Nude with Red Hair
George Bellows
1920
Medium
oil on canvas
Dimensions
overall: 110.9 x 86.5 cm (43 11/16 x 34 1/16 in.) framed: 138.4 x 113 x 7.6 cm (54 1/2 x 44 1/2 x 3 in.)
Classification
Painting
Department
CAB
Museum
National Gallery of Art, Washington, D.C.
Credit
Chester Dale Collection
Accession Number
1963.10.84
Rights
Public Domain
About the Artist
George Bellows · 1882–1925
George Wesley Bellows was born on August 12, 1882, in Columbus, Ohio, the only child of building contractor George Bellows Sr. and Anna Smith Bellows, with an older half-sister, Laura. A talented athlete who excelled in baseball and basketball at Ohio State University from 1901 to 1904, Bellows illustrated for the school yearbook before rejecting a professional baseball contract to pursue art. In ...