In the collection of Barnes Foundation, Philadelphia — check current display status with the museum.
FROM THE BARNES FOUNDATION’S CATALOG
Before the introduction of modern waste management, the streets of Paris often teemed with garbage. So-called ragpickers sifted through the urban detritus, scavenging for old fabric and other objects that could be resold. Bonnard depicts these denizens trudging along the muddy outskirts of the city. He separates his subjects from the throngs of city-dwellers in the background with an expanse of thick, sloppy brushstrokes. Isolated from the crowd, the ragpickers appear like outcasts, condemned to the liminal spaces of the metropolis.
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Jean-Louis Forain — The Stockade
James Morrice — Snow Scene
Joannes Barnardus Antonius Maria Westerwoudt — De Noordermar
James Morrice — Market Scene
Albert Lebourg — Along the Seine (Rouen)
George Hendrik Breitner — The Baanbrugsteeg looking from the
George Hendrik Breitner — The Rokin, Amsterdam
Guillaume Vogels — The Grote Zavel (Grand Sablon), Brussels
Jules Pascin — Southern Landscape
Robert Henri — Volendam Street Scene
Chaim Soutine — Landscape with Houses (Paysage avec maisons)
George Hendrik Breitner — The Demolition of the Grand Bazar 
