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George Wesley Bellows

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Smithsonianhttps://www.si.edu/object/hmsg_66.438
Tier 1 · Institutional90%

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George Wesley Bellows was an American realist painter, known for his bold depictions of urban life in New York City. He became, according to the Columbus Museum of Art, "the most acclaimed American artist of his generation".

Source: Smithsonian Institution · Trust score: 90% · Updated 1mo ago

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Artworks (9)

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Samuel Knopf

1922 · Oil on canvas

39 11/16 x 31 7/8 in. (100.8 x 81 cm)

The Metropolitan Museum of Art

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Dempsey and Firpo (recto); A Knock-Out, second state (Incident of the Ring) (verso)

1921 · Lithographic stone

Image: 18 3/8 × 22 1/2 in. (46.7 × 57.2 cm) for Demsepy and Firpo Image: 15 3/8 × 21 3/4 in. (39.1 × 55.2 cm) for A Knock-Out, 2nd state (Incident of the Ring) Block: 24 × 32 in. (61 × 81.3 cm)

The Metropolitan Museum of Art

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Five Cows

1919 · Oil on canvas

20 x 24 1/8 in. (50.8 x 61.3 cm)

The Metropolitan Museum of Art

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Padre

1917 · Oil on plywood

40 x 32 in. (101.6 x 81.3 cm)

The Metropolitan Museum of Art

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Ox Team, Wharf at Matinicus

1916 · Oil on lumbercore panel

22 x 28 in. (55.9 x 71.1 cm)

The Metropolitan Museum of Art

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Julie Hudson

1914 · Oil on lumber core panel

30 x 25 in. (76.2 x 63.5 cm)

The Metropolitan Museum of Art

Love of Winter

1914 · Oil on canvas

81.6 × 101.6 cm (32 1/2 × 40 1/2 in.)

Art Institute of Chicago

Counted Out

1912 · Lithographic crayon and charcoal, with brush and black ink, scraping and smudging, over touches of graphite on cut and pieced cream wove papers, laid down on ivory wove paper

64.8 × 52.6 cm (25 9/16 × 20 3/4 in.)

Art Institute of Chicago

Dance at Insane Asylum

1907 · Charcoal, with stumping, pen and black ink, brown crayon, and touches of white chalk on ivory wove paper

48 × 63 cm (18 15/16 × 24 13/16 in.)

Art Institute of Chicago

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9 published of 9 catalogued · 3 with image

The Met
6 published
Art Institute Chicago
3 published3 img

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