"I am not one who was born in the custody of wisdom. I am one who is fond of olden times and intense in quest of the sacred knowing of the ancients." Gustave Courbet

12 August 2016

Happy birthday, Bellows.

Bellows, Summer Evening, Riverside Drive, 1909


George Bellows was born on this day in 1882.

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

George Bellows

The National Gallery of Art presents George Bellows ...

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