Word: subterhuman
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...National Academy of Design, whose tastes ran to the sentimental, the anecdotal, and the academic. Though Stieglitz had exhibited such men as Matisse, Picasso and John Marin in his Manhattan gallery, the critics' verdict on his shows ranged from a patronizing "bewildering" to a savage "subterhuman hideousness." The most vital American painters were a group subsequently known as the Ashcan School, but their harshly realistic paintings were receiving almost no recognition. "Stop studying water pitchers and bananas and paint everyday life," cried Cincinnati-born Robert Henri. But the Academy and the public preferred the bananas...
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