John R. Grabach
John R. Grabach (March 2, 1886 – March 17, 1981) was an American painter who gained prominence in the art world of the 1920s and 1930s. He was known for his gritty, Social realism, social realist works depicting urban working-class scenes of New York City and New Jersey. Although his work resembles that of the Ashcan school, he is generally considered a post-Ashcan, urban realist. Characterized as the “leading American painter of the Great Depression in the United States, Great Depression” and “a dynamic painter with a strong spirit of nationalism,” his career spanned most of the 20th century. Grabach also authored the art text, ''How to Draw the Human Figure'', first published in 1957. Early life and education John Robert Grabach was born March 2, 1886, in Newark, New Jersey (see note below). His father, also named John Grabach, was a jeweler; his mother, Genoveva (Eva), was a homemaker and, later, a dressmaker. He was their only child. At the age of 10, he showed an a ...
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Newark, New Jersey
Newark ( , ) is the most populous city in the U.S. state of New Jersey and the seat of Essex County and the second largest city within the New York metropolitan area.New Jersey County Map
New Jersey Department of State. Accessed July 10, 2017. The city had a population of 311,549 as of the , and was calculated at 307,220 by the Population Estimates Program for 2021, making it
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