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American

12,325 works

Painting of a mounted rider chasing bison across a plain, with skulls and carcasses in the foreground and mountains beyond.

The Last of the Buffalo

Albert Bierstadt, 1888-1889

Still life painting of two pears, wine glasses and a bottle on a white tablecloth against a dark background.

Two Pears on a Tabletop

Sanford Robinson Gifford, c. 1866

Painting of a harvest field with haystacks, willow trees, grazing cattle, and a rain shower under clouds over a distant ridge

Harvest Scene in the Delaware Valley

George Inness, 1867

Man in red cap and yellow shirt smoking a pipe, seated on barrels beside a shed at dusk.

Mississippi Boatman

George Caleb Bingham, 1850

Marsh landscape with a haystack, winding creek, grazing cows, a gnarled tree, and clouds tinted pink under a green sky.

Sunlight and Shadow: The Newbury Marshes

Martin Johnson Heade, c. 1871/1875

Painting of women knitting and working outside a stone cottage, with two children seated on wooden steps in the foreground.

Sparrow Hall

Winslow Homer, c. 1881-1882

Still life of worn books and loose papers heaped in a wooden crate against a pale wall.

Take Your Choice

John Frederick Peto, 1885

Painting of a seated man on a rocky ridge overlooking hazy hills and a distant sea under a pale pink sky.

Mount Desert Island, Maine

Jervis McEntee, 1864

Painting of a moored boat on calm water beside a reddish rock outcrop and grassy headland under a pale sky.

Brace's Rock, Eastern Point, Gloucester

Fitz Henry Lane, c. 1864

Autumn forest scene with a dirt path, red-leaved trees, large boulders, and a shallow stream with ferns in the foreground.

October

William Trost Richards, 1863

Painting of a grounded three-masted ship on a stormy shore at sunset, with waves breaking and debris on the sand.

The Stranded Ship

Asher Brown Durand, 1844

Painting of a blue and white vase holding peonies, roses, irises and fuchsia against a dark background.

Vase of Flowers

George Cochran Lambdin, 1875

Painting of three pears and a green apple resting on a white cloth against a warm brown background.

Three Pears and an Apple

David Johnson, 1857

Loose painting of a sunlit Cairo courtyard with a patterned stone floor, pale arches and a dark doorway.

Pavement, Cairo

John Singer Sargent, 1891

Painting of clustered pears on branches with green leaves and wasps feeding on one fruit against a blue sky.

Ripening Pears

Joseph Decker, c. 1884/1885

Painting of a sandy beach with rolling surf, a rock outcrop, wading figures, and a dog under a cloudy sky.

Second Beach, Newport

Worthington Whittredge, c. 1878/1880

Painting of an osprey flying low over water while gripping a speckled weakfish in its talons, with a cloudy sky.

Osprey and Weakfish

John James Audubon, 1829

Monochrome sketch of a young Arapahoe boy in a beaded collar and fringed garment, with a handwritten dedication below.

An Arapahoe Boy

George de Forest Brush, c. 1882

Seated man in jaguar-patterned loincloth chisels a pale stone wall beside a carved relief panel on a green rug.

An Aztec Sculptor

George de Forest Brush, 1887

Night painting of many nude boys on and around a wooden dock, some diving and swimming in dark water.

Forty-two Kids

George Bellows, 1907

Oval still life painting of ripe red raspberries and green leaves resting on a forest floor against a dark background.

Raspberries

Lilly Martin Spencer, c. 1859

Painting of two men pulling a sled with a wooden barrel through snowy woods, a boy riding on top, with sap buckets nearby.

On Their Way to Camp

Eastman Johnson, 1873

Woman in a gray dress leaning over a mossy log to pick white water lilies on a pond with lily pads and reeds.

Gathering Lilies

Eastman Johnson, 1865

Painting of sunlit granite rocks with waves breaking on the shore and sailboats on the bay under a pale blue sky.

Narragansett Bay

William Stanley Haseltine, 1864

Landscape painting of a river valley with cliffs and hills, and a painter at an easel on a rocky ledge at left.

The Juniata, Evening

Thomas Moran, 1864

Still life painting of apples, a pear, grapes, walnuts, almonds and hazelnuts arranged on a pale tabletop against a dark back

Still Life with Fruit and Nuts

Robert Seldon Duncanson, 1848

Beach scene with three women under parasols and a standing woman in red jacket, with the sea and carriages in the distance.

East Hampton Beach, Long Island

Winslow Homer, 1874

Loose painted landscape of figures in white dresses gathering flowers in a sunny grassy field beside a distant sea.

Gathering Autumn Flowers

William Merritt Chase, 1894/1895

Woman in dark dress and red-trimmed bonnet stands in a grassy field by the sea, with grazing sheep and distant sailboats.

Lambs, Nantucket

Eastman Johnson, 1874

Young boys in straw hats sail a small boat named FLIRT through choppy green water under a cream sail.

The Flirt

Winslow Homer, 1874

Winslow Homer's School Time shows children gathered outside a red schoolhouse beneath a wooded hillside under a cloudy sky.

School Time

Winslow Homer, c. 1874

Still life painting of an apple, a glass of sherry, a yellow fruit, and a decorated tea cake on a table.

Still Life with Apples, Sherry, and Tea Cake

Raphaelle Peale, 1822