Synonyms/Hypernyms (Ordered by Estimated Frequency) of noun ashcan_school

2 senses of ashcan school

Sense 1
Ashcan School, Eight -- (a group of United States painters founded in 1907 and noted for their realistic depictions of sordid aspects of city life)
       => school -- (a body of creative artists or writers or thinkers linked by a similar style or by similar teachers; "the Venetian school of painting")
       => artistic movement, art movement -- (a group of artists who agree on general principles)

Sense 2
Ash Can, Ashcan school -- (early 20th-century United States painting; portrays realistic and sordid scenes of city life)
       => artistic movement, art movement -- (a group of artists who agree on general principles)