George Wesley Bellows was born and raised in Columbus, Ohio. He was the only child of George Bellows and Anna Wilhelmina Smith Bellows (he had a half-sister, Laura, 18 years his senior). He was born four years … See more

Growing prestige as a painter brought changes in his life and work. Though he continued his earlier themes, Bellows also began to receive … See more

As Bellows' later oils focused more on domestic life, with his wife and daughters as beloved subjects, the paintings also displayed an increasingly programmatic and theoretical … See more

His work was part of the painting event in the art competition at the 1932 Summer Olympics.
In December 1999, Polo Crowd, a 1910 painting, sold for U.S.$27.5 million to billionaire Bill Gates. In November 2008, Bellows' Men of the … See more

Bellows first achieved widespread notice in 1908, when he and other pupils of Henri organized an exhibition of mostly urban studies. While many critics considered these to be crudely painted, others found them welcomely audacious, a step beyond the work of his … See more

• George Bellows’ Catalogue Raisonné
• Artcyclopedia list of works by George Bellows online
• An American Pulse: The Lithographs of George Bellows, San Diego Museum of Art See more