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American

12,325 works

Oil portrait of a man in a dark coat holding a handwritten letter, with a quill pen and inkstand on a red-draped table.

Henry Clay

Charles Bird King, 1821

Woman in a dark gown looks into a mirror at a wooden dressing table with perfume bottles and flowers.

The Toilet

Eastman Johnson, 1873

Autumn landscape painting of a snow-dusted mountain above a valley meadow, with red and gold trees and a glowing sunset sky.

View of Mt. Washington

Jasper Francis Cropsey, 1881

Autumn landscape of a river valley with red and gold trees, sailboats on calm water, a cottage, and small figures on a path.

View on the Hudson in Autumn

Thomas Doughty, 1850

Landscape painting of a calm lake with wooded islands, layered mountains, and a golden tree in the foreground.

Lake George

John William Casilear, after 1851

Two boys sit inside a hollow maple tree beside a barrel and sap bucket on a snowy winter day.

The Truants

Eastman Johnson, c. 1870

Painting of green ocean waves breaking on a sandy beach under a bright cloudy sky, with a sailboat on the horizon.

On the Coast of New Jersey

William Trost Richards, 1883

Painting of a pale nude woman standing barefoot among green foliage, head bowed, one leg lifted, against blue sky.

Stars and Dews and Dreams of Night

Arthur Bowen Davies, c. 1927

Oil portrait of a woman with piled brown hair, pearl ornament, and yellow gown with blue ribbons against a dark background.

Rebecca Bryan White (Mrs. John White)

Charles Willson Peale, 1788

Still life painting of grapes, peaches, apples, cherries and plums heaped in a silver bowl on a white cloth.

Fruit Still Life

Robert Seldon Duncanson, c. 1849

Interior scene of a seated woman at an embroidery frame beside a standing maid, with floral wallpaper and a bronze bust.

Penelope

Gari Melchers, 1910

Woman in dark green top knits at a round table by a window with lace curtains, beside an open doorway.

Josephine Knitting

Edmund Charles Tarbell, 1916

Snowy winter scene of a boathouse and moored boats on a partly frozen river, with a city skyline behind.

Boathouse, Winter, Harlem River

Ernest Lawson, c. 1916

Painting of two sailing warships in rough green seas, one flying the American flag, with gun smoke near the horizon.

The United States Frigate "President" Engaging the British Squadron, 1815

Fitz Henry Lane, 1850

Trompe l'oeil still life of a slate with tobacco ads, a clay pipe, tobacco box and matches hanging on a dark wood wall.

Slate, Pipe, Tobacco, and Box of Matches

Peter McCallion, c. 1890/1900

Oil still life of apples, grapes, a pear and a peach on a ledge, with a blue-striped bowl and grape vine leaves.

Fruit

Harriet Cany Peale, c. 1860

Impressionist painting of a blue-gray shingled house with green shutters, framed by pink flowering shrubs and foliage.

Old House at East Hampton

Childe Hassam, 1916

Painting of a large central female nude surrounded by dancing and reclining nude figures in green, yellow and blue geometric

The Great Mother

Arthur Bowen Davies, c. 1913

Dark painted landscape of a storm over a forest with broken trees and a small figure beside a large trunk.

Tornado in an American Forest

Thomas Cole, 1831

Full-length portrait of a standing woman in a taupe dress beside a fireplace with flowers and brass andirons.

Harriet Hubbard Ayer

Eastman Johnson, 1881

Still life painting of a pale cod on a blue-rimmed plate beside a brass bucket and small fish on a dark table.

An English Cod

William Merritt Chase, 1904

Still life of a white vase and small figurine before a painted wall of Buddhist deities and clouds, with a pale bowl.

The Picture from Thibet

Emil Carlsen, c. 1920

Oil portrait of a man with dark wavy hair in a black coat and white cravat, resting his hand beside a quill pen.

Samuel McKenney

George Cooke, 1837

Portrait of a seated woman in a blue dress with a tall feathered hairstyle, against a dark background with red drapery.

Elizabeth Stevens Carle

Joseph Wright of Derby, c. 1783/1784

Painting of an open safe stacked with banknote bundles, gold coins and a yellow account slip, labeled Dividend's Safe.

Safe Money

Victor Dubreuil, 1898 or later

Painting of rolling hills with golden grass, green trees, a fence line, and a distant red-roofed farmhouse under clouds.

Flying Shadows

Kenyon Cox, 1883

Painted portrait of an older bearded man with white mustache, dark suit, and pince-nez against a dark background.

Self-Portrait

William Merritt Chase, 1915

Landscape of a river with sailing ships, rowboats, trees, and a group of figures in period dress on a grassy bank.

View of the Delaware near Philadelphia

Thomas Birch, 1831

Oil portrait of an older man with white powdered hair, dark coat and lace jabot against a red background.

Edward Shippen

Gilbert Stuart, 1796

Painting of a rider and a standing figure beside a river at sunset, framed by trees, with hills in the distance.

Landscape

George Inness, c. 1852

Emigrant family halting at sunset with covered wagons, livestock at a stream, women washing and a campfire in the foreground.

An Evening Halt - Emigrants Moving to the West in 1840

Benjamin Franklin Reinhart, 1867

Night scene of a glowing white columned temple with a woman in a white dress walking across a shadowed lawn.

May Night

Willard Metcalf, 1906