The Pool Player is a 1921 by George Bellows, depicting Playing, held at Cleveland Museum of Art.
The painting shows a pool player focusing on his shot. He's under a single overhead light. The light creates shadows on his friends. The player's pose is careful and agile. His friends are in the background, watching him. One of them is thought to be the artist himself, George Bellows. This adds a personal touch to the scene. You can learn more about this style by looking into the technique of chiaroscuro.
A single overhead light illuminates the pool player’s careful concentration and agile pose while casting two rapt companions in shadow. The figure on the left is believed to be Bellows’s self-portrait.
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George Wesley Bellows (August 12 or August 19, 1882 – January 8, 1925) was an American realist painter, known for his bold depictions of urban life in New York City.
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