Summary: Both the French artist Edouard Manet and the American artist George Bellows saw their respective worlds through the lens of realism. The curators of 'Manet: Portraying Life' and 'George Bellows (1882-1925): Modern American Life' - MaryAnne Stevens, Ann Dumas, and Charles Brock (National Gallery of Art, Washington, DC) - probe the two artists' individual interpretations.
