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20th Century Painting
Men of the Docks
1912
20th Century
45 3/16 in. x 63 1/2 in. (114.78 cm x 161.29 cm)
George Wesley Bellows
(Columbus, OH, 08/19/1882 - 01/08/1925, New York City, NY)
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Oil on Canvas |
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First purchase of the Randolph-Macon Art Association, 1920 |
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M.1920.1 |
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Bibliography: Object bibliography:
Allen Memorial Art Museum (Oberlin) Bulletin vol. X, no. 2. (1953), p. 48, fig. 14.
An American Perspective: Paintings from the Maier Museum of Art, Randolph-Macon Woman's College. Raleigh: North Carolina Museum of Art, 1985, no. 3.
Baur, John I. H. Revolution and Tradition: An Exhibition of the Chief Movements in American Painting from 1900 to the Present. New York: The Brooklyn Art Museum, 1951, p. 15.
Bellows, Emma Louise, compiler. The Paintings of George Bellows. New York, 1929, p. 34.
Boswell, Peyton. George Bellows. New York, 1942, p. 58.
Boylan, Alexis. Neither Tramp Nor Hobo: Images of Unemployment in the Art of the Ashcan School. Prospects, An Annual of American Cultural Studies. Vol.30. New York: Cambridge University Press, 2005, pp. 442-445, fig.4.
Campbell, Ballard C. The Human Tradition in the Gilded Age and Progressive Era. Wilmington, DE: Scholarly Resources, Inc., 2000, cover.
Celebrate Ohio: Fiftieth Anniversary Exhibition. Akron: Akron Art Institute, 1971.
Cornelius, Roberta D. The History of Randolph-Macon Woman's College: From the Founding in 1891 through the year of 1949-1950. Chapel Hill, NC: The University of North Carolina Press, 1951, p. 229.
Doezema, Marianne. "The New York City of George Bellows." Antiques vol. CXLI, no. 3 (1992): 480-489.
Haskell, Barbara. The American Century: Art and Culture, 1900-1950. New York: Whitney Museum of American Art, 1999, p. 59.
Hudson, David. "First, Impression: Show Explores Origin of American Realism," Skyline (June 20, 1995).
Impressionism, Realism, and Modern Life. Richmond: The Virginia Museum of Fine Arts, 1995, fig. 13.
Labaree, Benjamin W, et. al. America and the Sea: A Maritime History. Mystic, CT: Mystic Seaport Museum, 1998, pp. 402-403, 423.
Memorial Exhibition of the Work of George Bellows 1882-1925. New York: The Metropolitan Museum of Art, 1925, pp. 25, 59, plate 15.
Modern American Painting: 1915. San Diego: The Fine Arts Gallery of San Diego, 1962, pp. 10-11.
New York Realists, 1900-1914. New York: Whitney Museum of American Art, 1937, p. 12.
Quick, Michael, Jane Myers, Marianne Doezema, Franklin Kelly. The Paintings of George Bellows. New York: Harry N. Adams, Inc., 1992, p. 37, fig. 32.
Sargent, Sarah. "Treasures in Lynchburg." Virginia Living (December 2003): 94-95.
Schall, Ellen M., John Wilmerding and David M. Sokol. American Art: American Vision, Paintings from a Century of Collecting. Lynchburg, VA: Maier Museum of Art, 1990, pp.52-53.
Setford, David and John Wilmerding. George Bellows: Love of Winter. West Palm Beach, FL: Norton Museum of Art, 1997, p. 19.
Sick, Sharon. "American Art Collection Focus at R-MWC." The News and Daily Advance, 28 Nov. 1982.
Sokol, David M. "American Art in the Maier Museum of Art, Randolph-Macon Woman's College, Lynchburg, Virginia," Antiques vol. 136, no. 5 (1989): 1144.
Sonenberg, Nina. Art of the State: New York, The Spirit of America. New York: Harry N. Adams, Inc., 1998, p. 43.
Virginia Museum of Fine Arts. America Around 1900: Impressionism, Realism & Modern Life. Richmond: Virginia Museum of Fine Arts, 1995, fig. 13.
Welchons, A. M. and W. R. Krickenberger. New Plane Geometry. Boston: Gin and Company, 1952, pp. 255-256.
Zurier, Rebecca, Robert W. Snyder, and Virginia M. Mecklenburg. Metropolitan Lives: The Ashcan Artists and Their New York. Washington, D.C.: National Museum of American Art, 1995, p. 98.
Artist bibliography:
Carmean Jr., E. A. et al. Bellows: The Boxing Pictures. Washington, D.C.: National Gallery of Art, 1982.
Doezema, Marianne. "The New York City of George Bellows," Antiques (1992): 480-489.
Myers, Jane, and Linda Ayres. George Bellows: The Artist and His Lithographs 1916-1924. Fort Worth: Amon Carter Museum of Western Art, 1988, pp. 48-9.
Quick, Michael et al. The Paintings of George Bellows. New York: Harry N. Abrams, 1992.
Zurier, Rebecca, Robert W. Snyder, and Virginia M. Mecklenburg. Metropolitan Lives: The Ashcan Artists and Their New York. Washington, D.C.: National Museum of American Art, 1995.
Commentary: The painting was acquired for R-MWC by the Randolph-Macon Art Association, a group formed to support the establishment of an art collection at the College.
ref: Internal Notes
Exhibition: "Eighty-Seventh Annual Exhibition," National Academy of Design, New York, March 9-April 14, 1912.
"Paintings by George Bellows, N. A.," Toledo Museum of Art, Toledo, June-August 1912.
"Paintings by George Bellows," Art Students League of Columbus, Columbus Public Library, Columbus, OH, November 16-26, 1912.
"Special Exhibition of Paintings by George Bellows, N. A.," Detroit Museum of Art, Detroit, January 1-25, 1913.
"One Hundred and Eighth Annual Exhibition," Pennsylvania Academy of Fine Arts, Philadelphia, February 9-March 30, 1913.
"Twentieth Annual Exhibition of American Art," Cincinnati Art Museum, Cincinnati, May 24-July 26, 1913.
"Twenty-sixth Annual Exhibition of American Oil Paintings and Sculpture," The Art Institute, Chicago, November 14-December 25, 1913.
"San Diego Exposition," San Diego, 1915.
"Panama-California Exposition," Palace of Fine Arts, Balboa Park, CA, January 1915-December 1916.
"Paintings and Sculpture: Contemporary Artists," 9th Annual Exhibition, R-MWC, March 6-27, 1920.
"Memorial Exhibition of the Work of George Bellows," The Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York, October 12-Nov 22, 1925.
"Main Currents in the Development of American Painting, Inaugural Exhibition," Virginia Museum of Fine Arts, Richmond, January 16-March 1, 1936.
"New York Realists," Whitney Museum of American Art, New York, February 9-March 5, 1937.
"Golden Gate International Exposition," San Francisco, February 18-October 29, 1939.
"George Bellows," The Art Institute, Chicago, January 3-March 10, 1946.
"Revolution and Tradition," The Brooklyn Museum, November 15, 1951-January 6, 1952.
"Paintings from College and University Collections," Allen Memorial Art Museum, Oberlin College, Oberlin, OH, January 20-Febrauary 15, 1953.
"George Bellows," National Gallery of Art, Washington, D.C., January 19-February 24, 1957.
"George Bellows," Columbus Gallery of Fine Arts, OH, March 21-April 27, 1957.
"Modern American Painting: 1915," The Fine Arts Gallery of San Diego, December 6, 1962-January 6, 1963.
"Randolph-Macon Woman's College Collection," Virginia Museum of Fine Arts, Richmond, September 11-October 18, 1964.
"Selections from the Randolph-Macon Woman's College Collection," Roanoke Fine Arts Center, December 6, 1964-January 17, 1965.
"Two Centuries of American Painting from the Collection of Randolph-Macon Woman's College," organized by the Tampa chapter of the R-MWC Alumnae Association and circulated to Tampa, Orlando, Gainesville, and Jacksonville, FL, February 27-August 1, 1965.
"George Bellows," Gallery of Modern Art, New York, March 15-May 1, 1966.
"Paintings from the Collection of American Painting at Randolph-Macon Woman's College," circulated to Wilmington, DE; Oxford, PA; Montclair; Greensboro; Louisville, and Nashville, October 10, 1966-July 30, 1967.
"The Randolph-Macon Woman's College Collection of American Art," organized by Virginia Museum of Fine Arts, Richmond, and circulated by an artmobile to universities and colleges, 1969-1970.
"In Virginia," Virginia Museum of Fine Arts, Richmond, January 18-February 14, 1971.
"Celebrate Ohio: Fiftieth Anniversary Exhibition," Akron Art Institute, OH, Septenber 27- November 7, 1971.
"American Marine Painting," Virginia Museum of Fine Arts, Richmond, and Mariners Museum, Norfolk, September 27-December 12, 1976.
"With a Little Help from Our Friends," Mississippi Museum of Art, Jackson, April 1-July 31, 1978.
"An American Perspective: Paintings from The Maier Museum of Art, Randolph-Macon Woman's College," North Carolina Museum of Art, Raleigh, December 14, 1985-January 26, 1986.
"American Art: American Vision, Paintings from a Century of Collecting," Virginia Museum of Fine Arts, Richmond, VA, January 25-March 4, 1990; Terra Museum of American Art, Chicago, IL, March 17-April 29, 1990; Tampa Museum of Art, Tampa, FL, May 14-July 8, 1990; High Museum of Art, Atlanta, GA, Nov 24, 1992 - Jan 17, 1993; Corcoran Gallery of Art, Washington, DC, April 24-July 11, 1993.
"The Paintings of George Bellows," Los Angeles County Museum of Art, Los Angeles and New York, February 16-May 10, 1992.
"America Around 1900: Impressionism, Realism & Modern Life," Virginia Museum of Fine Arts, Richmond, June 14-September 17, 1995.
"The American Century: Art and Culture 1900-1950," Whitney Museum of American Art, NY, April 23-August 22, 1999.
per the artist's record book, according to H. V. Allison & Co., Inc., NY:
Cornell University, Ithaca, NY, 1912.
Herron Institute, Indianapolis, IN, 1913.
"Anglo American Exhibition," London, England, 1914.
Arbiddle Institute, Brooklyn, NY, 1914.
Provenance: R-MWC Art Collection. Purchase from the artist, 1920.
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Keywords:
- Animal(s)
- Artist:Male
- Century:20th Century
- Painting
- Painting:Oil
- Period:Ashcan school
- Subject Type:Figure
- Subject Type:Landscape
- Subject Type:Landscape:City
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