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American

12,028 works

Oil portrait of a smiling woman with curly hair against a dark background, painted in loose brushstrokes.

Head of the Artist

Alice Pike Barney, 1930

Painting of a seated bronze Buddha and a vase of yellow and white flowers before a busy, colorful scene of figures.

Bronze Buddha

Henry Golden Dearth, 1910

La-wáh-he-coots-la-sháw-no, Brave Chief, a Skidi (Wolf) Pawnee

George Catlin, 1830

Painting of Comanche riders with a white flag approaching across a green plain, with tipis and mountains in the distance.

Comanche Warriors, with White Flag, Receiving the Dragoons

George Catlin, 1830

Painted portrait of a man with red face paint, feathered headdress, beaded necklace, and a decorated shield against a blue sk

Háh-je-day-ah'-shee, Meeting Birds, a Brave

George Catlin, 1830

Portrait of a man with red-painted face, red headwrap with white feather, necklaces, and a beaded pipe stem.

Toh-kí-e-to, Stone With Horns, a Chief

George Catlin, 1830

Ten-sqúat-a-way, The Open Door, Known as The Prophet, Brother of Tecumseh

George Catlin, 1830

Watercolor of a misty mountain valley with lavender peaks, rocky moorland in the foreground, and white clouds.

From above Pont-y-Pant

George Elbert Burr, 1890

Watercolor of the Acropolis in Athens above olive trees and dry grass under a blue sky.

General View of the Acropolis at Sunset

Henry Bacon, 1910

Oval oil portrait of a woman in a white lace cap and fichu, holding a gold watch chain, against red drapery.

Portrait of Mrs. Robert Kermit

James Earl, 1790

Painting of a sunlit room with two gilt armchairs, oval tapestry panels on the walls, and an open paneled door.

Untitled (Interior View)

Walter Gay, 1930

Painted portrait of a man with long hair, red face paint and bare chest against a pale green background.

Máh-to-tóh-pa, Four Bears, Second Chief in Mourning

George Catlin, 1830

Oil portrait of a bearded man with blue eyes in a dark jacket, white collar and blue tie against a dark background.

Doctor R.

Alice Pike Barney, 1890

Half-length painted portrait of a man in a red and white turban and blue patterned shirt against a cloudy sky.

Kút-tee-o-túb-bee, How Did He Kill?, a Noted Brave

George Catlin, 1830

Two purple grackles perched on a corn stalk beside an ear of corn, painted on aged paper.

Purple Grackle

John James Audubon, 1780

Painting of white sand dunes beside the sea with a tepee, drying rack, and two figures under a pale sky.

White Sand Bluffs, on Santa Rosa Island, Near Pensacola

George Catlin, 1830

Painted portrait of a seated man in fringed clothing with a red feathered headdress, holding a long pipe.

W'y-ee-yogh, Man of Sense, a Brave

George Catlin, 1830

Oval miniature portrait of a young boy with wavy brown hair in a green velvet jacket, set in a gilt frame within an open velv

Henry Du Pré Bounetheau

Henry Brintnell Bounetheau, 1840

Watercolor of a stone trough and carved fountain block beside a column, with worn paving stones and moss in the foreground.

Pompeian Fountain and Horse Trough, 1880

William Henry Holmes, 1880

Painting of a woman in a black dress with a white ruffled collar against a dark background.

A Lady in Black

Kenyon Cox, 1880

Oil portrait of an older man with gray hair in a dark suit and cravat, holding a key, with papers on a table.

Joseph Henry

Walter Ingalls, 1800

Painting of willow trees, a pond and ducks on a sunlit spring meadow with distant houses under a pale sky.

Hackensack, New Jersey, Fisher's Pond

Herman Hartwich, 1890

Painting of a seated woman with red hair and closed eyes, holding a dark vase, in soft green and cream tones.

Woman with Vase

Edmond Aman-Jean, 1930

Painted portrait of a standing man in fringed leather leggings, fur mantle, and red body paint against a pale background.

Ki-hó-go-waw-shú-shee, Brave Chief, Chief of the Tribe

George Catlin, 1830

Portrait of a man in a red headwrap and embroidered white sash, holding a long rifle against a pale sky.

Steeh-tcha-kó-me-co, Great King (called Ben Perryman), a Chief

George Catlin, 1830

Portrait of a man with green face paint holding a red and black feather fan, wearing a white fringed garment.

Wah-pe-kée-suck, White Cloud (called the Prophet), Adviser to Black Hawk

George Catlin, 1830

Watercolor of a rocky creek winding between boulders and autumn-toned trees under a hazy sky.

Unmodified Rock Creek, about 1910

William Henry Holmes, 1910

Small gilt-framed portrait of a man with brown hair in a dark coat and white cravat against a gray background.

Chief Justice Theophilus Parsons

Sarah Goodridge, 1820

Painting of classical garden statues on pedestals lining a sunlit tree-shaded path, rendered in loose painterly brushwork.

Carrefour at the End of the Tapis Vert, Versailles

Carroll Beckwith, 1910

Oval miniature portrait of a man with white hair, dark coat and white cravat, against an olive background, in a beaded frame.

Mr. John Corlis

Edward Greene Malbone, 1790

Watercolor of tall yucca plants in a pale desert landscape with purple mountains on the distant horizon.

Yuccaland--Chihuahua, Mexico

William Henry Holmes, 1930

Painted interior with a carved fireplace, a seated woman at a table by a stained glass window, and a standing man in red.

Interior

Edward Lamson Henry, 1870