Exactly 100 years ago, the celebrated American painter George Bellows produced one of his most iconic works, Men of the Docks . Typical of his understated, yet gripping portrayals of immigrants and laborers in New York around the turn of the 20th century, the scene shows a group of men gathered near the shore as a vessel arrives at port, ready to be unloaded on a snowy winter day. I took particular note of this work while walking through an exhibition of Bellows’ work ...