In fact, he was memorialized by the Metropolitan Museum of Art less than a year after his death.  
When he died of a ruptured appendix in 1925, he was only 43, but he had already achieved great acclaim.  In fact, he was memorialized by the Metropolitan Museum of Art less than a year after his death.  A devotee of Robert Henri, he was noted for his dramatic interpretations of common life, especially in New York City, where he helped organize the Armory Show of 1913.  FTP name the painter of Forty-Two Kids, Matinicus, and such prize-fighting scenes as Stag at Sharkey's.
When he died of a ruptured appendix in 1925, he was only 43, but he had already achieved great acclaim.  
George Bellows