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George Bellows — War Series:  Base Hospital, Second Stone
George Bellows

War Series: Base Hospital, Second Stone

1918

George Bellows's lithograph from his War Series depicts the interior of a military hospital with wounded soldiers receiving care, reflecting the artist's engagement with World War I themes during the 1910s. Created in the lithographic medium, the work demonstrates Bellows's characteristic bold draftsmanship and dynamic compositional technique applied to a subject of contemporary social and political significance. The print exemplifies the artist's commitment to documenting the human cost of modern warfare through his printmaking practice.

Medium
lithograph

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George Bellows, War Series: Base Hospital, Second Stone, 1918

George Bellows's lithograph from his War Series depicts the interior of a military hospital with wounded soldiers receiving care, reflecting the artist's engagement with World War I themes during the 1910s. Created in the lithographic medium, the work demonstrates Bellows's characteristic bold draftsmanship and dynamic compositional technique applied to a subject of contemporary social and political significance. The print exemplifies the artist's commitment to documenting the human cost of modern warfare through his printmaking practice.

Medium
lithograph
Year
1918
Seen at
Cleveland Museum of Art, Cleveland, OH

Related themes

Print, Expressionist Mood, Lithography, Wartime Subject, Early 20th Century, Dark Realism, Ashcan School, American Artist, Social Commentary, Military hospital

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