American dreams: George Bellows comes to the RA – in pictures

Stag at Sharkey's (1909)
Photograph: George Bellows/The Cleveland Museum of Art, Hinman B Hurlbut Collection

North River (1908)
Photograph: George Bellows/Pennsylvania Academy of the Fine Arts, Joseph E Temple Fund

New York (1911)
Photograph: George Bellows/National Gallery of Art, Washington, Collection of Mr and Mrs Paul Mellon

Men of the Docks (1912)
Photograph: George Bellows/Randoph/Macon Woman's College in 1891, Lynchburg

Emma at the Piano (1914)
Photograph: George Bellows/Chrysler Museum of Art, Norfolk, gift of Walter P Chrysler Jr

Love of Winter (1914)
Photograph: George Bellows/The Art Institute of Chicago, Friends of American Art Collection

Dempsey and Firpo (1924) Photograph: Whitney Museum of American Art, New York

Easter Snow (1915) Photograph: Private Collection

Forth and Back (1913) Photograph: Private collection

Forty-two Kids (1907) Photograph: Corcoran Gallery of Art, WashingtonMuseum Purchase, William A. Clark Fund

Snow-capped River (1911) Photograph: Telfair Museum of Art, SavanahMuseum purchase, 1991