George Wesley Bellows
American, 1882-1925
Dance at Insane Asylum
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George Wesley Bellows
American, 1882-19251907
Dance at Insane Asylum
George Wesley Bellows American, 1882-1925 →charcoaldrawings (visual works)
Date
1907
Medium
Charcoal, with stumping, pen and black ink, brown crayon, and touches of white chalk on ivory wove paper
Dimensions
48 × 63 cm (18 15/16 × 24 13/16 in.)
Museum
Art Institute of Chicago
Location
Chicago, IL
Credit
Charles H. and Mary F. S. Worcester Collection
Born and raised in Columbus, Ohio, George Bellows studied at the New York School of Art, along with Edward Hopper and Rockwell Kent. He became one of the leading realist painters of his time and was also a masterful draftsman. His energetic drawings and lithographs—often rendered on a large scale, as in the examples shown here—suggest a spontaneous approach, though they also reveal his dedication to theoretical studies of proportion. This haunting yet spirited mixed-media drawing served as a study for the lithograph Dance in a Madhouse, created some 10 yeas later.
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