George Wesley Bellows
1882–1925

Bellows played baseball and basketball at Ohio State University. After his junior year, he left to study painting in New York. His boxing scenes established his reputation. He also painted city streets and parks, where people of different ages and incomes met.
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George Bellows (American, 1882–1925) · Self-Portrait, 1921. George Bellows (American, 1882–1925). Lithograph; sheet: 29.7 x 22.6 cm (11 11/16 x 8 7/8 in.). The Cleveland Museum of Art, Gift of Leonard C. Hanna Jr., 1935.279 · CC0 1.0 Portrait source · Licence