River-Front
1924
From the collection of Cleveland Museum of Art
1924
From the collection of Cleveland Museum of Art
Dominant colour
River-Front is a 1924 by George Bellows, held at Cleveland Museum of Art.
You see kids playing on a gritty riverbank under a gray sky, their clothes rumpled and the water choppy. Bellows painted this spot many times—it was a real dock where poor city kids swam and fished. He didn’t clean it up or make it pretty; the dirt and the rough light are right there. Look up more paintings of america like this one.
