Wow. Wow. Wow. Right? A glimpse back into the older days. It looks like they’re having a grand time. Can you guess the artist? No matter who these people are it looks like they’re having a nice time, doesn’t it? More details about this painting below, read on!
Would be interesting to know what they were thinking or feeling, don’t you think? If you can guess the artist this week, comment on this post or via social media (links on this site). Are you still wondering who the artist is, or do you know the answer and would just wanted to read a bit about this painting? (I edited out the signature so don’t look for it!) Either way, here goes…
A N S W E R :
A Day in June, 1913
- George Wesley Bellows, American, 1882-1925
Oil on canvas
- Unframed: 36 1/2 × 48 inches (92.7 × 121.9 cm)
- 43 3/4 × 56 1/16 × 3 3/8 inches (111.1 × 142.4 × 8.6 cm)
Detroit Museum of Art Purchase, Lizzie Merrill Palmer Fund
From the placard next to the painting at the DIA:
Country or City? A bit of both – note the building above the treetops. Using his signature wide, loose brushstrokes, George Bellows depicts city dwellers enjoying a surmer afternoon In New York City’s Central Park. Bellows was among the first American artists to portray the lives and leisure of people in the rapidly growing urban center.
– Detroit Institute of Arts (dia.org)
DETAILS
George Bellows was a realist with a technique perfectly adapted to his frank impressions. An amateur ballplayer, he maintained a life-long interest in sports, and his paintings of polo matches and prize-fight rings are often considered his finest work. The crowds in attendance at the fights were presented in summary fashion, as they were mere accessories to the main event, but they were not the only crowds Bellows painted. As is evident here, he became singularly expert at conveying the sense of motion of a crowd, in this case a group of elegant New Yorkers enjoying a late afternoon outing in Central Park. In the background is the symbol of the twentieth-century American city: a skyscraper.
Read about the artist HERE, from abc.com!
IMAGE taken at Detroit Institute of Art
IMAGES ARE NOT FOR REPRODUCTION, THEY ARE PROPERTY OF THE ARTIST/ART INSTITUTE.
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