George Bellows (1882–1925)
Modern American Life
16 March - 9 June 2013
The Sackler Wing, Burlington House
Saturday – Thursday 10am – 6pm
Friday 10am – 10pm
This exhibition has closed.
Friends of the RA go free
When his career was cut short by his death at the age of 42, George Bellows was already considered one of the greatest American artists. This exhibition will be the first retrospective of the realist painter's work to be held in the UK.
Bellows's fascination with New York’s gritty urban landscape, its technological marvels and the diversity of its inhabitants, made him both an artist of the modern city and an insightful observer of the dynamic and challenging decades of the early 20th century.
Bellows’ short career encompassed a range of subject matter and the exhibition will explore the principle themes of his work, featuring boxing fights, cityscapes, views of the Hudson River, social scenes, seascapes, portraits and the First World War. The exhibition will present 71 works of art: 38 paintings, 14 drawings, and 17 lithographs, covering Bellow’s career between 1905 and 1925.
Saturday – Thursday 10am – 6pm
Friday 10am – 10pm
This exhibition has closed.
Friends of the RA go free
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French artist Edouard Manet and American artist George Bellows were both painters of modern life – one capturing the world of 19th-century Paris, the other forging a career in early 20th-century New York. But the similarities between these two virtuo.