Cleveland Museum of Art

Boy in a Blue Coat

George Bellows

Date

1915

Medium

oil on canvas

Culture

America

Department

American Painting and Sculpture

Institution

Cleveland Museum of Art

George Bellows created this work during July 1915 in Ogunquit, Maine. Because of frequent rainy weather, the artist tended to paint indoors, focusing on portraiture. The identity of the sitter in this example remains unknown. George Bellows painted more than 140 portraits during his brief career.

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