The Germans Arrive, 1918

Not on View

Medium

oil on canvas

Dimensions

overall: 125.73 x 201.3 cm (49 1/2 x 79 1/4 in.)

Credit Line

Gift of Ian and Annette Cumming

Accession Number

2021.48.3

Artists / Makers

George Bellows (artist) American, 1882 - 1925

Image Use

This image is in the public domain.
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Inscription

lower right: Geo Bellows

Provenance

The artist [1882-1925]; by inheritance to his wife, Emma S. Bellows [1884-1959]; her estate; (H.V. Allison & Co., New York); purchased 3 March 1993 by Ian M. Cumming [1940-2018], Jackson, Wyoming; his estate; bequest 2021 to NGA.

Associated Names

Bellows, Emma S.
Cumming, Ian M.
H. V. Allison & Co.

Exhibition History

1983: George Bellows and the War Series of 1918, Hirschl & Adler Galleries, New York, 1983, brochure no. 2, repro.

2012: George Bellows, National Gallery of Art, Washington, 2012 - 2013, no. 130.

2013: George Bellows and the American Experience, Columbus Museum of Art, Columbus, 2013 - 2014, unnumbered catalogue.

2016: World War I and American Art, Pennsylvania Academy of the Fine Arts, Philadelphia; The New-York Historical Society, New York; Frist Center for the Visual Arts, Nashville, 2016 - 2018, unnumbered catalogue.

Bibliography

1971: Braider, Donald. George Bellows and the Ashcan School of Painting. New York, 1971: 113, 143.

1981: Wasserman, Krystyna. "George Wesley Bellows' War Lithographs and Paintings of 1918." Ph.D. dissertation, University of Maryland, 1981: v, 22, 36, 39, fig. xi, 100.

2004: Engel, Charlene. "The Man in the Middle: George Bellows, War, and 'Sergeant' Delaney." American Art 18 (Spring 2004): 84, 85.

2012: Brock, Charles, et al. George Bellows. Exh. cat. National Gallery of Art, Washington; The Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York; Royal Academy of Arts, London, 2012-2013. Washington and New York, 2012: 23, 255, 256, 262, 263, 267, 307, pl.130.