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I'd never heard of the American artist George Bellows before, but I loved this painting showing a Brooklyn docks scene.
I've written a piece here - I think I may have to order a book of his work now
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I spent ages looking at and got quite lost in the detail and imagination. I love it when a piece of art does that to me.That's a nice painting. I like that sort of not photo-realistic paintings where you have more imagination in a weird way looking at the detail and nuances, trying to work out if they are just brush strokes or meant to be there to represent a defect or whatever. Jesus, I sound like fucking Brian Sewell.![]()
We went & admired that painting just last Tuesday. I loved the buildings in the background.
I think there as an exhibition of Bellows not that long ago in London - maybe even the Dulwich Picture Gallery?
That's a nice painting. I like that sort of not photo-realistic paintings where you have more imagination in a weird way looking at the detail and nuances, trying to work out if they are just brush strokes or meant to be there to represent a defect or whatever. Jesus, I sound like fucking Brian Sewell.![]()
It was at the National Gallery in 2011. I didn't goWe went & admired that painting just last Tuesday. I loved the buildings in the background.
I think there as an exhibition of Bellows not that long ago in London - maybe even the Dulwich Picture Gallery?
Boxing paintings?
It's been a long time since I've been so drawn to the work of a new artist and found myself just standing there soaking it up for ages.I have never heard of him. They look fucking awesome.
I really like some of Henri's work too.I'm surprised no one's heard of him. He was one of the more famous artists of his time. He was a student Robert Henri* (one of The Eight). He was both loved and hated for his "Ashcan" style at the time. Rather than paint idealized pictures, he painted scenes from real life. He most famous for paintings of boxers in the ring, but he also painted rich and poor alike.
Who, Bellows?warmonger.
In 1918, he created a series of lithographs and paintings that graphically depicted the atrocities committed by Germany during its invasion of Belgium. Notable among these was The Germans Arrive, which was based on an actual account and gruesomely illustrated a German soldier restraining a Belgian teen whose hands had just been severed. However, his work was also highly critical of the domestic censorship and persecution of anti-war dissenters conducted by the U.S. government under the Espionage Act.
fraid so.Who, Bellows?![]()
Not so sure how you can snottily dismiss him as a "warmonger" given his actual work and the context of the times he was living in, but whatever. Well done.fraid so.
i am talking about the art. the war paintings were done to make the viewer want to go out and kill germans.Not so sure how you can snottily dismiss him as a "warmonger" given his actual work and the context of the times he was living in, but whatever. Well done.
Now can we get back to talking about the art, please.
It was to try and get the US involved in WW1. Personally, I'm rather glad they did get involved.i am talking about the art. the war paintings were done to make the viewer want to go out and kill germans.
why?It was to try and get the US involved in WW1. Personally, I'm rather glad they did get involved.
so he was a warmonger then?It was to try and get the US involved in WW1.
*gives upwhy?
lol! it's all you can do as you've realised your not gonna be able to defend wholesale capitalist slaughter. or your claim he wasn't a warmonger.*gives up