DOI issue:
Nr. 336 (May 1925)
DOI article:Flint, Ralph: Bellows and his art
DOI Page / Citation link:https://doi.org/10.11588/diglit.19985#0082
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introducing john l. sullivan Courtesy oj Mrs. Marie Sterner by george bellows
significant to record, and beside being accurate His "Riverfront," among the reproductions here,
he was invariably incisive and inclusive. His is one of his most entertaining and telling arrange-
"Gramercy Park," reproduced here, is another ments. Here, indeed, is midsummer humanity at
bit of fine observation, put down with that burst- large turned by the alchemy of his art into an
ing sense of energy and enthusiasm which he extraordinarily fine design, filled to the brim with
possessed so abundantly; the use of salient detail the racy, humorous touches that reveal the fine
makes this picture a very compact and convincing appreciation Bellows had for the "next" man,
whole, with the lovely light touch of the girl with whoever, wherever and whatever he might be.
skipping-rope put for pivotal foreground point He has handled "Ringside Seats" with the same
against the deep notes of the ancient trees of the control of detail and with a like easy run of pic-
park and the city without the date. tonal comment; here too he has tried one of his
Looking over some of the scenes which Bellows many sensational experimentations, putting the
made of the motley park and seaside throngs, of whitest white against the blackest black in mass
the multitudes that hem in the pugilists'platform, formation. The prize ring with the roped-in
it becomes clear what a masterly designer he was fighting men set sharp under the blazing arcs was
in reducing the confusion of crowds to the required a favorite object of his attention and it provided
masses and accents that he needed for his pictures, him with many a fine arrangement of the human
eighty-two
may 1925
introducing john l. sullivan Courtesy oj Mrs. Marie Sterner by george bellows
significant to record, and beside being accurate His "Riverfront," among the reproductions here,
he was invariably incisive and inclusive. His is one of his most entertaining and telling arrange-
"Gramercy Park," reproduced here, is another ments. Here, indeed, is midsummer humanity at
bit of fine observation, put down with that burst- large turned by the alchemy of his art into an
ing sense of energy and enthusiasm which he extraordinarily fine design, filled to the brim with
possessed so abundantly; the use of salient detail the racy, humorous touches that reveal the fine
makes this picture a very compact and convincing appreciation Bellows had for the "next" man,
whole, with the lovely light touch of the girl with whoever, wherever and whatever he might be.
skipping-rope put for pivotal foreground point He has handled "Ringside Seats" with the same
against the deep notes of the ancient trees of the control of detail and with a like easy run of pic-
park and the city without the date. tonal comment; here too he has tried one of his
Looking over some of the scenes which Bellows many sensational experimentations, putting the
made of the motley park and seaside throngs, of whitest white against the blackest black in mass
the multitudes that hem in the pugilists'platform, formation. The prize ring with the roped-in
it becomes clear what a masterly designer he was fighting men set sharp under the blazing arcs was
in reducing the confusion of crowds to the required a favorite object of his attention and it provided
masses and accents that he needed for his pictures, him with many a fine arrangement of the human
eighty-two
may 1925