Love of Winter
George Wesley Bellows (American, 1882–1925)
1914
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Archival matte paper, 189 g/m² (10.3 mil), sourced from Japan, printed with multicolor water-based inkjet so every brushstroke stays crisp. Framed prints arrive ready to hang in a .75″ ayous-wood frame with an acrylite front. Sized to standard frames by cropping, never stretching — at most about 3% comes off one edge, which isn’t noticeable on most pieces, and we only offer a size when it stays that small.
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About this work
In January 1914 George Bellows wrote to a friend, “There has been none of my favorite snow. I must always paint the snow at least once a year.” Soon after, on February 13, a major blizzard hit New York City, inspiring the artist to paint Love of Winter. He used bright reds, yellows, and greens to intensify the winter scene and broad, slashing brushstrokes to convey movement, wind, and speed. The energetic group of skaters and onlookers, composed of people of a range of ages and social classes, reflects the diverse populations who enjoyed the public parks and the leisure activities they offered in early 20th-century New York City.
- Medium
- Oil on canvas
- Original size
- 81.6 × 101.6 cm (32 1/2 × 40 1/2 in.)
Museum record · 1 owner · 11 exhibitions
Provenance
- The artist, 1914; sold to the Art Institute of Chicago, 1914.
Exhibitions
- Art Institute of Chicago, Paintings by George Bellows, Dec. 10, 1914–Jan. 3, 1915.
- Milwaukee Art Institute, An Exhibition of Forty Paintings Presented to the Art Institute of Chicago by the Friends of American Art, Mar. 1–29, 1925.
- Art Institute of Chicago, A Century of Progress, June 1–Nov. 1, 1933.
- Art Institute of Chicago, A Century of Progress, June 1–Nov. 1, 1934.
- Art Institute of Chicago, George Bellows Paintings, Drawings and Prints, Jan. 23–Mar. 10, 1946.
- Milwaukee–Downer College, Wisconsin, A Century of Landscape Painting by American Artists, 1851–1951, Feb. 13–Mar. 23, 1951, cat..
- Illinois, Wheaton College, Exhibition, Apr. 3–June 12, 1951, no Art Gallery, Two Hundred Years of American Painting, Mar. 8–Apr. 3, 1955.
- Normal, Illinois State University Student Union Building, One Hundred Years of Painting, 1857–1957, Mar. 17–Apr. 5, 1957.
- West Palm Beach, Florida, Norton Museum of Art, George Bellows: Love of Winter, Dec. 6, 1997–Feb. 8, 1998; Newark Museum, Mar. 7–May 31, 1998; Columbus Museum of Art, July 10–Sept. 13, 1998.
- Washington DC, National Gallery of Art, George Bellows, June 10–Oct. 8, 2012; Metropolitan Museum of Art.
- Nov. 13, 2012–Feb. 18, 2013; London, Royal Academy of Arts, Mar. 16–June 9, 2013.
