Boy in a Blue Coat (1915): Art, History and Details

Boy in a Blue Coat (1915) is in the Cleveland Museum of Art collection. The museum's creator attribution is George Bellows (American, 1882–1925).

The work and its context

The museum's open-access catalogue describes the work:

George Bellows created this work during July 1915 in Ogunquit, Maine. Because of frequent rainy weather, the artist tended to paint indoors, focusing on portraiture. The identity of the sitter in this example remains unknown.

Object facts

• Title: Boy in a Blue Coat
• Date: 1915
• Creator attribution: George Bellows (American, 1882–1925)
• Culture: America
• Type: Painting
• Technique: oil on canvas
• Dimensions: Unframed: 91.5 x 61 cm (36 x 24 in.)
• Collection: American - Painting
• Department: American Painting and Sculpture
• Accession number: 1938.45

A detail from the museum

George Bellows painted more than 140 portraits during his brief career.

Collection credit

Bequest of Mrs. Henry A. Everett for the Dorothy Burnham Everett Memorial Collection

Further reading listed by the museum

• Francis, Henry. "The Dorothy Burnham Everett Memorial Collection." The Bulletin of the Cleveland Museum of Art 25, no. 6, pt. 2 (June 1938): 124-131

View the collection record

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