# Boy in a Blue Coat

- By: George Bellows (American, 1882–1925)
- Date: 1915
- Medium: oil on canvas
- Classification: Painting
- Dimensions: Unframed: 91.5 x 61 cm (36 x 24 in.)
- Culture: United States
- Credit line: Bequest of Mrs. Henry A. Everett for the Dorothy Burnham Everett Memorial Collection
- Museum: [Cleveland Museum of Art](https://clevelandart.org/art/1938.45)
- Rights: [Public domain (CC0)](https://creativecommons.org/publicdomain/zero/1.0/)
- Picture: https://openaccess-cdn.clevelandart.org/1938.45/1938.45_web.jpg
- Who can see it: Tweens profiles and older (museums give no ratings; placed by Invisible Network from the museum's own words)

George Bellows created this work during July 1915 in Ogunquit, Maine. Because of frequent rainy weather, the artist tended to paint indoors, focusing on portraiture. The identity of the sitter in this example remains unknown.