ashcan school

from WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006)
Ashcan School
    n 1: a group of United States painters founded in 1907 and noted
         for their realistic depictions of sordid aspects of city
         life [syn: {Ashcan School}, {Eight}]
    2: early 20th-century United States painting; portrays realistic
       and sordid scenes of city life [syn: {Ash Can}, {Ashcan
       school}]
    

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