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John BellanyWW-1989-014926

1989·Oil on canvas·60 x 68 in. (152.4 x 172.7 cm)

Gift of Patricia and Morris Orden, 2000

Catalogue

Year: 1989
Medium: Oil on canvas
Dimensions: 60 x 68 in. (152.4 x 172.7 cm)
Collection: The Metropolitan Museum of Art
Artist: John Bellany

Artist

John Bellany

Painting

John Bellany was a British painter whose monumental figurative works addressed trauma, mortality, and collective memory in the postwar era. Working primarily in oil on canvas, he developed a gestural, expressionistic approach marked by distorted human forms and densely layered surfaces that evoked both classical tradition and raw emotional urgency. His large-scale paintings often incorporated mythological and biblical references alongside contemporary social commentary. Bellany's work engaged with the psychological and physical legacies of conflict and displacement in mid-to-late twentieth-century Europe.

Port Seton, UK

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