George Bellows
(1882–1925) American painter (1882-1925)
George Bellows (USA, 1882–1925) is listed in the catalogue as a painter and a draughtsman. By year of birth, George Bellows belongs to the chapter ‘The avant-garde’ in this site’s history of art.
George Bellows was born in Columbus and died in New York City. George Bellows trained at Ohio State University and Central High School. George Bellows studied under Robert Henri. George Bellows worked in New York City, California, Maine, and Santa Fe. Wikidata associates George Bellows with Ashcan School and American realism. George Bellows became a member of American Academy of Arts and Letters. George Bellows was awarded Hallgarten Prize. The students included William Gropper.
The best-known works include ‘The Barricade’ and ‘Florence Davey’. The works belong mainly to the genres portrait, landscape painting, and genre painting. The catalogue has 246 works by George Bellows with free images. The dated works span the years 1899–1924. Works by George Bellows are held by several collections, among them Prints in the National Gallery of Art, National Gallery of Art, drawings in the National Gallery of Art, and Metropolitan Museum of Art. Wikidata links one work to a movement covered in the chapter ‘Realism’.
Contemporary artists in the same chapter include Henri Alphonse Barnoin, George Marston, Rudolf Grossmann, Sergey Sudyekin, and Arthur Beecher Carles.