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A giclée print on 200gsm matte fine art paper, using a twelve-colour process for accurate, fade-resistant colour. Supplied unframed, delivered flat or rolled.
Den vita förhoppningen - George Bellows
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En kraftfull litografi från 1921 av George Bellows som föreställer en boxningsmatch, vilken speglar de rasistiska spänningarna och sociala realiteterna i det tidiga 1900-talets Amerika.
George Bellows skapade denna litografi 1921 och fångade ett ögonblick av intensiv fysisk konflikt i boxningsringen. Kompositionen fokuserar på skillnaden mellan de två boxarna: den stående figuren, som representerar tungviktsmästaren Jack Johnson, och hans fallna motståndare. Bellows använde litografins medium för att utforska de skarpa kontrasterna mellan ljus och skugga, vilket skapade en dramatisk känsla som speglar atmosfären i de underjordiska boxningsklubbarna han besökte i New York City. Verket behandlar de rasistiska spänningar som var rådande i den amerikanska sportvärlden under tidigt 1900-tal. Titeln syftar på sökandet efter en vit utmanare som kunde besegra Johnson, vilken var den första afroamerikanske världsmästaren i tungviktsboxning. Bellows skildrar scenen med ett rått, oförskönat tillvägagångssätt, typiskt för Ashcan School, som strävade efter att dokumentera verkligheten i stadslivet. Figurerna återges med muskulös spänning, medan den omgivande publiken antyds genom lösa, gestikulerande markeringar som försvinner in i arenans mörker. Tekniskt sett visar trycket Bellows behärskning av ton. Han använder djupa svarta och mjuka gråtoner för att definiera boxarnas anatomi och dukens textur. Domaren, placerad mellan de två männen, fungerar som ett visuellt ankare som drar ögat mot den besegrade fightern. Detta tryck är ett betydande exempel på Bellows intresse för den mänskliga formen i rörelse och hans vilja att engagera sig i sin tids sociala frågor. Verket förblir en direkt observation av ett specifikt kulturellt ögonblick, presenterat utan sentimentalitet eller moraliserande kommentarer. Det ger en inblick i sportens viscerala natur och de samhälleliga påfrestningar som omgav den under eran.
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Den vita förhoppningen - George Bellows
Ordinarie pris
Från £28.00 GBP
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Från £28.00 GBP
Ordinarie pris
Fine Art Poster / A4 (21x29.7 cm) / -
Artist Biography
George Bellows
Bellows was six foot two and good enough at baseball to attract interest from the Cincinnati Reds. He chose painting instead, moved to New York in 1904, and studied under Robert Henri at the New York School of Art. Henri taught that art should engage with the messy reality of American life, not retreat into academic prettiness. Bellows took the instruction further than anyone in the group.
He painted boxing matches at Tom Sharkey's saloon, an illegal club near the Brooklyn waterfront where bare-knuckle fights happened in a back room. Stag at Sharkey's, painted in 1909 when he was twenty-six, shows two fighters locked together under electric light, the crowd surging at the edges of the canvas. The paint is applied with a violence that matches the subject.
He was the youngest artist associated with the Ashcan School and the boldest. While other members painted park benches and tenement laundry lines, Bellows painted excavation sites, shipyards, snow-covered lots, and river swimmers. The compositions are physically large, thickly painted, and arranged with an energy that makes the viewer feel as though the scene is still happening.
He worked as a newspaper sports illustrator to pay the bills, and the events he covered became paintings. In 1923 he was at the Polo Grounds on assignment for the New York Evening Journal when Luis Firpo knocked Jack Dempsey out of the ring and nearly into his lap. The painting he made of the moment reversed the punch to a left hook because the composition worked better that way. Accuracy was less important than impact.
He died of a ruptured appendix in 1925, at forty-two.
He painted boxing matches at Tom Sharkey's saloon, an illegal club near the Brooklyn waterfront where bare-knuckle fights happened in a back room. Stag at Sharkey's, painted in 1909 when he was twenty-six, shows two fighters locked together under electric light, the crowd surging at the edges of the canvas. The paint is applied with a violence that matches the subject.
He was the youngest artist associated with the Ashcan School and the boldest. While other members painted park benches and tenement laundry lines, Bellows painted excavation sites, shipyards, snow-covered lots, and river swimmers. The compositions are physically large, thickly painted, and arranged with an energy that makes the viewer feel as though the scene is still happening.
He worked as a newspaper sports illustrator to pay the bills, and the events he covered became paintings. In 1923 he was at the Polo Grounds on assignment for the New York Evening Journal when Luis Firpo knocked Jack Dempsey out of the ring and nearly into his lap. The painting he made of the moment reversed the punch to a left hook because the composition worked better that way. Accuracy was less important than impact.
He died of a ruptured appendix in 1925, at forty-two.
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Gicléeutskrift av museikvalitet på FSC-certifierat matt arkivpapper, med inramade alternativ och alternativ på canvas.
- Pappersstorlekar: A4, A3, A2, A1, A0 och B2 (50×70 cm)
- Canvas: XS (20×30 cm) till Large (60×90 cm)
- Ramar: svart, naturligt trä, mörkt trä eller vit
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A deeper solid wood frame: 33mm deep with a 20mm face and Perspex glaze. The print sits unmounted for a clean gallery presentation. Black, white or natural.
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Hand-stretched canvas with neat gallery-wrapped edges, giving the artwork surface texture and depth. Arrives ready to hang.
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Stretched canvas set in a floating wood frame, our most substantial finish. Arrives ready to hang.
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Artistbiografi
George Bellows
Bellows was six foot two and good enough at baseball to attract interest from the Cincinnati Reds. He chose painting instead, moved to New York in 1904, and studied under Robert Henri at the New York School of Art. Henri taught that art should engage with the messy reality of American life, not retreat into academic prettiness. Bellows took the instruction further than anyone in the group.
He painted boxing matches at Tom Sharkey's saloon, an illegal club near the Brooklyn waterfront where bare-knuckle fights happened in a back room. Stag at Sharkey's, painted in 1909 when he was twenty-six, shows two fighters locked together under electric light, the crowd surging at the edges of the canvas. The paint is applied with a violence that matches the subject.
He was the youngest artist associated with the Ashcan School and the boldest. While other members painted park benches and tenement laundry lines, Bellows painted excavation sites, shipyards, snow-covered lots, and river swimmers. The compositions are physically large, thickly painted, and arranged with an energy that makes the viewer feel as though the scene is still happening.
He worked as a newspaper sports illustrator to pay the bills, and the events he covered became paintings. In 1923 he was at the Polo Grounds on assignment for the New York Evening Journal when Luis Firpo knocked Jack Dempsey out of the ring and nearly into his lap. The painting he made of the moment reversed the punch to a left hook because the composition worked better that way. Accuracy was less important than impact.
He died of a ruptured appendix in 1925, at forty-two.
He painted boxing matches at Tom Sharkey's saloon, an illegal club near the Brooklyn waterfront where bare-knuckle fights happened in a back room. Stag at Sharkey's, painted in 1909 when he was twenty-six, shows two fighters locked together under electric light, the crowd surging at the edges of the canvas. The paint is applied with a violence that matches the subject.
He was the youngest artist associated with the Ashcan School and the boldest. While other members painted park benches and tenement laundry lines, Bellows painted excavation sites, shipyards, snow-covered lots, and river swimmers. The compositions are physically large, thickly painted, and arranged with an energy that makes the viewer feel as though the scene is still happening.
He worked as a newspaper sports illustrator to pay the bills, and the events he covered became paintings. In 1923 he was at the Polo Grounds on assignment for the New York Evening Journal when Luis Firpo knocked Jack Dempsey out of the ring and nearly into his lap. The painting he made of the moment reversed the punch to a left hook because the composition worked better that way. Accuracy was less important than impact.
He died of a ruptured appendix in 1925, at forty-two.
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