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Drawing
Study for "Evening Group"
The Family, Evening
George Bellows, 1882 - 1925
Bellows, George
United States
1882 - 1925
Male
17 11/16 x 21 3/16 in. (44.9 x 53.8 cm)
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Graphite
Graphite
ca. 1914
1909
1919
1900-2000, 20th century, Ashcan School and friends, drawing, Realism, seascapes
Drawing
George Bellows was a remarkable painter who studied, taught, and lived in New York City. There, he often associated with members of the group of artists known as The Eight, led by Robert Henri. In 1911, accompanied by Henri, George Bellows made the first of several trips to Monhegan Island off the coast of Maine. On his last visit, in 1914, he was accompanied by his wife and daughter Anne, who are the two figures on the left of this drawing. The figures on the right are young neighbors, but the central figure has not yet been identified. While this drawing has an anecdotal quality in its depiction of friends and family, the artist's interest in composition, or the arrangement of forms, can also be seen in the heavily-drawn diagonal lines and the diamond grid in the paper that he used.
Bellows used this drawing as a preliminary study for a similar painting that is owned by the Gallery, which underwent technical analysis at the Williamstown Art Conservation Center to determine what changes the artist may have made to the painting before his death in 1925.
[Gallery label text]
lower left, in image, Inscribed by the artist's daughter, Jean Bellows Boothupper center
1993.23
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Memorial Art Gallery
9/8/1999
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Drawing
"Happy New Year": from George, Emma, and Anne Bellows to Robert Henri
George Bellows, 1882 - 1925
Bellows, George
United States
1882 - 1925
Male
4 1/2 x 2 3/4 in. (11.4 x 7 cm)
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Pen and black ink
Pen and black ink
ca. 1913
1908
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Drawing
versolower center
2005.32
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Memorial Art Gallery
5/17/2005
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