Both Members of This Club Flashcards
What was Both Members of This Club depicting?
A prize fight in New York City
What are the races of the two fighters in Both Members of This Club?
One white and one African-American
Where were prize fights popular?
In New York
Where was George Bellows born?
In Columbus, Ohio
What did Bellows play as a youth?
Baseball and basketball
Where did George Bellows study painting?
In New York
Who did Bellows study with at the New York School of Art?
Robert Henri
Who did Bellows show his works with in 1913?
European modernists at the Armory Show in 1913
When did Bellows die and why?
At 45 of a ruptured appendix
What did Bellows paint?
Urban life in New York City, seascapes in Many, portraits, other sporting scenes beyond boxing and a series of works relating to World War One
What English photographer captured the bod in motion?
Eadweard Muybridge
What is Bellow’s body of works characterized by?
Gritty naturalism that came from direct observation of his subjects
Who did Bellows train under?
Robert Henri
Who became a leading figure of The Eight
Robert Henri
What civilization epicted nude athletes?
The Greeks
