CORNELL
UNIVERSITY
LIBRARY
FINE ARTS LIBRARY
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The MEMORIAL
ART GALLERY
ROCHESTER, NEWYORK
CATALOGUE
OF AN
EXHIBITION OF
OIL PAINTINGS
BY
GEORGE BELLOWS, N. A.
AND
MURAL PAINTINGS AND
DRAWINGS
BY
VIOLET OAKLEY
DECEMBER
Ninet«en Hundred Ntnete*n
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GEORGE BELLOWS, N. A.
George Bellows was borh at Columbus, Ohio, August
12, 1882. He studied under Maratta in Chicago and
under Robert Henri in New York. He has received awards
as follows: Hallgarten Prize, National Academy of Design,
1908; Sesnan Medal, Pennsylvania Academy of the Fine
Arts, 1913; First Hallgarten Prize, National Academy of
Design, 1913; Honorable Mention, Carnegie Institute,
Pittsburgh, 1913; Third- Prize, Carnegie Institute, Pitts-
burgh, 1914; Maynard Prize, National Academy of Design,
1914; Gold Medal, Panama-Pacific International Exposi-
tion, 1915; Harris Bronze Medal and Prize, Art Institute
of Chicago, 1916; Isador Medal, National Academy, of
Design, 1917; Temple Medal, Pennsylvania Academy of
the Fine Arts, 1917; Landscape Prize, Newport Art Asso-
ciation, 1918. He is represented in the collections of the
following museums and institutions: Metropolitan Mu-
seum, New York City; Pennsylvania Academy of the Fine
Arts, Philadelphia; Telfair Academj^ Savannah; Columbus
Art Association, Columbus; Toledo Museum of Art,
Toledo; National Arts Club, New York City; Ohio State
University; Art Institute of Chicago; Rhode Island School
of Design, Providence; Detroit Museum of Art, Detroit,
and Carnegie Institute, Pittsburgh. Mr. Bellows is a
member of the National Academy of Design; American
Painters and Sculptors; National Arts Club; National
Association of Portrait Painters; Painter-Gravers of Amer-
ica; MacDowell Club; Society of Independent Artists, and
National Institute of Arts and Letters.
1.
Old Lady With Blue Book,
2.
Crehaven.
3.
Suzan.
4.
Cross-eyed Boy.
5.
Anne in Black.
6.
Pueblo.
7.
House of John Tom.
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8. Harbor at Monhegan.
9. Padre.
10. The Studio.
11. Anne With a Japanese Parasol;''
12. Sanctuario.
13. Grammy Ames' Place.
14. Moonlight Ride.
15. Mattinicus.
16. Lillian.
17. Dawn of Peace.
(Lent by Duveen Brothers, New York, N. Y., for the
American Red Cross.)
18. Hail to Peace.
(Lent by Duveen Brothers, New York, N. Y., for the
American Red Cross.)
19. Murder of Edith Cavell.
20. Return of the Useless.
21. Massacre at Dinant.
22. Girl with Fruit.
VIOLET OAKLEY
Born New York. Pupil of Art Students' League, New-
York; Pennsylvania Academy of the Fine Arts; Aman-
Jean., Collin and Lazar, Paris; Howard Pyle, Philadelphia.
Member: Philadelphia Water Color Club; Fellowship,
Pennsylvania Academy of the Fine Arts; New York Water
Color Club; Plastic Club of Philadelphia; Society of Il-
lustrators, New York (associate), 1904; National Society of
Mural Painters; American Institute of Architects (honor-
ary) ; Art Alliance of Philadelphia; Associate, National
Academy of Design, 1918; Litt. D., Delaware College, 1918.
Awards: Gold medal for illustration and silver medal for
mural decoration, St. Louis Exposition,, 1904; gold medal of
honor, Pennsylvania Academy of the Fine Arts, 1905; gold
medal of honor, Panama-Pacific International Exposition,
San Francisco, 1915; medal of honor for painting, New
York Architectural League, 1916.
23. The Constitutional Convention and the Creation of
' the true Union, — Philadelphia, May, 1787.
[Copley Print, Original painting, 10'xl7'.]
"Let us raise a standard to which the wise and honest
can repair. The event is in the hand of God."
24. Study for No. 23—
25. Study for No. 23 — ^George Washington presiding.
Lent by John F. Braun, Esq.
26. Study for No. 23— Figure of Madison.
27. Study for No. 23 — Figure of Madison.
28. Study for No. 23 — Hand of Washington.
29. Study for No. 23 — Hamilton and Dickenson.
30. Dedication of the Living to the Preservation of
Unity. — Gettysburg, November, 1863.
[Copley Print, Original painting, 10'xl7'.]
"It is for us the living rather to be dedicated to the
unfinished work."
31. Study for No. 30—
32. Study for No. 30 — Figure of Lincoln.
33. Study for No. 30— Figure of Lincoln.
34. Study for No. 30 — Soldier's widow with her sons.
35. Study for No. 30 — Soldier's widow with her sons.
36. Study for No. 30 — Soldier's widow.
37. Study for No. 30 — Wounded soldier.
38. Study for No. 30 — Soldier v/ith the flag.
39. Study for No. 30 — Group of figures in the crowd.
40. Study for No- 30 — Group of officials on the platform.
41. The Armies of the Earth.
[Copley Print]
"The Kingdom of Unity suffereth Violence and the
Violent would take it by storm." * * * "They shall
look upon ME, whom they have pierced." * * » "As
a Dream of a night Vision so shall the multitude of all
the Nations be that fight."
42. Study for No. 41— Charcoal.
43. Study for No. 41— Pencil.
44. Study for No. 41 — Tempera on plaster.
45. Study for No. 41 — Figure of the Leader yielding his
sword to Unity.
46. Study for No. 41— Soldiers.
47. Study for No. 41— Soldiers.
48. Study for No. 41— Soldiers.
49. The Slaves of the Earth.
[Copley Print]
"They did set over them taskmakers to afflict them with
burdens — but the more they afflicted them the more they
multiplied and grew. I have seen the affliction of MY
people and have heard their cry and I will redeem them
with a stretched out Arm and with Great Judgments."
50. Study for No. 49— Charcoal.
5 1. Study for No. 49— Pencil.
52. Study for No. 49 — The slave drivers, Greed and Fear.
53. Study for No. 49 — The slave driver. Greed.
54. Study for No. 49— Slaves driven by 'Tear."
55. Supreme Manifestation of Enlightenment in Inter-
national Unity. Prophecy of William Penn.
[Copley Print, original painting, 9'x45']
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"He carried me away to a great and high Mountain, and
shewed me that GREAT CITY * * » And He
shewed me a pure River of Water of Life clear as crystal
proceeding out of the Throne. » • * And the Kings
of the Earth do bring their Glory and Honour into
it. * * * In the midst of the street of it and on
either side of the River was there the Tree of
Life. * * * And the leaves of the Tree were for
the HEALING of the NATIONS."
56. Study for No. 55 — Figure of Unity, charcoal.
57. Study for No. 55 — Figure of Unity, tempera on
plaster.
58. Study for No. 55— Figure of Unity, tempera.
59. Study for No. 55 — Figure of Unity, water color.
60. Study for No. 55 — 'Composition for center of panel.
61. Study for No. 55 — ^Composition for right side of
panel.
62. Study for No. 55 — ^Composition for left side of panel.
63. Study for No. 55 — Slave woman and infant baptized
in the Water of Life.
64. Study for No. 55 — Poet-prophet giving the fruit from
the Tree of Life to the child of
a slave.
65. Study for No. 55 — ^Wisdom holding the Open Book.
66. Study for No. 55 — Figure liberating the captives.
67. Study for No. 55 — Head and hands of freed slave.
68. Study for No. 55 — Hands of freed slave.
69. Study for No. 55— -Figure of slave.
70. Srtidy for No. 55 — Slave and child.
71. Study for No. 55— Three Kings.
72. Study for No. 55 — Figure of Surgeon.
73. Study for No. 55— Slaves.
74. Study for No. 55 — Group of scholars.
75. Study for No. 55— Scholar.
76. Study for No. 55 — Head of scholar.
77. Study for No. 55 — "They shall beat their swords into
ploughshares."
78. Study for No. 55 — "They shall heat their swords into
ploughshares."
79. Study for No. 55 — Soldiers offering up their con-
secrated weapons.
80. THE CONSTITUTIONAL CONVENTION,
PHILADELPHIA, 1787.
Study for decoration, 15'x41', in the Cuyahoga County
Court House, Cleveland, Ohio.
81. Study for No. 80 — ^George Washington.
82. Study for No. 80 — Benjamin Franklin.
83. Study for No. 80 — James Madison.
84. Study for No. 80 — ^Alexander Hamilton.
85. Study for No. 80 — Gouverneur Morris.
86. Study for No. 80— William Patterson.
87. Study for No. 80— Edmund Randolph.
88. Study for No. 80— William Few.
89. Study for No. 80— William Jackson.
90. Illustrations for "The Story of Vashti."
91. Illustrations for "The Story of Vashti."
92. Illustrations for "The Story of Vashti."
Lent by John F. Braun, Esq.
93. Illumination from the Apocalypse.
94. Illumination from the Apocalypse.
95. CARTOON FOR STAINED GLASS WIN-
DOW IN THE RESIDENCE OF ROBERT
Y. COLLIER, Esq., OF NEW YORK—
THE DIVINE COMEDY OF DANTE
ALIGHIERI.
Left wing— INFERNO.
Residing down.
Medallion 1 — Dante lost in a deep wood.
Medallion 2- — He meets the Three Beasts.
Medallion 3 — 'Virgil [Earthly Wisdom] leads
him 'through the Rain of Fire.
Seventh Circle of Hell.
Medallion A — Lucifer at the center of the Earth.
Right wing— PURGATORIO.
Reading up.
Medallion 1 — ^An eagle bears Dante to the en-
trance of the Mount of Purifica-
tion.
Medallion 2 — Virgil leads him through the Wall
of Fire. Seventh Circle of the
Mount.
Medallion 3 — The Earthly Paradise upon the
Summit.
Medallion 4- — Beatrice [Heavenly Wisdom] de-
scends upon the empty chariot of
the Church.
Central panel— PARADISO.
Reading up.
Medallion 1 — Beatrice lifts Dante to the first
moving Heaven of the Moon.
Medallion 2 — The Stairway of Contemplation.
The Seventh Heaven.
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Medallion 3 — Beatrice shows him the Final
Heaven reflected in the Sea of
Light. The Ninth Heaven.
Medallion 4— The Great White Rose. The Tenth
Heaven of Divine Science.
96. Study for lunette— The Child and Tradition.
97. Study for lunette— The Child and Tradition.
98. Study for lunette— The Child and Tradition.
99. Study for lunette— Youth and the Arts.
Lent by Charlton Yarnall, Esq.
100. Study for lunette — Youth and the Arts.
101, Study for lunette— Youth and the Arts.
!02. Study for lunette — ^The Man and Science.
103. Study for lunette— The Man and Science.
104. Study for lunette — ^The Man and Science.
105. Portrait drawing of Madame Amelita Galli-Curci.
Lent by Mme. Galli-Curci.
106. Portrait drawing of Mrs. Samuel Spa-ckman.
Color reproductions of the originals
107. Panel 1. (a) William Tyndale printing his trans-
lation of the Bible into English at
Cologne,
('b) Smuggling the first volumes of the
New Testament into England.
108. Panel 2. (a) The Burning of the Books at
Oxford,
(b) The Execution of William Tyndale,
109. Panel 3. (a) The Answer to Tyndale's Prayer
(b) Anne Askew condemned to death
refusing to recant.
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110. Panel 4. Culmination of all Intolerance and Per-
secution in Civil War.
Panel 5. George Fox on his Mount of Vision.
111. Panel 6. William Penn, Student at Oxford.
112. Panel 7. Penn meets the Quaker thought in the
field at Oxford.
Panel 8. Admiral Penn turning his son from
home.
113. Panel 9. (a) Penn's arrest while preaching.
114. Panel 9. (b) Penn examined by the Lieutenant of
the Tower of London.
Panel 9. (c) Penn writing in prison.
115. Panel 10. Penn seeks to free other Friends im-
prisoned.
116. Panel 11. Penn's Vision.
Panel 12. Charter of Pennsylvania signed by
Charles IL
117. Panel 13. Penn's first sight of Pennsylvania.
118. Color study for Panel 12.
119. 'Color study for Panel 6.
120. Color study for Panel 5.
121. Color study for Panel 13.
122. Color study for Panel 2.
123. Color study for Panel 3.
124. Color study for Panel 4.
125. Color study for Panel 8.
126. Color study for Panel 9.
127. Color study for Panel 10.
128. Color study for Panel 7.
129. Color study for Panel 11.
130. Charcoal study for Panel 9 (a).
131. Charcoal study for Panel 9 (b).
132. Charcoal study for Panel 9 (c).
133. Charcoal study for Panel 8.
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1 34. Charcoal study for Panel 7.
35. Charcoal study for Panel 11.
36. Charcoal study for Panel 4.
137. Charcoal study for Panel 3.
|38-150. Copley Prints of the above series.
151. Key to the above series.
152. Key to the Senate Chamber series.
153. Key to the Cleveland Decoration.
154. Italy, the Guardian of Beauty.
[Poster for Italian War Relief]
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