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George Bellows painted Forty-two Kids just three years after arriving in New York City from his native Columbus, Ohio. In its distinctly modern subject and vigorous, slashing brushwork, the painting embodies the artist’s stimulation by his new environment and the excitement of a new century. Bellows’ spirited yet straightforward depictions of the commonplace, often gritty side of urban life in an unembellished, robust style align him not only with his teacher and mentor, Robert Henri, but also with the urban realists led by Henri, the Ashcan school. . . .
:: Sarah Cash, Bechhoefer Curator of American Art Text excerpted from A Capital Collection: Masterworks from the Corcoran Gallery of Art, which is available for purchase in the Corcoran Shop. :: Click here to purchase this catalog online
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