New York

Name: New York
Brand: George Wesley Bellows
Price: 189.0 USD
Availability: InStock

1911 · oil · George Wesley Bellows

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New York by George Wesley Bellows, shown at 28 × 42 in (71.1 × 106.7 cm) in Ramino Satin Black, living — Shown at 28 × 42 in (71.1 × 106.7 cm) · Framed paper, Ramino Satin Black · Living room

New York by George Wesley Bellows, shown at 28 × 42 in (71.1 × 106.7 cm) on canvas in Ramino Opaque White, dining — Shown at 28 × 42 in (71.1 × 106.7 cm) · Framed canvas, Ramino Opaque White · Dining

New York by George Wesley Bellows, shown at 28 × 42 in (71.1 × 106.7 cm) as gallery-wrapped canvas, restaurant — Shown at 28 × 42 in (71.1 × 106.7 cm) · Gallery-wrapped canvas · Restaurant

Story

A dense city street fills the canvas, packed with horse-drawn carts and pedestrians moving between tall buildings. The scene is rendered in browns, greens, and grays, giving the crowd and the architecture a shared, muted tone. This oil painting, titled New York, was made in 1911 by George Wesley Bellows and is held at the National Gallery of Art. Bellows, who lived from 1882 to 1925 and worked in the United States, is associated with the Ashcan School and American realism. Looking closely, the layered mass of carts and figures suggests the congestion of the street, with the tall buildings pressing in from either side to frame the activity below.