Artist Birthdays – August 19: GUSTAVE CAILLEBOTTE, GEORGE BELLOWS

GUSTAVE CAILLEBOTTE (August 19, 1848 – February 21, 1894)

• Nationality: French
• Field: Painting
• Art Movement: Impressionism
• ARTiFact: Independently wealthy, he was known as a supporter of the arts for contributing funds to Impressionist exhibitions and purchasing works by fellow artists and friends – including Claude Monet, Auguste Renoir, and Camille Pissarro.
• Important Artwork (shown below): Paris Street; Rainy Weather, 1877.

GEORGE BELLOWS (August 19, 1882 – January 8, 1925)

• Nationality: American
• Field: Painting, illustration, printmaking
• Art Movement: Ashcan School
• ARTiFact: He lived his entire life in the United States, never once crossing the geographical boundary of his country.
• Artist Quote: “What this world needs is Art, Art, and more Art. Art in social, civic, economical relations, in religion, in government. We have a vast deal of science, of flying machines… but a great emptiness of imagination, a great barrenness of beauty.”
• Important Artwork (shown below): Stag at Sharkey’s, 1909.

Related Links:

• Learn more about the artist Gustave Caillebotte
• Learn more about the artist George Bellows
• Discover your favorite artists at Park West Gallery