George Bellows Archives

Big Sky, Big Dreams, Big Art: Made in the USA episode 2

Art / 3 minutes of reading / April 9, 2020 / By HDclump

Big Sky, Big Dreams, Big Art: Made in the USA episode 2: This episode is set in the American metropolis – the soaring new cities of the East Coast with their futuristic skylines and lofty skyscrapers. But instead of looking up at the futuristic towers, Waldemar Januszczak explores the squalid boxing rings painted by George Bellows, Reginald Mash’s decadent awaydays on Coney Island and the crazy escape into theosophy and abstraction mounted by Thomas Wilfred. The film culminates in the harsh immigrant experience of Ellis Island and the profound impact that rootlessness had on the art of Mark […]

Big Sky, Big Dreams, Big Art: Made in the USA episode 2 Read More »

Art of America episode 2

Art / 18 minutes of reading / May 29, 2019 / By HDclump

Art of America Episode 2: Andrew Graham-Dixon Uncovers the Modern Dreams Behind the American Metropolis Art of America episode 2 follows Andrew Graham-Dixon from the foot of the Statue of Liberty to the silent triptychs of the Rothko Chapel in Houston, tracing how artists and architects pulled the United States out of Europe’s shadow. Subtitled Modern Dreams, this instalment confronts the modern American city in all its contradictions. Gleaming skyscrapers rise above miles of slums. Corporate fortunes tower over desperate poverty. And a remarkable cast of painters, from John Sloan and George Bellows to Edward Hopper, Jackson Pollock and Mark

Art of America episode 2 Read More »