Ashcan School / George Bellows

I was talking about George Bellows the other day and I though I could give you more information. He was born and raised in Columbus, Ohio in 1886.

He was not allowed to go out side and play on Sunday as a child so he stayed inside a drew pictures from magazines, like the "Gibson Girls".

Later he attend Ohio State University and was very athletic even playing baseball. Then one day making the hard choice to continue in Art he left for bigger horizons.

He moved to New York City and his eyes were open to more possibility in his new field. Artist Heni and the group of eight became his new mentors, that is when Bellows began to paint the people around him and the struggle of the working man!

He is considered part of the Ashcan movement in art. One of his most famous paintings is that of the two boxers!  This painting is the snow removal squad in New York pulling the snow to the river.