For 10 points, identify this American painter, perhaps best known as the leader of "The Eight."
This artist painted numerous nude images of Betalo Rubino, but also painted her in costume as a Dancer of Dehli. This man adopted Hardesty Maratta's twelve basic color system later in his career; this switch brightened his subsequent portraits appreciably when compared to such earlier works as his Gypsy series and Laughing Boy. His admiration for Degas was evident in such works as Dancer in a Yellow Shawl and his portrait of Madame Voclezca as Richard Strauss' Salome.His theories were eventually collected in The Art Spirit, some years after this student of Thomas Anshutz moved from Philadelphia to New York where he made his name. It was his decision to spurn the National Academy of Design that led him to organize a breakthrough show at the Macbeth Gallery in 1908, that exhibition featured such like minded artists as William Glackens and George Luks. For 10 points, identify this American painter, perhaps best known as the leader of "The Eight."
This artist painted numerous nude images of Betalo Rubino, but also painted her in costume as a Dancer of Dehli.
Robert Henri or Robert Henry Cozad