Title	My friend Brien
Subject	Mint Museum of Art Painting Ashcan school of art
Subject Personal	Henri, Robert, 1865-1929
Description	Painting, entitled My friend Brien, by ROBERT HENRI at The Mint Museum of Art, Charlotte, NC [Photography Arial Photography Service] Henri was an American artist who lived from 1865–1929. This piece was oil on canvas and was painted in 1913. Robert Henri was a charismatic and independent-minded teacher and artist, but he is best known today as the leader of the so-called “Ash Can School” of urban realists. Henri painted this picture of Brien O’Malley, his friend and guide, during his first visit to the town of Achill, Ireland, in 1913. With its bold brushwork and its unflinching depiction of O’Malley’s weather-beaten features, My Friend Brien is a clear testament to Henri’s belief that a painting should be as direct and frank a representation of its subject as possible.
Object Type	Still Image
Subject - Location	Charlotte (N.C.) Mecklenburg County (N.C.)
Date of material	1899-1979
Publisher	Charlotte, N.C.: J. Murrey Atkins Library University of North Carolina at Charlotte
Genre	Picture postcards
Format	image/tiff
Identifier	mb121_5_1_153f
Source	Mary Boyer Collection. J. Murrey Atkins Library University of North Carolina at Charlotte
Relation	Forms part of: Mary Boyer Collection, 1899 - 1979
Language	eng
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