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American

12,325 works

Study for "The Dancing Lesson": The Boy

Thomas Eakins, probably 1877

Study for "The Dancing Lesson": The Banjo Player

Thomas Eakins, probably 1877

Young woman in striped dress and white bonnet holding a book, with a red schoolhouse and children at sunset behind her.

The Red School House

Winslow Homer, 1873

Woman in black hat and bustled skirt holds maple leaves on a path through red autumn woods.

Autumn

Winslow Homer, 1877

Painting of figures with parasols under trees beside a bay, with a sailboat on the water and rocky shore beyond.

Salem Cove

Maurice Prendergast, c. 1915/1918

Half-length portrait of a man with white curled hair in a dark coat and white cravat against a brown background.

Thomas Jefferson

Gilbert Stuart, c. 1821

Painting of a crowded New York street with skyscrapers, pedestrians, a horse-drawn wagon, and a green streetcar.

New York

George Bellows, 1911

Oil portrait of an elderly bearded man in a dark coat and white collar against a dark grey background.

George Cotton Smith

Robert Henri, 1908

Oil portrait of an elderly woman with white hair in a black dress and brooch, against a dark brushed background.

Elizabeth Virginia Laning Bradner Smith (Mrs. George Cotton Smith)

Robert Henri, 1908

Painting of an angel expelling a man and woman from Paradise under a shaft of light, with a serpent and animals in the foregr

The Expulsion of Adam and Eve from Paradise

Benjamin West, 1791

Painting of a sunlit rock arch on Capri above calm blue sea, with sea stacks and distant coastline.

Natural Arch at Capri

William Stanley Haseltine, 1871

Painting of forested mountains in misty valley at sunrise, with gnarled trees and rocks in the foreground.

Sunrise in the Catskills

Thomas Cole, 1826

Still life painting of apples and pears in a white pierced basket with grapes and vine leaves on a table.

Fruit Still Life with Chinese Export Basket

James Peale, 1824

Painting of a turquoise alpine lake below snow-capped mountains, with a village, church steeple, and trees in the foreground.

Lake Lucerne

Albert Bierstadt, 1858

Painting of a white sailboat on rippling water before a yellow lattice drawbridge and railroad trestle under a pale sky.

Drawbridge - Long Branch R. R.

Theodore Robinson, 1894

Painting of a sunlit riverside mill with a chimney, trees, a stone bridge and distant hills under a pale blue sky.

U.S. Thread Company Mills, Willimantic, Connecticut

J. Alden Weir, c. 1893/1897

Portrait of an elderly bearded man in a dark navy naval uniform with gold buttons and a red cross medal, hands clasped.

Rear Admiral George W. Melville

Thomas Eakins, 1905

Loose oil sketch of a seated man in a dark robe and headscarf, head bowed over clasped hands, on a brown background.

The Chaperone

Thomas Eakins, c. 1908

Painting of a pastoral river scene with cows at the water's edge, tall trees, distant mountains, and a soft cloudy sky.

Pastoral Landscape

Asher Brown Durand, 1861

Sepia sketch of a woman embracing two children against a loose landscape background.

Sketch for The Copley Family

John Singleton Copley, 1776

Painting of Warwick Castle towers above a calm river with swans, a stone bridge and autumn trees.

Warwick Castle, England

Jasper Francis Cropsey, 1857

Painting of a two-masted schooner with white sails and an American flag passing a lighthouse, with a woman and child on the s

Schooner

Unknown artist, 19th century

Loose oil painting of gnarled olive tree roots and green undergrowth over sunlit dry earth and pale rocks.

Wild Olive Tree Roots, Valldemosa, Majorca

John Singer Sargent, 1908

Seated man in red and black robe with white cravat, resting hand on a book beside a column, painted 1794.

John Jay

Gilbert Stuart, 1794

Men on a wooden flatboat on a river, one dancing with arms raised while a fiddler plays, wooded shores behind.

The Jolly Flatboatmen

George Caleb Bingham, 1846

Calm sea scene with several sailing vessels and rowboats near a small rocky islet under a hazy, glowing sky.

Becalmed off Halfway Rock

Fitz Henry Lane, 1860

Oval miniature portrait of a young man with curly dark hair, black coat and white cravat, in a gold frame.

Portrait of a Man

Anson Dickinson, c. 1810

Painting of an old violin, bow, and sheet music hanging on a dark wooden door with iron hinges and a letter.

The Old Violin

William Harnett, 1886

Woman with a child looks toward sailboats on the sea beside an upturned boat and a seated figure on a sandy beach.

Dad's Coming!

Winslow Homer, 1873

Two Union soldiers in blue uniforms rest at a tent camp, one standing and one seated writing, with a campfire in the foregrou

Home, Sweet Home

Winslow Homer, c. 1863

Painting of a plucked chicken hanging by a string against a brown wooden panel, with scattered white feathers.

Plucked Clean

William Harnett, 1882

Painting of a river with brown-sailed boats at right, a red-sailed boat at left, and buildings along the far bank under cloud

Battersea Reach

James McNeill Whistler, c. 1863