ROBERT HENRI

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SUNDAY feature on ART of Architecture -by Gautam Shah

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Robert Henri -Cozad (1865-1929 born Cincinnati, Ohio ), was one of the most influential American landscape, portraitist and figure painter. Henri enrolled at the Pennsylvania Academy of the Fine Arts in Philadelphia, and later the École des Beaux Arts, Paris.

He was essentially a realist painter, who first identified with the Impressionists style. He together with a small team of enthusiastic followers, pioneered the Ashcan School of American realism. They depicted urban life in an uncompromising Brutalist, but a realist manner. The group members were determined to depict directly their own time and experience.

For several years, Henri divided his time between Philadelphia and Paris. Over the years, Henry painted figures and portraits of non elite people, like Native Americans, African, Chinese and Mexican migrants. He became strongly influenced by the colour theories, and experimented with the tonal effects of mixed colours. He also began to use subdued tones. He moved around New York and painted the suburbs.

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