{"id":14699,"date":"2014-06-01T11:57:18","date_gmt":"2014-06-01T10:57:18","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.urban75.org\/blog\/?p=14699"},"modified":"2018-01-23T15:23:47","modified_gmt":"2018-01-23T15:23:47","slug":"a-visit-to-the-national-gallery-and-a-first-look-at-george-bellows-wonderful-men-of-the-docks","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.urban75.org\/blog\/a-visit-to-the-national-gallery-and-a-first-look-at-george-bellows-wonderful-men-of-the-docks\/","title":{"rendered":"A visit to the National Gallery and a first look at George Bellows&#8217; wonderful &#8216;Men Of The Docks&#8217;"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" data-attachment-id=\"14701\" data-permalink=\"https:\/\/www.urban75.org\/blog\/a-visit-to-the-national-gallery-and-a-first-look-at-george-bellows-wonderful-men-of-the-docks\/national-gallery-george-bellows\/\" data-orig-file=\"https:\/\/www.urban75.org\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/06\/national-gallery-george-bellows.jpg\" data-orig-size=\"620,299\" data-comments-opened=\"1\" data-image-meta=\"{&quot;aperture&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;credit&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;camera&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;caption&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;created_timestamp&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;copyright&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;focal_length&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;iso&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;shutter_speed&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;title&quot;:&quot;&quot;}\" data-image-title=\"A visit to the National Gallery and a first look at George Bellows &amp;#8216;Men Of The Docks&amp;#8217;\" data-image-description=\"\" data-image-caption=\"\" data-large-file=\"https:\/\/www.urban75.org\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/06\/national-gallery-george-bellows.jpg\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-14701\" src=\"https:\/\/www.urban75.org\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/06\/national-gallery-george-bellows.jpg\" alt=\"A visit to the National Gallery and a first look at George Bellows 'Men Of The Docks'\" width=\"620\" height=\"299\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.urban75.org\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/06\/national-gallery-george-bellows.jpg 620w, https:\/\/www.urban75.org\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/06\/national-gallery-george-bellows-300x144.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 620px) 100vw, 620px\" \/><\/p>\n<p>Waking up with a fierce hangover after a busy Offline club night, I felt the need to immerse myself in some art, so\u00a0hot footed into the National Gallery in Trafalgar Square and was delighted to discover\u00a0a wonderful painting by the American artist, George Bellows.<\/p>\n<p><!--more--><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.tate.org.uk\/art\/images\/research\/614_10.jpg\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" data-attachment-id=\"14702\" data-permalink=\"https:\/\/www.urban75.org\/blog\/a-visit-to-the-national-gallery-and-a-first-look-at-george-bellows-wonderful-men-of-the-docks\/national-gallery-george-bellows-2\/\" data-orig-file=\"https:\/\/www.urban75.org\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/06\/national-gallery-george-bellows-2.jpg\" data-orig-size=\"620,470\" data-comments-opened=\"1\" data-image-meta=\"{&quot;aperture&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;credit&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;camera&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;caption&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;created_timestamp&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;copyright&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;focal_length&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;iso&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;shutter_speed&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;title&quot;:&quot;&quot;}\" data-image-title=\"A visit to the National Gallery and a first look at George Bellows &amp;#8216;Men Of The Docks&amp;#8217;\" data-image-description=\"\" data-image-caption=\"\" data-large-file=\"https:\/\/www.urban75.org\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/06\/national-gallery-george-bellows-2.jpg\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-14702\" src=\"https:\/\/www.urban75.org\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/06\/national-gallery-george-bellows-2.jpg\" alt=\"A visit to the National Gallery and a first look at George Bellows 'Men Of The Docks'\" width=\"620\" height=\"470\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.urban75.org\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/06\/national-gallery-george-bellows-2.jpg 620w, https:\/\/www.urban75.org\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/06\/national-gallery-george-bellows-2-300x227.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 620px) 100vw, 620px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>The Impressionism and Post-Impressionism galleries have always been my favourites, and sometimes I can feel a bit emotional reacquainting myself with favourites, like the early works of Monet, the landscapes of Sisley, or this fabulous wintry painting by Pissaro, &#8216;<a href=\"http:\/\/www.nationalgallery.org.uk\/paintings\/camille-pissarro-fox-hill-upper-norwood\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Fox Hill, Upper Norwood<\/a>&#8216; (1870).<\/p>\n<div class=\"jetpack-video-wrapper\"><span class=\"embed-youtube\" style=\"text-align:center; display: block;\"><iframe loading=\"lazy\" class=\"youtube-player\" width=\"735\" height=\"414\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/ykm7TKqnR7Y?version=3&#038;rel=1&#038;showsearch=0&#038;showinfo=1&#038;iv_load_policy=1&#038;fs=1&#038;hl=en-GB&#038;autohide=2&#038;wmode=transparent\" allowfullscreen=\"true\" style=\"border:0;\" sandbox=\"allow-scripts allow-same-origin allow-popups allow-presentation allow-popups-to-escape-sandbox\"><\/iframe><\/span><\/div>\n<p>I&#8217;d often wondered what the road looks like now, and this (rather curious) short video above shows how the scene has almost changed out of all recognition over the following 144\u00a0years.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/static01.nyt.com\/images\/2014\/02\/07\/arts\/07VOGEL\/2dSUBVOGEL-superJumbo.jpg\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" data-attachment-id=\"14703\" data-permalink=\"https:\/\/www.urban75.org\/blog\/a-visit-to-the-national-gallery-and-a-first-look-at-george-bellows-wonderful-men-of-the-docks\/national-gallery-george-bellows-1\/\" data-orig-file=\"https:\/\/www.urban75.org\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/06\/national-gallery-george-bellows-1.jpg\" data-orig-size=\"620,445\" data-comments-opened=\"1\" data-image-meta=\"{&quot;aperture&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;credit&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;camera&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;caption&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;created_timestamp&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;copyright&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;focal_length&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;iso&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;shutter_speed&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;title&quot;:&quot;&quot;}\" data-image-title=\"A visit to the National Gallery and a first look at George Bellows &amp;#8216;Men Of The Docks&amp;#8217;\" data-image-description=\"\" data-image-caption=\"\" data-large-file=\"https:\/\/www.urban75.org\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/06\/national-gallery-george-bellows-1.jpg\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-14703\" src=\"https:\/\/www.urban75.org\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/06\/national-gallery-george-bellows-1.jpg\" alt=\"A visit to the National Gallery and a first look at George Bellows 'Men Of The Docks'\" width=\"620\" height=\"445\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.urban75.org\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/06\/national-gallery-george-bellows-1.jpg 620w, https:\/\/www.urban75.org\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/06\/national-gallery-george-bellows-1-300x215.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 620px) 100vw, 620px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>I have to admit that I&#8217;d \u00a0never heard of the American artist George Bellows, but I was blown away by this 1912 painting showing workers awaiting jobs by an ocean liner docked at the Brooklyn waterfront of New York.<\/p>\n<p>A recent acquisition for the Gallery, and costing a cool $25.5 million, the painting\u00a0\u00a0is the first major American painting to enter the National Gallery\u2019s collection.<\/p>\n<p>Gallery director Dr\u00a0Nicholas Penny said:<\/p>\n<blockquote><p><span style=\"color: #393c41;\">Bellows has almost always been seen in the context of American painting, but the way he painted owed much to Manet, and his depiction of the violence and victims of New York derived from Goya and earlier Spanish art. <\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"color: #393c41;\">He will seem as modern and original as ever in the National Gallery, but our visitors \u2013 many of them from North America \u2013 will understand him in a different way. We are thrilled to have been able to purchase this painting \u00a0[<a href=\"http:\/\/www.nationalgallery.org.uk\/content\/conWebDoc\/3262\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">&#8212;<\/a>]<\/span><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p>Bellows was born in Ohio in 1882\u00a0and was\u00a0at the forefront of a group of American realist painters capturing the excitement of a growing New York City.<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" data-attachment-id=\"14707\" data-permalink=\"https:\/\/www.urban75.org\/blog\/a-visit-to-the-national-gallery-and-a-first-look-at-george-bellows-wonderful-men-of-the-docks\/national-gallery-george-bellows-3\/\" data-orig-file=\"https:\/\/www.urban75.org\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/06\/national-gallery-george-bellows-3.jpg\" data-orig-size=\"620,586\" data-comments-opened=\"1\" data-image-meta=\"{&quot;aperture&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;credit&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;camera&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;caption&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;created_timestamp&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;copyright&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;focal_length&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;iso&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;shutter_speed&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;title&quot;:&quot;&quot;}\" data-image-title=\"A visit to the National Gallery and a first look at George Bellows wonderful &amp;#8216;Men Of The Docks&amp;#8217;\" data-image-description=\"\" data-image-caption=\"\" data-large-file=\"https:\/\/www.urban75.org\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/06\/national-gallery-george-bellows-3.jpg\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-14707\" src=\"https:\/\/www.urban75.org\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/06\/national-gallery-george-bellows-3.jpg\" alt=\"A visit to the National Gallery and a first look at George Bellows wonderful 'Men Of The Docks'\" width=\"620\" height=\"586\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.urban75.org\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/06\/national-gallery-george-bellows-3.jpg 620w, https:\/\/www.urban75.org\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/06\/national-gallery-george-bellows-3-300x283.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 620px) 100vw, 620px\" \/><\/p>\n<p>There&#8217;s no other major works by Bellows to be seen in London, but visitors to the\u00a0<a style=\"color: #0b0080;\" title=\"Los Angeles County Museum of Art\" href=\"http:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Los_Angeles_County_Museum_of_Art\">Los Angeles County Museum of Art<\/a>\u00a0can admire &#8216;<a href=\"http:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Cliff_Dwellers_(painting)\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Cliff Dwellers<\/a>&#8216; (1913) which captures a crowded scene on\u00a0New York City\u2019s Lower East Side on what looks like a hot summer&#8217;s day.<\/p>\n<p>The bustling view reminds\u00a0me a little of <a href=\"http:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/William_Hogarth\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">William Hogarth<\/a>&#8216;s work.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/upload.wikimedia.org\/wikipedia\/commons\/d\/d7\/1909_Stag_at_Sharkey%27s.jpg\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" data-attachment-id=\"14708\" data-permalink=\"https:\/\/www.urban75.org\/blog\/a-visit-to-the-national-gallery-and-a-first-look-at-george-bellows-wonderful-men-of-the-docks\/national-gallery-george-bellows-4\/\" data-orig-file=\"https:\/\/www.urban75.org\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/06\/national-gallery-george-bellows-4.jpg\" data-orig-size=\"620,414\" data-comments-opened=\"1\" data-image-meta=\"{&quot;aperture&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;credit&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;camera&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;caption&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;created_timestamp&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;copyright&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;focal_length&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;iso&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;shutter_speed&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;title&quot;:&quot;&quot;}\" data-image-title=\"A visit to the National Gallery and a first look at George Bellows&amp;#8217; wonderful &amp;#8216;Men Of The Docks&amp;#8217;\" data-image-description=\"\" data-image-caption=\"\" data-large-file=\"https:\/\/www.urban75.org\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/06\/national-gallery-george-bellows-4.jpg\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-14708\" src=\"https:\/\/www.urban75.org\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/06\/national-gallery-george-bellows-4.jpg\" alt=\"A visit to the National Gallery and a first look at George Bellows' wonderful 'Men Of The Docks'\" width=\"620\" height=\"414\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.urban75.org\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/06\/national-gallery-george-bellows-4.jpg 620w, https:\/\/www.urban75.org\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/06\/national-gallery-george-bellows-4-300x200.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 620px) 100vw, 620px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/mantlethought.org\/content\/art-boxing-george-bellows-part-i\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">The Art of Boxing<\/a>, George Bellows (1907).<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/4.bp.blogspot.com\/-A4VzoW9CNB0\/UMJrRMUmmqI\/AAAAAAAAIAw\/zi_AFlUOsIc\/s1600\/746px-George_Bellows_Winter_Afternoon.jpg\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" data-attachment-id=\"14713\" data-permalink=\"https:\/\/www.urban75.org\/blog\/a-visit-to-the-national-gallery-and-a-first-look-at-george-bellows-wonderful-men-of-the-docks\/national-gallery-george-bellows-5-2\/\" data-orig-file=\"https:\/\/www.urban75.org\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/06\/national-gallery-george-bellows-51.jpg\" data-orig-size=\"620,497\" data-comments-opened=\"1\" data-image-meta=\"{&quot;aperture&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;credit&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;camera&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;caption&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;created_timestamp&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;copyright&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;focal_length&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;iso&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;shutter_speed&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;title&quot;:&quot;&quot;}\" data-image-title=\"http:\/\/www.theartroomonline.net\/2012\/12\/george-bellows.html\" data-image-description=\"\" data-image-caption=\"\" data-large-file=\"https:\/\/www.urban75.org\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/06\/national-gallery-george-bellows-51.jpg\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-14713\" src=\"https:\/\/www.urban75.org\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/06\/national-gallery-george-bellows-51.jpg\" alt=\"http:\/\/www.theartroomonline.net\/2012\/12\/george-bellows.html\" width=\"620\" height=\"497\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.urban75.org\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/06\/national-gallery-george-bellows-51.jpg 620w, https:\/\/www.urban75.org\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/06\/national-gallery-george-bellows-51-300x240.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 620px) 100vw, 620px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>George Bellows, Winter Afternoon,\u00a01909.<\/p>\n<p>By 1908, Bellows was widely acknowledged as the most brilliant of the young generation of painters, but he died at <a href=\"http:\/\/www.urban75.net\/forums\/threads\/george-bellows-at-the-national-gallery-loved-it.324231\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">just 42 in 1925.<\/a><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.urban75.net\/forums\/threads\/george-bellows-at-the-national-gallery-loved-it.324231\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><strong>Discuss<\/strong> George Bellows on the bulletin board thread<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>Read more: <a href=\"http:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/George_Bellows\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">George Bellows\u00a0[Wikipedia]<\/a>\u00a0&#8211; [<a href=\"http:\/\/poulwebb.blogspot.co.uk\/2012\/12\/ashcan-school-george-bellows-part-1.html\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">George Bellows feature<\/a>]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Waking up with a fierce hangover after a busy Offline club night, I felt the need to immerse myself in some art, so\u00a0hot footed into the National Gallery in Trafalgar &hellip; <\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":14701,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_jetpack_newsletter_access":"","_jetpack_dont_email_post_to_subs":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_tier_id":0,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paywalled_content":false,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":"","jetpack_publicize_message":"","jetpack_publicize_feature_enabled":true,"jetpack_social_post_already_shared":true,"jetpack_social_options":{"image_generator_settings":{"template":"highway","default_image_id":0,"font":"","enabled":false},"version":2},"jetpack_post_was_ever_published":false},"categories":[194,17,193],"tags":[877,34,55,875,874,10,873,876],"class_list":["post-14699","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-london-features","category-photos","category-places","tag-american-art","tag-art","tag-brooklyn","tag-george-bellows","tag-impressionism","tag-london","tag-national-gallery","tag-realism"],"jetpack_publicize_connections":[],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"https:\/\/www.urban75.org\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/06\/national-gallery-george-bellows.jpg","jetpack_shortlink":"https:\/\/wp.me\/pQI7P-3P5","jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"jetpack_likes_enabled":true,"amp_enabled":true,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.urban75.org\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/14699","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.urban75.org\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.urban75.org\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.urban75.org\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.urban75.org\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=14699"}],"version-history":[{"count":10,"href":"https:\/\/www.urban75.org\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/14699\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":18237,"href":"https:\/\/www.urban75.org\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/14699\/revisions\/18237"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.urban75.org\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/14701"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.urban75.org\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=14699"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.urban75.org\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=14699"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.urban75.org\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=14699"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}