The Ten

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Ten, The (more formally, Ten American Painters). A group of well-established American painters from Boston and New York who exhibited together from 1898 to 1919 after resigning from the Society of American Artists, whose exhibitions they considered too conservative and too large. Most of the members of the group had studied in Paris in the 1880s and the common factor in their work was an interest in Impressionism. They were Frank W. Benson (1862–1951); Joseph R. De Camp (1858–1923); Thomas W. Dewing (1851–1938); Childe Hassam; Willard L. Metcalf (1858–1925); Robert Reid (1862–1929); Edward E. Simmons (1852–1931). Edmund C. Tarbell (1862–1938); John H. Twachtman (1853–1902); and Julian Alden Weir (1852–1919). After the death of Twachtman his place was taken by W. M. Chase. Between 1898 and 1917 the group held twenty annual exhibitions in New York (at various galleries) and these were sometimes shown in other cities; a final exhibition was shown in Washington in 1919. The early exhibitions were generally well received, but by the time the group broke up the prevailing feeling in the press was that the painters had gone somewhat stale. The death of Chase in 1916 was probably also a factor in deciding to discontinue the exhibitions, as was the advancing age of the members. Although their art was not particularly radical, they were important in the context of modern art in helping to establish a tradition of setting up exhibiting organizations independent of official bodies, foreshadowing such ventures as The Eight and the Armory Show.

The Ten was also the name of a group of American Expressionist painters who exhibited together from 1935 to 1939. Gottlieb and Rothko were the best-known members. Most were figurative painters, but a few were members of American Abstract Artists.

Ten, The (more formally, Ten American Painters). A group of well-established American painters from Boston and New York who exhibited together from 1898 to 1919 after resigning from the Society of American Artists, whose exhibitions they considered too conservative and too large. Most of the members of the group had studied in Paris in the 1880s and the common factor in their work was an interest in Impressionism. They were Frank W. Benson (1862–1951); Joseph R. De Camp (1858–1923); Thomas W. Dewing (1851–1938); Childe Hassam; Willard L. Metcalf (1858–1925); Robert Reid (1862–1929); Edward E. Simmons (1852–1931); Edmund C. Tarbell (1862–1938); John H. Twachtman (1853–1902); Julian Alden Weir (1852–1919). On the death of Twachtman his place was taken by W. M. Chase. The Ten held twenty annual exhibitions in New York (at various galleries) and these were sometimes shown in other cities; a final exhibition was shown in Washington in 1919. Although these shows were not particularly radical, they helped to establish a tradition of setting up exhibiting organizations independent of official bodies, foreshadowing such ventures as The Eight and the Armory Show.

The Ten was also the name of a group of American Expressionist painters who exhibited together from 1935 to 1940. Gottlieb and Rothko were among the members.

Ten, The (more formally, Ten American Painters). A group of well-established American painters from Boston and New York who exhibited together from 1898 to 1919 after resigning from the Society of American Artists, whose exhibitions they considered too conservative and too large. Most of the members of the group had studied in Paris in the 1880s and the common factor in their work was an interest in Impressionism. Childe Hassam and W. M. Chase were the best-known members. The Ten was also the name of a group of American Expressionist painters who exhibited together from 1935 to 1940. Gottlieb and Rothko were among the members.