An oil on canvas painting inspired by an incident in august 1914 where german soldiers used belgian townspeople as human shields. Object Type: painting. Genre: military art. Date: October 1918. Place of creation: United States of America. Dimensions: height: 48.1 in (122.2 cm); width: 83.5 in (212 cm). Medium: oil on canvas. Collection: Birmingham Museum of Art. The Barricade by George Wesley Bellows - BMA