Tennis at Newport

1919

Not on view

Renowned for his paintings of clandestine boxing matches, Bellows also depicted leisure-time pursuits of the wealthy. He painted Tennis at Newport in his New York studio from sketches he had made the previous summer. The annual tennis tournament at the Newport Casino in Rhode Island was an important sporting event and social occasion. Bellows’s painting emphasizes the setting more than the match; although the players appear in action in the foreground, the spectators strolling about the grounds and lingering on the lawn divert attention away from the contest. Bellows’s blended brushwork and lurid palette evoke both bright, almost blinding light and sweltering heat.

Artwork Details

Title: Tennis at Newport
Artist: George Bellows (American, Columbus, Ohio 1882–1925 New York)
Date: 1919
Medium: Oil on canvas
Dimensions: 40 in. × 43 1/4 in. (101.6 × 109.9 cm)
Classification: Paintings
Credit Line: Bequest of Miss Adelaide Milton de Groot (1876–1967), 1967
Object Number: 67.187.121
Curatorial Department: Modern and Contemporary Art

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