# The Lone Tenement, in 20th-century United States

George Bellows painted this in 1909, aged 27. It is now at the National Gallery of Art in Washington, DC.

Our note:

> A narrow six-storey tenement stands alone on a cleared lot beneath the massive pier and deck of a bridge, its top floor catching warm sunlight while people gather around a small fire at its foot. Beyond, a tugboat puffs white smoke on an icy river.

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## The work

- Date: 1909
- Medium: oil on canvas
- Dimensions: overall: 91.8 x 122.3 cm (36 1/8 x 48 1/8 in.) framed: 123.2 x 153.4 x 12.7 cm (48 1/2 x 60 3/8 x 5 in.)
- Type: Painting
- Courtesy National Gallery of Art, Washington, 1963.10.83
- Licence: CC0 1.0

## The artist

[George Bellows](https://www.ochreeditions.com/artists/george-bellows), American, 1882–1925

Bellows left Ohio State University to study in New York with Robert Henri and became the most celebrated of the younger realists around him.

6 works in the collection.

## Walk on

- [More by George Bellows](https://www.ochreeditions.com/galleries/artist/george-bellows?hang=750) (6 works)
- [More American Gilded Age](https://www.ochreeditions.com/galleries/style/american-gilded-age?hang=750) (67 works)
- [The 20th century](https://www.ochreeditions.com/galleries/era/20?hang=750) (189 works)

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