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George Bellows

George Bellows (1882 - 1925) was active/lived in New York, Ohio.  George Bellows is known for Genre, portrait, and street-landscape painting.

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Born in Columbus, Ohio, George Bellows was a major American artist of the early 20th century, known for his paintings of boxing match figures and for his lithographs, numbering nearly two hundred, of his paintings.  He became an instructor in New York at the Art Students League and at the Art Institute of Chicago.

He graduated from Ohio State University in 1903 and then attended the New York School of Art where he studied with Robert Henri, Kenneth Hayes Miller, and Hardesty Gilmore Maratta.  Henri inspired him to treat urban subjects in a realist, painterly manner, and between 1906 and 1913, he produced a number of scenes from New York life that defined his fine arts career.  In 1908, he won a prize at the annual show at the National Academy of Design, the first of many honors during his life. Bellows also worked as a newspaper and magazine illustrator and won early acclaim for those activities.

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Similar artists

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Keywords and Quick Facts for George Bellows


   Keywords 
Exhibition By An Art School
  • The Pennsylvania Academy of the Fine Arts
Art Method
  • Easel Painting
  • Graphic Design, Printmaking, Lithography, Etching, Woodblocks
  • Illustration, Illustrator
  • Murals: Design, Painting, Fresco, Mosaic, Glass
  • Plein Aire Painting, Plein-Air
Art MediaArt StyleArt SubjectGeography/Places Lived and/or Worked
  • Central Park, New York City
  • Long Island, New York
  • Monhegan Island, Maine
  • New Mexico Before 1940
  • Ogunquit, Maine
  • Ohio Before 1900
  • Woodstock, New York
Art Association
  • Boston Art Club
  • National Academy of Design, Elected Member
  • National Arts Club, New York
  • Society of Illustrators-
  • Society of Independent Artists-
  • Woodstock Art Association, New York
Art Teacher
  • Jay Hambidge
  • Kenneth Hayes Miller
  • Robert Henri
  • William Merritt Chase
Art School
  • Art Students League of New York, Student
  • Art Students League of New York, Teacher
  • Ferrer Modern School, New York
  • New York School of Art, Chase School, Student
Awards/Recognition
  • Carol Beck Gold Medal, Pennsylvania Academy of Fine Arts
  • Frank Logan Prize, Art Institute of Chicago
  • Norman Wait Harris Bronze Medal, Chicago Art Institute
  • Norman Wait Harris Silver Medal, Chicago Art Institute
Chronology
  • Early 20th Century Before 1950
Art Collection
  • Anschutz Collection
  • Bakkom Photo Collection, St. Paul, Minnesota (1)
  • Buried in Greenwood Cemetery, Brooklyn
  • Chicago Union League Club
  • Daniel J Terra Collection
  • First National Bank of Chicago Collection
  • Gerald Peters Collection
  • Green-Wood Cemetery Collection
  • John & Dolores Beck Collection
  • John J. McDonough Collection
  • Preston Morton Collection
  • Rita and Daniel Fraad Collection
  • Susan & Herbert Adler Collection
Added Description
  • Art Educator: Teaching, Scholarship, Workshops and/or Writing
  • Cartoon Specialty
  • CENTURY MAGAZINE Illustrator
  • Genre Specialty
  • Illustration Specialty
  • LIFE Magazine Featured Artist
  • Narrative Specialty
  • Printmaking Specialty
  • Snowscene Specialty
Artist Colony
  • Onteora Club, Tannersville, New York
  • Santa Fe Artist Colony
  • Woodstock Art Colony
Notable Commercial Gallery Representation, Pre 21s
  • Vose Galleries, Boston
Exhibition/Expo: Regional/National/InternationalExhibition of Art Association
  • MacDowell Club
  • National Academy of Design, New York
  • National Arts Club
  • Society of Illustrators
  • Society of Independent Artists--
Exhibition of Museum
  • Art Institute of Chicago
  • Carnegie Institute, International Exhibition
  • Corcoran Gallery and/or Art School, Washington DC
  • Metropolitan Museum of Art
  • Museum of Modern Art, New York
  • Whitney Biennial Museum of American Art
Exhibition of Special Venue, Art Parks
  • Armory Show 1913, New York

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