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George Bellows was an American painter born on August 19, 1882, and died on January 8, 1925. Known for his paintings depicting boxing, urban life, and the working class, Bellows was a prominent figure in the early 20th-century American Expressionist movement.

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“I found myself in my first art school under the direction of Robert Henri... My life began at this point.”

Firsts Art School Found Art School

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“Try everything that can be done. Be deliberate. Be spontaneous. Be thoughtful and painstaking. Be abandoned and impulsive. Learn your own possibilities.”

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“The ideal artist is he who knows everything, feels everything, experiences everything, and retains his experience in a spirit of wonder and feeds upon it with creative lust.”

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Book:Leaving for the country: George Bellows at Woodstock

Source: Leaving for the country: George Bellows at Woodstock

“Try everything that can be done.... Learn your own possibilities.”

Trying Done Possibility

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“Art strives for structure, and aspires for magnificence.”

Art Structure Strive Aspire Strife Magnificence

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“The artist is the person who makes life more interesting or beautiful, more understandable or mysterious, or probably, in the best sense, more wonderful.”

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Book:George Bellows, Works from the Permanent Collection of the Albright-Knox Art Gallery: Albright-Knox Art Gallery, Buffalo, New York, August 7-September 7, 1981

Source: George Bellows, Works from the Permanent Collection of the Albright-Knox Art Gallery: Albright-Knox Art Gallery, Buffalo, New York, August 7-September 7, 1981

About the Author

Born: August 19, 1882
Died: January 8, 1925
Known for: Painter
Quotes: 6

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George Bellows, Works from the Permanent Collection of the Albright-Knox Art Gallery: Albright-Knox Art Gallery, Buffalo, New York, August 7-September 7, 1981Related source material

Leaving for the country: George Bellows at WoodstockRelated source material

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