The Cleveland Museum of Art

Collection Online as of December 20, 2025

My Father

1986

John Bellany

(British, 1942–2013)
England, 20th century
etching
Sheet: 49.9 x 65 cm (19 5/8 x 25 9/16 in.); Platemark: 33.1 x 49 cm (13 1/16 x 19 5/16 in.)
Gift of 15 members of The Print Club of Cleveland's 1997 United Kingdom trip 1997.234
Location: Not on view

Description

Although abstraction has dominated modern art, many British artists continue a long tradition of interest in the figure. Bellany's portrait of his father, a fisherman, surrounded by the ship models he made as a hobby, exemplifies the work of this well-known Scottish artist. Bellany began etching seriously in the early 1970s and developed a very individual and expressive scraggly, skittish line.
  • From Rembrandt to Rauschenberg: Recently Acquired Prints. The Cleveland Museum of Art, Cleveland, OH (organizer) (September 17-November 26, 2000).
    Cleveland, Ohio: The Cleveland Museum of Art; September 17 - November 26, 2000. "From Rembrandt to Rauschenberg: Recently Acquired Prints."
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