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George Wesley Bellows Art

American, 1882-1925
George Bellows, an American artist, was born in Columbus, Ohio in 1882, the only child of a successful building contractor from Sag Harbor, New York. He entered Ohio State University in 1901, where he played baseball and basketball and made drawings for college publications. He dropped out of college in 1904, went to New York, and studied under Robert Henri (American, 1865 – 1929) at the New York School of Art, where Edward Hopper (American, 1882 – 1967), Rockwell Kent (American, 1882 – 1971), and Guy Pène du Bois (American, 1884 – 1958) were his classmates. A superb technician who worked in a confident, painterly style, Bellows soon established himself as the most important realist of his generation. He created memorable images of club fights, street urchins swimming in the East River, and the Pennsylvania Station excavation site and garnered praise from both progressive and conservative critics. In 1910 Bellows began teaching at the Art Students League and married Emma Story, by whom he had two daughters. After 1910 Bellows gradually abandoned the stark urban realism and dark palette characteristic of his early work and gravitated toward painting landscapes, seascapes, and portraits. Bellows helped organize the Armory Show in 1913, in which five of his paintings and a number of drawings were included. That year he was elected a full member of the National Academy of Design. He had leftist political views and contributed illustrations to the Socialist publication The Masses from 1912 to 1917. Bellows began to make lithographs in 1916 and his exceptional talent engendered a revival of interest in the medium. He worked in Maine, in Carmel, California, and in Middletown, Rhode Island, and was a founding member of the Society of Independent Artists and a charter member of the Association of American Painters and Sculptors. In 1919 he taught at the Art Institute of Chicago. Bellows, who never went to Europe, is regarded as a quintessential American artist whose vigorous style enabled him to explore a wide range of subjects from scenes of modern urban life to portraits of his daughters, to turbulent Maine seascapes. As an early biographer noted, Bellows “caught the brute force of the prizefighter, the ruggedness of the country pasture, the essence of childhood and recorded them appropriately not only for his own generation but for all time.”[1] [1] [Frederick A. Sweet], George Bellows: Paintings, Drawings and Prints (Art Institute of Chicago, IL, 1946). Robert Torchia September 29, 2016
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Artist: George Wesley Bellows
Man on His Back, Nude
By George Wesley Bellows
Located in Fairlawn, OH
Man on His Back, Nude Lithograph, c. 1916 Signed by the artist lower right: Geo Bellows (see photo) Annotated bottom left: No. 3 by the artist (see photo) An unredorded trial proof b...
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1910s Ashcan School George Wesley Bellows Art

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Lithograph

Tennis (Tennis Tournament)
By George Wesley Bellows
Located in Palm Desert, CA
A lithograph by George Bellows. “Tennis (Tennis Tournament)” is a realistic lithograph on paper in black and white by American Realist, George Bellows. Bellows’ depictions of sportin...
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1920s American Realist George Wesley Bellows Art

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Lithograph

The Irish Fair
By George Wesley Bellows
Located in Fairlawn, OH
Irish Fair Lithograph, 1923 Signed and numbered in pencil by the artist (see photo) Titled "Irish Fair" by the artist in pencil Edition: 84 Housed in an archival frame with acid free matting (see photo) Provenance: Estate of the artist, Bellows Family Trust H.V. Allison & Company (label) Private Collection, Columbus References And Exhibitions: Reference: Mason 153 Note: An illustration commissioned by The Century Company for Don Byrne's novel The Wind Bloweth Image: 18 7/8 x 21 3/8" Frame: 29 1/2 x 30 1/2" “Eleven on a hot July morning, and the little town...
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1920s Ashcan School George Wesley Bellows Art

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Lithograph

The Mouth of Honey
By George Wesley Bellows
Located in Fairlawn, OH
The Mouth of Honey Lithographic crayon and mixed media on paper mounted to support paper Initialed by the artist "GB" bottom center on image. (see photo) Titled in pencil in bottom m...
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1920s Ashcan School George Wesley Bellows Art

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Crayon

PUNCHINELLO IN THE HOUSE OF DEATH.
By George Wesley Bellows
Located in Portland, ME
Bellows, George (American 1882-1925). PUNCHINELLO IN THE HOUSE OF DEATH.Mason 151 Lithograph, 1923. Edition of 60. Titled and signed in pencil by Bellows, and also signed "Bolton Bro...
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1920s George Wesley Bellows Art

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The Tournament (Tennis at Newport)
By George Wesley Bellows
Located in Palm Desert, CA
A lithograph by George Bellows. “The Tournament (Tennis at Newport)” is a realistic lithograph on paper in black and white by American Realist artist, George Bellows. Bellows' depictions of sporting / leisure scenes are unique and valuable. This artwork is edition 56/63 with framed dimensions of 26 x 29 x 1 1/4 inches and has been in the same private collection for almost four decades. The artwork is signed in pencil, lower right, "G. Bellows.” Provenance: Catherine E Burns...
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1920s American Realist George Wesley Bellows Art

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The Hold Up, First State
By George Wesley Bellows
Located in Fairlawn, OH
Signed in pencil by the artist lower right Titled "Hold Up" by the artist in pencil. Signed by the printer Bolton Brown lower left. Edition: 42 in this state Note: In The Hold Up, se...
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1920s American Realist George Wesley Bellows Art

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red ballboy or Studies for "Tennis Tournament"
By George Wesley Bellows
Located in Fairlawn, OH
Red Ballboy or Studies for "Tennis Tournament" Crayon on paper, c. 1920 Unsigned Condition: three vertical folds created by the artist to transport the drawing from the tennis match ...
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1910s Ashcan School George Wesley Bellows Art

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THE LIFE CLASS - SECOND STONE (THE MODEL, LIFE CLASS).
By George Wesley Bellows
Located in Portland, ME
Bellows, George. THE LIFE CLASS - SECOND STONE (THE MODEL, LIFE CLASS). Mason 43, Bellows 193. Lithograph, 1917. Edition of 49, signed by Bellows. Inscribed "No.20," titled and sign...
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Early 20th Century George Wesley Bellows Art

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Hungry Dogs, Second State
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Located in Fairlawn, OH
Hungry Dogs, Second State Lithograph, 1916 Considered to be the artist's first lithograph Signed, titled and numbered in pencil by the artist (see photo) Titled "Hungry Dogs" by the artist in pencil (see photo) Edition: at least 41 impressions, this "No. 14" Reference: Masson 1B ii/II Condition: Printer's ink in margins, otherwise very good condition. Note: The artist's first lithograph. The "Ash Can School" is derived from this image and its' depiction of an ash can in the lower left of the composition. A very important American 20th Century print. This image gave rise to the naming of the most important American style of painting in the first quarter of the 20th century. Provenance: Estate of the artist H. V. Allison & Co., New York (Bellows estate dealer) Private Collection, Columbus, Ohio (Bellows city of birth) From 2001 to 2018, Thomas French Fine Art was the exclusive agent for the Bellows Family Trust. Thomas French Fine Art and The Bellows Trust hold a large inventory of original lithographs and drawings created by George Wesley Bellows that were left in the artist’s studio at the time of his unexpected early death. All of George Bellows’ original lithographs were printed by the artist or under his direct supervision. There are no posthumous impressions of any of George Bellows’ lithographs...
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