Love of Winter
1914 · Oil on canvas · Art Institute of Chicago
The whole painting, uncropped, on a printed cream mat with its title beneath.
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About this work
- Artist
- George Bellows (1882–1925)
- Year
- 1914
- Medium
- Oil on canvas
- Original size
- 81.6 × 101.6 cm
- Collection
- Art Institute of Chicago
- Movement
- Ashcan School
Skaters crowd a frozen pond under dark wooded hills, and on the bank in front a woman in a mustard-yellow suit leads a small girl in a red coat by the hand. Around them people kneel to fasten skates, children in white stand among adults in long coats, and a figure in a deep red cloak watches at the left. The paint is laid on in broad, quick strokes, and the snow is streaked with blue, gold and pink. George Bellows painted it in New York in 1914. In January that year he wrote to a friend that he had to paint snow at least once a year, and on 13 February a blizzard struck the city. The Art Institute of Chicago acquired the painting in 1914 through its Friends of American Art collection and showed it in a Bellows exhibition that December.
This print reproduces the whole work, uncropped, from a high-resolution scan of the original. The original is in the public domain.
Where it works
Skaters in red, mustard and deep violet against white snow and blue-black hills. A lively choice for a family room or entryway in the holiday season, beside Hassam's Winter in Union Square; a black frame holds the strong colour.
Size, framing & materials
- Style
- Ashcan School painting
- Era
- 20th century (1914)
- Orientation
- Landscape
- Mood
- dramatic, moody
- Rooms
- hallway or entryway, living room, dining room
- Good gift for
- housewarming, art lovers
Size. Prints at 16×12, 24×18, 32×24 in — 16×12 for a shelf, desk or a gallery-wall grid; 24×18 above a console or sideboard; 32×24 as the statement piece above a sofa or headboard. See it to scale on your wall →
Framing. The gallery ground is part of the print, so frame it without a mat — dark wood flatters the lighter palette; black sharpens it.
Pairing. Pairs as a set of three with other famous painting prints (10% off three or more).
- Restored in-house from the original painting, cleaned and colour-trued at museum resolution
- Museum-quality archival paper: heavyweight, acid-free, resists yellowing
- Framed option: wood frame in black or dark wood, 12 mm wide and 22 mm deep, with a plexiglass front and no mat; the print is mounted inside and the frame's outside measures the listed size
- Made to order; colours may vary slightly from screen
