Cliff Dwellers (painting)

Within the context of ''Cliff Dwellers'' the audience is able to convey a sense of congestion, overpopulation and (primarily seen in the foreground) the impact of the city among the youth. Within the book ''The Paintings of George Bellows'', a historical account of how adamant "urban reformers" were during the early twentieth century as thousands of immigrants migrated to neighborhoods of New York. "The children in Bellows's Cliff Dwellers, innocent as they appear, exhibited no effects of the requisite "Americanizing" process urban reformers considered crucial to the maintenance of social order."<ref name="YoungMahonriSharp">"Young, Mahonri Sharp and George Bellows. 1973. ''The Paintings of George Bellows''. New York: Watson-Guptill Publications.</ref>

Within the context of ''Cliff Dwellers'' the audience is able to convey a sense of congestion, overpopulation and (primarily seen in the foreground) the impact of the city among the youth. Within the book ''The Paintings of George Bellows'', a historical account of how adamant "urban reformers" were during the early twentieth century as thousands of immigrants migrated to neighborhoods of New York. "The children in Bellows's Cliff Dwellers, innocent as they appear, exhibited no effects of the requisite "Americanizing" process urban reformers considered crucial to the maintenance of social order."<ref name="YoungMahonriSharp">"Young, Mahonri Sharp and George Bellows. 1973. ''The Paintings of George Bellows''. New York: Watson-Guptill Publications.</ref>

Paired with the scrutiny heaped upon immigrants was the fact that they were made to live in conditions, which were made unbearable by the toll of industrialization within these areas. Small and dense were the living quarters of many who worked in similar environments in factories. The dense, dark character of the painting conveys a sense of how industrialization has impacted the working class lifestyle.

Paired with the scrutiny heaped upon immigrants was the fact that they were made to live in conditions which were made unbearable by the toll of industrialization within these areas. Small and dense were the living quarters of many who worked in similar environments in factories. The dense, dark character of the painting conveys a sense of how industrialization has impacted the working class lifestyle.

New York Realists were called by critics as the "revolutionary black gang" and the "apostles of ugliness". A critic, referring to their depictions also conferred them the pejorative label [[Ashcan School]] which became the standard term for this first important American art movement of the 20th century.

New York Realists were called by critics as the "revolutionary black gang" and the "apostles of ugliness". A critic, referring to their depictions also conferred them the pejorative label [[Ashcan School]] which became the standard term for this first important American art movement of the 20th century.