The Lone Tenement, George Bellows, 1909
George Bellows, portraitGeorge BellowsAmerican, 1882–1925

The Lone Tenement

1909 · Painting

May one see it?

Yes, receiving visitors

National Gallery of Art

Washington, D.C., United States

Room106C · East Building, Ground Level

On public display.

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The museum

About the painting

The Lone Tenement is a 1909 oil-on-canvas painting by George Bellows, 91.8 cm × 122.3 cm in size. It is on display at the National Gallery of Art.

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Particulars

Accession number
1963.10.83

What it shows

In the catalog

Sources

Meanwhile, in the life of George Bellows

The whole life
  1. 1908

    Exhibition of Henri’s pupils: first wide notice

    Together with other pupils of Henri he organizes an exhibition of mostly urban studies: many critics find them crudely painted, others welcome their audacity as a step beyond the work of his teacher; it brings him his first widespread notice. Other accounts say the exhibition was organized by Henri himself.

  2. 1909 · Award

    the National Academy of Design

    A year after his first success he becomes a member of the National Academy of Design.

  3. 1909

    Teaches at the Art Students League

    He teaches at the Art Students League of New York, although he is far more interested in pursuing a career as a painter. Other accounts say his teaching at the League began in 1910.

  4. 1910

    Marries Emma Story

    He marries Emma Story; she and their future daughters Anne and Jean will become the beloved subjects of his later paintings of domestic life.

  5. 1911

    Daughter born: Anne Bellows Kearney

  6. 1911

    Drawings for the magazine “The Masses”

    From 1911 he contributes many drawings and prints to the socialist journal The Masses and sits on its editorial board, but he is often at odds with other contributors, believing that artistic freedom should trump any ideological editorial policy.

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