George Bellows's 'Men of the Docks' | The National Gallery

George Bellows's 'Men of the Docks' was the first American painting to enter our collection. Learn more about the subject matter that Bellows is depicting and why it was particularly relevant in April 1912 with Christopher Riopelle, the Neil Westreich Curator of Post 1800 Paintings. The National Gallery houses the national collection of paintings in the Western European tradition from the 13th to the 19th centuries.

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