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Massacre at Dinant, (painting). Artist:  Bellows, George, 1882-1925, painter. Title:  Massacre at Dinant, (painting). Dates:  1918. Medium:  Oil on canvas. Dimensions:  49 1/2 x 83 in. Inscription:  (Lower center:) Geo. Bellows signed Description:  The painting illustrates a gruesome scene from Germany's invasion of Belgium in which civilian noncombatants were killed in villages all over Belgium. Here, a large group of men and women, including nuns and priests, are grouped together in the center of the painting, some figures lie dead on the ground, others pray, and others cover their faces. On the right side of the painting, the arm and leg of a German soldier can be seen, a bloody sword held out in the soldier's hand. In the background dark clouds of smoke roll in from the right. Subject:  History -- Belgium -- World War I Figure group Ethnic -- Belgian Occupation -- Religion -- Nun Occupation -- Religion -- Clergy State of Being -- Death -- Execution Landscape -- Belgium -- Dinant Object Type:  Painting Owner:  Greenville County Museum of Art, 420 College Street, Greenville, South Carolina 29601 Provenance:  Formerly in the collection of Bellows, George, estate of, References:  Exh. Catalog, "George Bellows & the War Series of 1918," Hirschl & Adler Galleries, New York, New York, 1983. Severens, Martha R., "Greenville County Museum of Art: The Southern Collection," New York: Hudson Hills Press, 1995, pg. 140. Illustration:  Exh. Cat., "George Bellows & the War Series of 1918," Hirschl & Adler Galleries, New York, New York, 1983, P.14 Severens, Martha R., "Greenville County Museum of Art: The Southern Collection," New York: Hudson Hills Press, 1995, pg. 141. Note:  The information provided about this artwork was compiled as part of the Smithsonian American Art Museum's Inventories of American Painting and Sculpture database, designed to provide descriptive and location information on artworks by American artists in public and private collections worldwide. Repository:  Inventories of American Painting and Sculpture, Smithsonian American Art Museum, P.O. Box 37012, MRC 970, Washington, D.C. 20013-7012 Control Number:  IAP 86600001   Copy/Holding information Smithsonian AmericanArt Museum Control Number   Inventory of American Paintings 86600001 Add Copy to MyList Format: HTMLPlain textDelimited Subject:   Email to:

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