Introduction to the Exhibition- “George Bellows”: An Unfinished Life

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Charles Brock, associate curator, department of American and British paintings, National Gallery of Art Curator Charles Brock discusses the National Gallery of Art’s landmark exhibition George Bellows, the first comprehensive presentation of the artist’s career in more than 3 decades. In this opening-day lecture recorded on June 10, 2012, Brock explores Bellows’ paintings, drawings, and lithographs depicting tenement children, boxers, sporting events, family portraits, World War I subjects, Maine seascapes, scenes of Woodstock, NY, and the urban landscape of New York City. This exhibition, on view through October 8, 2012, charts the full range of Bellows’ artistic achievement, represented by some 130 works arranged thematically and chronologically throughout 9 galleries.