Keywords: The Barricade by George Wesley Bellows - BMA.jpg Artwork Q18577898 Creator George Wesley Bellows en An oil on canvas painting inspired by an incident in August 1914 where German soldiers used Belgian townspeople as human shields 1918-10 oil canvas in 48 125 83 5 Institution Birmingham Museum of Art http //www artsbma org/pieces/the-barricade/ The Birmingham Museum of Art object history exhibition history credit line Museum purchase with funds provided by the Harold and Regina Simon Fund the Friends of American Art Margaret Gresham Livingston and Crawford L Taylor Jr http //www hvallison com/WorkDetail aspx w 198 George Bellows ™ Catalogue Record Book B pp143 accession number 1990 124 Sean Pathasema PermissionOTRS 2011083010019522 PD-old-auto-1923 1925 DEFAULTSORT Bellows George The Barricade 1918 Paintings by George Wesley Bellows World War I in art American paintings in the Birmingham Museum of Art 1918 oil on canvas paintings in the United States Paintings of nude standing males Nude children in paintings German_soldiers_in_art Group paintings of nude males Uploaded with UploadWizard German occupation of Belgium during World War I Paintings of nude standing females in the 20th century |