Tennis at Newport (Primary Title)
George Bellows, American, 1882 - 1925 (Artist)
In the summer of 1919, George Bellows attended an invitational tennis tournament at Rhode Island’s prestigious Newport Lawn Tennis Club. Evidently captivated by its luxurious setting and finely attired people, he produced four large paintings of the subject over the course of the next year. This version is the most complete and captivating of the series. Exquisitely composed, it reveals the artist’s concern with light as a means of directing the viewer’s gaze. Light radiates not from the interior background of the image, as in his other paintings of Newport, but rather from outside the canvas. Casting shadows away from the viewer, the technique effectively highlights the focus of his image, the elegantly dressed spectators in the foreground.
Signed at lower center: "Geo Bellows"
James W. and Frances Gibson McGlothlin Collection
2018: Collecting for the Commonwealth Preserving for the Nation, Virginia Museum of Fine Arts, 1919-2018, Winter Antiques Show, Park Avenue Armory, New York City, NY, January 18 - 26, 2018.
George Bellows, National Gallery of Art, Washington, DC, June 10 - October 8, 2012; The Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York, November 15, 2012 - February 18, 2013
The Paintings of George Bellows, Amon Carter Museum, Fort Worth, Texas, February 1992-May 1993
Columbus Museum of Art, Columbus, Ohio [exhibition title and dates unknown]
Whitney Museum of Art, New York [exhibition title and dates unknown]
Los Angeles County Museum of Art, Los Angeles [exhibition title and dates unknown]
Dallas Collects American Paintings: Colonial to Early Modern, Dallas Museum of Fine Arts, Dallas, Texas, September to November 1982
Quality, An Experience in Collecting, Hirschl & Adler Galleries, New York, November - December 1974
19th and 20th Century French and American Paintings, Palm Beach Galleries, Palm Beach Florida, January - February 1974
George Bellows: Paintings, Drawings, Lithographs, The Gallery of Modern Art, New York, March - May 1966
George Bellows, H. V. Allison & Co, New York, May 1957
Sport in Art, California Palace of Legion of Honor, San Francisco, November 1955 - August 1956
Los Angeles County Museum of Art, Los Angeles [exhibition title and dates unknown]
Denver Art Museum, Denver, Colorado [exhibition title and dates unknown]
Dallas Museum of Fine Arts, Dallas, Texas [exhibition title and dates unknown]
J. B. Speed Art Museum, Louisville, Kentucky [exhibition title and dates unknown]
Corcoran Gallery of Art, Washington, D.C. [exhibition title and dates unknown]
Museum of Fine Arts, Boston, Massachusetts [exhibition title and dates unknown]
George Bellows: Paintings, Drawings and Prints, The Art Institute of Chicago, Chicago, Illinois, January - March 1946
Sport in American Art, Museum of Fine Arts, Boston, Massachusetts, October - December 1944
Paintings by George Bellows, H. V. Allison & Co., New York, October - November 1942
Thirty-six Paintings by George Bellows, Columbus Museum of Art, 1940
Paintings by the Late Thomas Eakins and the Recent Works of George Bellows, Ferargil Gallery, New York, March 1921
Worcester Art Museum, Worcester, Massachusetts, 1920
George Bellows, National Gallery of Art, Washington, DC, June 10 - October 8, 2012; The Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York, November 15, 2012 - February 18, 2013
The Paintings of George Bellows, Amon Carter Museum, Fort Worth, Texas, February 1992-May 1993
Columbus Museum of Art, Columbus, Ohio [exhibition title and dates unknown]
Whitney Museum of Art, New York [exhibition title and dates unknown]
Los Angeles County Museum of Art, Los Angeles [exhibition title and dates unknown]
Dallas Collects American Paintings: Colonial to Early Modern, Dallas Museum of Fine Arts, Dallas, Texas, September to November 1982
Quality, An Experience in Collecting, Hirschl & Adler Galleries, New York, November - December 1974
19th and 20th Century French and American Paintings, Palm Beach Galleries, Palm Beach Florida, January - February 1974
George Bellows: Paintings, Drawings, Lithographs, The Gallery of Modern Art, New York, March - May 1966
George Bellows, H. V. Allison & Co, New York, May 1957
Sport in Art, California Palace of Legion of Honor, San Francisco, November 1955 - August 1956
Los Angeles County Museum of Art, Los Angeles [exhibition title and dates unknown]
Denver Art Museum, Denver, Colorado [exhibition title and dates unknown]
Dallas Museum of Fine Arts, Dallas, Texas [exhibition title and dates unknown]
J. B. Speed Art Museum, Louisville, Kentucky [exhibition title and dates unknown]
Corcoran Gallery of Art, Washington, D.C. [exhibition title and dates unknown]
Museum of Fine Arts, Boston, Massachusetts [exhibition title and dates unknown]
George Bellows: Paintings, Drawings and Prints, The Art Institute of Chicago, Chicago, Illinois, January - March 1946
Sport in American Art, Museum of Fine Arts, Boston, Massachusetts, October - December 1944
Paintings by George Bellows, H. V. Allison & Co., New York, October - November 1942
Thirty-six Paintings by George Bellows, Columbus Museum of Art, 1940
Paintings by the Late Thomas Eakins and the Recent Works of George Bellows, Ferargil Gallery, New York, March 1921
Worcester Art Museum, Worcester, Massachusetts, 1920
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