Rolling Breakers
Primary
George Wesley Bellows
(Columbus, Ohio, 1882–New York, New York, 1925)
NationalityAmerican, North America
Date1913
MediumOil on panel
DimensionsFramed: 20 3/4 x 25 5/16 in. (52.7 x 64.3 cm)
Canvas: 14 15/16 x 19 11/16 in. (38 x 50 cm)
Canvas: 14 15/16 x 19 11/16 in. (38 x 50 cm)
Credit LineBlanton Museum of Art, The University of Texas at Austin, Michener Acquisitions Fund, P1969.8.1
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Rights Statement
Collection AreaModern and Contemporary Art
Object numberP1969.8.1
On View
Not on viewVertical patches of blue-green and white repeat, emphasizing the eternal crashing of waves on a rocky shoreline. Rolling Breakers is one of 117 pictures George Bellows painted during a summer spent on Monhegan Island, Maine. While they are reminiscent of Winslow Homer’s celebrated images of Maine, Bellows’ seascapes are distinguished by their thick, muscular paint surfaces and their unique manipulation of perspective, which places the viewer virtually in the breaking surf.
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