George Bellows Paintings, Bio, Ideas | TheArtStory
WEBOne of his many sports/boxing-themed paintings, and one of the most iconic paintings of twentieth-century American art, the work depicts two boxers locked in a hold as they compete in the center of a ring.
George Bellows - Wikipedia
WEBHowever, Bellows' series of paintings portraying amateur boxing matches were arguably his signature contribution to art history. [11] They are characterized by dark atmospheres, through which the bright, roughly laid brushstrokes of the human figures vividly strike with a strong sense of motion and direction.
George Bellows | Dempsey and Firpo | Whitney Museum of American Art
WEBDempsey and Firpo, one of George Bellows’s most ambitious paintings, captures a pivotal moment in the September 14, 1923 prizefight between American heavyweight champion Jack Dempsey and his Argentine rival Luis Angel Firpo.
Bellows The Boxing Pictures - National Gallery of Art
WEBBellows’s assertive boxing images were among his most popular pictures in his lifetime and have remained compelling for audiences to this day. Of all his subjects, this best embodies his respective talents as a passionate observer of sports and as a …
George Bellows | The Metropolitan Museum of Art
WEBBellows's early fame rested on his powerful depictions of boxing matches and gritty scenes of New York City's tenement life, but he also painted cityscapes, seascapes, war scenes, and portraits, and made illustrations and lithographs that addressed many of the social, political, and cultural issues of the day.
Dempsey and Firpo - Wikipedia
WEBDempsey and Firpo (sometimes referred to as Dempsey Through The Ropes[1]) is an oil-on-canvas painting executed in 1923–1924 by the American artist George Bellows. It depicts the September 14, 1923, boxing match between American Jack Dempsey and Argentine Luis Firpo.
Art Object Page - National Gallery of Art
WEBGeorge Bellows’s paintings devoted to boxing were among the most popular pictures he produced during his lifetime and remain so today. Executed in August and September 1907, Club Night is the first of three similar boxing subjects that Bellows painted early in his career, from 1907 to 1909.
George Bellows - Smithsonian American Art Museum
WEBAt the height of his career Bellows experimented in oils and lithographs with a variety of subjects, including boxing scenes, portraits, construction sites, polo matches, and seascapes. (Doezema, George Bellows and Urban America, 1992)
Art Object Page - National Gallery of Art
WEBFrom a darkened arena around a boxing ring, we look up at two bare chested men, one with pale, white skin and the other with brown skin, who lock arms in a boxing match in this horizontal painting. The brushstrokes are loose and visible throughout, making some details difficult to make out.
First Comprehensive Retrospective of American Artist George Bellows …
WEBBellows painted many portraits of women that offer a compelling counterpoint to the violent, predominantly male world that he recorded in his better-known boxing canvases. Bellows’s wife Emma was his artistic muse and he painted her in many guises.