If I move my head a fraction to the left the drive elongates and the tops of the limes veer suddenly to the side, distorted by the imperfections of handmade glass.

NPR: Excerpt: 'The Sister'

Using free, gestural brushwork and a nightmarish palette, Bellows often elongates and distorts the athletes' figures in a way that parallels German expressionism, which was developing across the Atlantic at the same time.

WSJ: George Bellows at Washington's National Gallery of Art