Everett Shinn The Spectacle of Life Author:Janay Wong from the acknowledgments: Everett Shinn is one of the most accomplished and celebrated artists of the Ashcan School, famous primarily for scenes of the stage and city. In recent years Shinn has been somewhat negelected by scholars and has not been for many years the subject of a fully-researched exhibition. It is accordingly with special pleasur... more »e that we present this selection, focused on his early years, which includes some well-known, familiar works on loan from NY area museums, as well [as] some newly discovered treasures from private collections that have been lost to sight for decades. ...Janay Wong['s]... essay... represents the first substantial new analysis and interpretation of Shinn in a long time.« less