01 Classic Works of Art, Marine Paintings - With Footnotes, #18 G

George Wesley Bellows, 1882 - 1925

APPROACH OF RAIN, c. 1913

Oil on panel

13 1/4 by 19 1/2 inches, (33.7 by 49.5 cm)

Private Collection

George Wesley Bellows, (born Aug. 12, 1882, Columbus, Ohio, U.S.—died Jan. 8, 1925, New York, N.Y.) American painter and lithographer noted for his paintings of action scenes and for his expressive portraits and seascapes. Bellows moved to New York City in 1904, where he studied at the New York School of Art under Robert Henri, leader of the group of American realist painters called The Eight. Bellows’s early works show the influence of Henri in their dark, tonal palette, vigorous brushwork, and urban subject matter. Bellows’s dramatic, evocative paintings of prizefights date from this period as well; they remain among his most famous works.

In 1909 Bellows was elected an associate member of the National Academy of Design; he gained full membership in 1913. From 1910 he taught at the Art Students League in New York. Between 1912 and 1917 he contributed illustrations to the socialist magazine The Masses.

Although he remained a realist painter, his later works reveal an intensified interest in theory. He began to use a greater range of colour and to experiment with various compositional systems. The subject matter of his work also changed: many of the best works from this later period are intimate portraits of friends and family members. He also turned increasingly to painting seascapes, Maine—and rural landscapes.

From 1916 Bellows experimented with lithography, producing nearly 200 prints. More on George Wesley Bellows

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