DOI Heft:
Nr. 336 (May 1925)
DOI Artikel:Flint, Ralph: Bellows and his art
DOI Seite / Zitierlink:https://doi.org/10.11588/diglit.19985#0083
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RINGSIDE SEATS " Courtesy oj Mrs. Marie Sterner BY GEORGE BELLOWS
form in vigorous action. His "Dempsey-Fjrpo" portraits are eloquent witnesses to his family devo-
drawing brought him much reclame and he later tion and to the depth of his powers as portraitist,
put it on canvas, but with some tempering of the He leaned toward the types of women that belong
original effect. "Introducing John L. Sullivan," to the America of the last century, simple, some-
a shrewd bit of satiric summarizing, is another of what old-fashioned gentlewomen who are carrying
his best known scenes of the sporting world. on the big work of real homemaking and character
In sharp contrast to these pugilistic pieces building that was started back in the Puritan days,
comes the long series of distinguished portraits Bellows' intense feeling for his native land and all
and interior groups which brought him so much that it stands for of strength and simplicity some-
recognition and honor along the way. Here is how comes through these portraits with special
Bellows at work in the composite painting room force. His large canvas "Eleanor, Jean, and
of the Venetian blinds and the well-beloved horse- Anna," likewise chosen here for illustration, is a
hair chairs and sofa. Whether it was at his studio splendid and imposing proof of his sympathetic
in the Beautiful Block in East Nineteenth Street understanding of youth and age, and is a line
or in the little Woodstock studio set at the foot of example of his command of black and white
the Catskill Mountains, it was to all intents and designing. In "The Violinist" and "Mary" he
purposes the same room and the same almost old- surmounts the issues of design and detail with
world atmosphere which he evoked upon these equal facility, showing his preference for simple
canvases to enhance the charms of his sitters, outline and large mass; in the brown flowered
Again and again he painted his wife and two little gown of the latter portrait Bellows worked one of
daughters, singly or in groups; the many "Emma" his loveliest passages of soft color.
MAY I925
eighty-three
RINGSIDE SEATS " Courtesy oj Mrs. Marie Sterner BY GEORGE BELLOWS
form in vigorous action. His "Dempsey-Fjrpo" portraits are eloquent witnesses to his family devo-
drawing brought him much reclame and he later tion and to the depth of his powers as portraitist,
put it on canvas, but with some tempering of the He leaned toward the types of women that belong
original effect. "Introducing John L. Sullivan," to the America of the last century, simple, some-
a shrewd bit of satiric summarizing, is another of what old-fashioned gentlewomen who are carrying
his best known scenes of the sporting world. on the big work of real homemaking and character
In sharp contrast to these pugilistic pieces building that was started back in the Puritan days,
comes the long series of distinguished portraits Bellows' intense feeling for his native land and all
and interior groups which brought him so much that it stands for of strength and simplicity some-
recognition and honor along the way. Here is how comes through these portraits with special
Bellows at work in the composite painting room force. His large canvas "Eleanor, Jean, and
of the Venetian blinds and the well-beloved horse- Anna," likewise chosen here for illustration, is a
hair chairs and sofa. Whether it was at his studio splendid and imposing proof of his sympathetic
in the Beautiful Block in East Nineteenth Street understanding of youth and age, and is a line
or in the little Woodstock studio set at the foot of example of his command of black and white
the Catskill Mountains, it was to all intents and designing. In "The Violinist" and "Mary" he
purposes the same room and the same almost old- surmounts the issues of design and detail with
world atmosphere which he evoked upon these equal facility, showing his preference for simple
canvases to enhance the charms of his sitters, outline and large mass; in the brown flowered
Again and again he painted his wife and two little gown of the latter portrait Bellows worked one of
daughters, singly or in groups; the many "Emma" his loveliest passages of soft color.
MAY I925
eighty-three