George Bellows

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Published in conjunction with a major retrospective exhibition (opening at National Gallery of Art Washington in June 2012 then travelling to The Metropolitan Museum of Art New York in November 2012 before moving to Royal Academy of Arts London in March 2013) this book documents the artist's career from his youthful meteoric rise to the largely unexplored period preceding his death. Mentored by Robert Henri leader of the Ashcan school in New York in the early part of the twentieth century Bellows skilfully & audaciously painted the world around him: street children tenements boxers urban & rural landscapes seascapes war scenes & family portraiture. He was also an accomplished graphic artist whose illustrations & lithographs addressed a wide array of social religious & political subjects. Nearly 200 reproductions from every stage of Bellows' career are accompanied by a series of essays that offer a substantial reconsideration of the artist drawing comparisons to Manet Goya El Greco & Picasso & tracing his rise to the emergence of other American greats such as Edward Hopper. A chronology & two appendices devoted to Bellows' personal record book & his published illustrations for periodicals such as The Masses & Harper's Weekly reveal the full range of his remarkable artistic achievements. Authoritative & exhaustive this groundbreaking book firmly establishes Bellows' unique place in the history of both American art & Western art in general.