For 45 years, Chief Educator Barbara Brown Lee has shared the joy of learning about art with visitors to the Milwaukee Art Museum. The BBL Series captures Barbara’s unique relationship to, and passion for the works in the Museum’s Collection, providing the viewer with a rich and engaging perspective on the art.
In this episode, learn about one of the nation’s strongest collections of art from the Ashcan School and a group of artists interested in capturing everyday life known as The Eight.
Dutch Joe (Jopie van Slouten), 1910
Oil on canvas
24 × 20 in. (60.96 × 50.8 cm)
Gift of the Samuel O. Buckner Collection M1919.9
Photo credit: John R. Glembin