The Forsyth Galleries is home to paintings by each member of The Eight, a group of artists that gained national attention after a successful exhibition at Macbeth Galleries, New York in 1908. These artists, which included Arthur B. Davies, Robert Henri, Everett Shinn, William Glackens, Ernest Lawson, George Luks, Maurice Prendergast, and John Sloan, were a part of a movement that is now referred to as Americanism. Most of the artists painted in different styles, however their subject matter all revolved around that of a common world. They depicted a non-idealized urban life, the poor, immigrants, leisure, entertainment, and landscapes. Arthur B. Davies focused mainly on landscapes and his piece Rites of Spring, showcases a Symbolist approach
