackens Dancer in Blue, c. 1905 Oil on canvas Collection of NSU Art Museum Fort Lauderdale, Nova Southeastern University; Ira Glackens bequest 92.43
William J. Glackens The Night after San Juan, 1898 Watercolor, pen, and black ink on paper Collection of NSU Art Museum Fort Lauderdale, Nova Southeastern University; bequest of Ira Glackens 91.40.67
Maurice Prendergast Apple and Pears on the Grass, 1912 Oil on board Collection of NSU Art Museum Fort Lauderdale, Nova Southeastern University; bequest of Ira Glackens 91.40.109
William J. Glackens Café de la Paix (Paris Café) c. 1906Oil on canvasCollection of NSU Art Museum Fort Lauderdale, Nova Southeastern University; bequest of Ira Glackens 91.40.146
William J. Glackens Bowlers, La Ciotat, 1930 Oil on canvas Collection of NSU Art Museum Fort Lauderdale, Nova Southeastern University; gift of the Sansom Foundation 92.31
Glackens collection at NSU Art Museum; photo by Steven Brooke.

Highlights from the William J. Glackens Collection

The Glackens Art Collection, bequeathed to NSU Art Museum Fort Lauderdale in 1991 by Ira Glackens, son of William J. Glackens, covers the artist’s versatile talent from 1892, when he made a living as an artist/reporter, to 1938, the year of his death, when he was internationally known as America’s Renoir. This encyclopedic collection boasts a wide variety of examples of Glackens’ artistry – from casual crayon sketches to a unique hand-carved wooden panel, from rare etchings to heartwarming family photographs.

Artist Biography

William Glackens (1870–1938)

William Glackens was a member of the artists group, The Eight, who favored cheerful subjects of leisure activities over the dark manner and social realism of others in that circle. Born in Philadelphia, Glackens attended Central High School along with John Sloan and the collector Albert C. Barnes. In 1891 he began a career as an artist-reporter for various Philadelphia newspapers and in the evenings, attended classes at the Pennsylvania Academy of the Fine Arts. That same year Sloan introduced him to Robert Henri, with whom Glackens shared a studio for a year and a half. After traveling to France and The Netherlands in 1895, Glackens moved to New York, where he continued working as an artist-reporter, magazine illustrator and painter. In 1898 he accompanied the U.S. Army to Cuba to record the Spanish-American War for McClure’s magazine.

Glackens gave up illustration in order to devote himself to painting in 1904. He made a second trip to Europe in 1906, returning to New York to prepare for an exhibition of paintings by The Eight held in 1908. In the same year, one of Glackens’ paintings was shown at the National Academy of Design, where the New York public was surprised at the change in the artist’s palette. After nearly a decade and a half of producing paintings that reflected the influence of Robert Henri in their muted colors and gestural brushstrokes, Glackens, inspired by his visits to France and the Netherlands, had turned to depicting outdoor scenes, using bright, lively colors. His change in style was reinforced by frequent trips to France, including a 1912 journey sponsored by his friend Albert Barnes, who sent Glackens to France as his agent to purchase contemporary French paintings, including works by Cézanne, Matisse, and Renoir. Glackens served as chairman of the committee that selected American art for The Armory Show in 1913, and later, in 1917, was first president of the Society of Independent Artists.

Glackens’ mature style suggests Monet’s paintings of the 1860s in the broad and direct treatment of color, quick touch, and jewel-like dashes of color that denote foliage and the sun’s shimmering reflections on the water. Glackens distinguished himself from impressionism, however, by not allowing light to dissolve the contour of his forms. From about 1925 to 1932 he divided his time between New York and France, but he continued his involvement in the New York art world and his friendship with other artists associated with The Eight until his death in 1938.

Organized by NSU Art Museum Fort Lauderdale and curated by Barbara Buhler Lynes, Ph.D., Sunny Kaufman Senior Curator. Sponsored in part by the Sansom Foundation.

The William J. Glackens Collection exhibition celebrates the publication of a brand-new scholarly manual for the Glackens Collection. The text, written by noted art historian and curator Elizabeth Thompson Colleary, discusses in depth many Glackens works on display at NSU Art Museum Fort Lauderdale.

Exhibitions at NSU Art Museum Fort Lauderdale are made possible in part by a challenge grant from the David and Francie Horvitz Family Foundation. Funding for this exhibition is provided in part by the Broward County Board of County Commissioners as recommended by the Broward Cultural Council and Greater Fort Lauderdale Convention & Visitors Bureau. Sponsored in part by the State of Florida, Department of State, Division of Cultural Affairs and the Florida Council on Arts and Culture.

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William J. Glackens Seated Across with Mirror, c.1903. NSU Art Museum Fort Lauderdale; gift of the Sansom Foundation, Inc.William J. Glackens Seated Across with Mirror, c.1903. NSU Art Museum Fort Lauderdale; gift of the Sansom Foundation, Inc.

A Backward Glance: Highlights from the William J. Glackens Collection

April 17, 2025
May 3, 2025 - August 2026
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Dimithry Victor, Synthetic Giants: Cost of Strength, 2024. Courtesy of the artist.

Dimithry Victor: The American Dream

April 4, 2025
April 12 - August 17, 2025
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Christo and Jeanne-Claude, Surrounded Islands, Biscayne Bay, Greater Miami, Florida, 1980-83 Photo: Wolfgang Volz Copyright: 2024 Christo and Jeanne-Claude Foundation Collection NSU Art Museum Fort Lauderdale: Gift of the Christo and Jeanne-Claude Foundation

Christo and Jeanne-Claude Surrounded Islands Documentation Exhibition

September 25, 2024
February 23, 2025 - Spring 2026
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Joel Meyerowitz, Florida, 1978, 1978, Vintage RC print, 11 x 14 inches (27.9 x 35.5 cm), NSU Art Museum Fort Lauderdale; Gift of an anonymous donor.

Joel Meyerowitz: Temporal Aspects

July 24, 2024
October 4, 2024 - August 17, 2025
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