ArtBabble: George Bellows

The Art of Boxing - George Bellows at the National Gallery of Art, Washington

National Gallery of Art, Washington — Fri, 05 Oct 2012 18:57:08 +0000

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In The Art of Boxing, Sharmbá Mitchell, former two-time Junior Welterweight Champion of the World, and Charles Brock, associate curator of American and British paintings at the National Gallery of Art, Washington, talk about four of the greatest sports paintings in American art―Club Night (1907), Stag at Sharkey's (1909), Both Members of This Club (1909), and Dempsey and Firpo (1924)―by George Bellows (1882–1925), now on view as part of a landmark retrospective exhibition of Bellows' work at the Na

A Stag at Sharkey's: What is a stag fight?

Indianapolis Museum of Art — Wed, 07 Dec 2011 16:09:01 +0000

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Indianapolis Museum of Art

The retired heavyweight boxer "Sailor" Tom Sharkey ran "stags," that is, illegal prizefights for all-male audiences, in the cellar of his saloon at Broadway and 65th Street on Manhattan's Upper West Side. George Bellows's studio was across the street. An all-around athlete at Ohio State University, Bellows parlayed his knowledge of sports into paintings of boxing that displayed a new and unflinching realism. He frequented an informal group of artists, later dubbed the Ashcan School, who painted urban life on the unfashionable side of the street in early 1900s New York City.

A Stag at Sharkey's: George Bellows

Indianapolis Museum of Art — Wed, 07 Dec 2011 16:08:02 +0000

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Indianapolis Museum of Art