The Masses: George Bellows and Nicole Eisenman

One of the most celebrated figurative painters working today, Nicole Eisenman has long cultivated an interest in the Ashcan School—a group of early-twentieth-century American artists who sought inspiration from scenes of immigrant and working-class life and the rapidly transforming urban landscape of New York City. This exhibition pairs Eisenman with George Bellows, a Columbus-born artist whose vigorous portrayals of boxers, swimmers, and tenement dwellers made him a key contributor to the Ashcan School. Despite hailing from different generations, Bellows and Eisenman each root their art in N…