George Wesley Bellows American Ashcan School Painter, 1882-1925
American painter and lithographer. He was the son of George Bellows, an architect and building contractor. He displayed a talent for drawing and for athletics at an early age. In 1901 he entered Ohio State University, where he contributed drawings to the school yearbook and played on both the basketball and baseball teams. In spring of his third year he withdrew from university to play semi-professional baseball until the end of summer 1904 Pennsylvania Station Excavation between 1905(1905) and 1910(1910)
Oil on canvas
79.2 x 97.1 cm (31.18 x 38.23 in)
