id: 115858 accession number: 1936.570 share license status: Copyrighted url: https://clevelandart.org/art/1936.570 updated: 2024-11-18 23:41:18.822000 The Barricade, First Stone, 1918. George Bellows (American, 1882–1925). Lithograph; The Cleveland Museum of Art, Gift of Leonard C. Hanna Jr. 1936.570 title: The Barricade, First Stone title in original language: series: series in original language: creation date: 1918 creation date earliest: 1918 creation date latest: 1918 current location: creditline: Gift of Leonard C. Hanna Jr. copyright: --- culture: America technique: lithograph department: Prints collection: PR - Lithograph type: Print find spot: catalogue raisonne: Mason 61 --- CREATORS * George Bellows (American, 1882–1925) - artist An accomplished athlete, George Bellows (1882–1925) was an especially appropriate artist to address the subject of sports. Born and raised in Columbus, Ohio, he played baseball and basketball as a youth, developing sufficient ability to letter in both at Ohio State University. According to some accounts, scouts for the Cincinnati Reds took notice of his shortstop talents. However, Bellows’s first love, art, ultimately intervened, and after his junior year he relocated to New York to study painting. In a remarkably short period he became the leading artist of his generation, a reputation fueled through boxing subjects such as Stag at Sharkey’s. In his later years he developed recreational passions for tennis and billiards, which he routinely played with friends. Bellows’s life was cut short at the age of 42, due to complications after his appendix ruptured. --- measurements: state of the work: edition of the work: support materials: inscriptions: --- CURRENT EXHIBITIONS --- LEGACY EXHIBITIONS --- PROVENANCE --- fun fact: digital description: wall description: --- RELATED WORKS --- CITATIONS --- IMAGES