Artist: George Bellows
ημερομηνία: 1907
μέγεθος: 151 x 116 cm
μουσείο: Nelson-Atkins Museum of Art (Kansas City, United States)
Τεχνική: Oil On Canvas
In Frankie, the Organ Boy, George Bellows painted a young sitter who hailed from the sordid streets of lower Manhattan. Committed to portraying the dynamic and rough aspects of urban American life, the artist likely recruited Frankie from the neighborhood around his Broadway studio. Painted on a large scale and dressed in a suit, Frankie appears out of the inky-black background like a youthful, energetic monarch perched on a modest throne. Even so, his gangly awkwardness prevails. Bellows included a round, nickel-plated badge on his lapel, the sign of a youth who has a work permit, most likely selling newspapers, which was a common “profession” for working-class boys around the turn of the century.
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