George Bellows

Book 2012

This richly illustrated and insightful publication will be the first truly comprehensive exhibition catalogue on the work of George Bellows (1882-1925), with ten thematic essays by leading art and social historians that will provide a rigorous analysis of Bellows' life and career. The catalogue will document the range of Bellow's artistic achievements in all mediums, reconsidering his standing in relationship to artists such as Hopper, Picasso an...

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ISBN:

9783791351872
9780894683749

Description:

335 pages : illustrations (chiefly color) ; 29 cm

Notes:

"The exhibition is organized by the National Gallery of Art, Washington. Exhibition Dates, National Gallery of Art, Washington June 10-October 8, 2012, The Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York, November 14, 2012-February 18, 2013, Royal Academy of Arts, London, March 16-June 9, 2013"--Title page verso
Includes bibliographical references (pages 310-314) and index

Contents:

Preface
Lenders to the exhibition
George Bellows: an unfinished life / Charles Brock
Election night, Times Square: spectacle, politics, and the young George Bellows / Sean Wilentz
Tenement life: cliff dwellers, 1906-1913 / Marianne Doezema
Life in the ring: boxing, 1907-1909 / David Peters Corbett
Working life: Pennsylvania Station excavation, 1907-1909 / Sarah Newman
Life by the river, 1908-1912 / Carol Troyen
Life of leisure: polo, parks, and tennis, 1910-1920 / David Park Curry
Life at sea, 1911-1917 / Sarah Cash
Family life: portraiture, 1914-1923 / Melissa Wolfe
American life: drawing, illustration, and lithography, 1912-1924 / Robert Conway
War, 1918 / Carol Troyen
A life cut short, 1924 / Mark Cole
The record books of George Bellows: a visual diary / Glenn C. Peck

LCCN:

2012003916

Control Number:

2646087

Other Authors:

Brock, Charles, 1959- contributor
Metropolitan Museum of Art (New York, N.Y.), host institution
National Gallery of Art (U.S.), host institution
Royal Academy of Arts (Great Britain), host institution

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