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Painted study of tangled shrubs, ferns and rocks on a dark forest floor, in greens and browns.

Study from Nature

William Stanley Haseltine

Painting of cows grazing and drinking at a pond under trees, with ducks on the water and rolling hills behind.

From Shifting Shade

James McDougal Hart, 1887

Soft, loose landscape of green rolling hills, a reflective pond, reeds and white wildflowers under a cloudy sky.

Arques-la-Bataille

John Henry Twachtman, ca. 1884

Painting of a sunlit brook winding through a dark forest with fallen logs and birch-like trunks.

The Brook in the Woods

Worthington Whittredge, ca. 1885-86

Painting of white sailboats on blue water and green-patched mudflats at low tide, with buildings and trees along the far shor

Low Tide, Riverside Yacht Club

Theodore Robinson, 1894

Oil sketch of a winding river through a valley with wooded hills, clouds, and a woman with a parasol on rocks.

Sketch for View from Mount Holyoke, Northampton, Massachusetts, after a Thunderstorm (The Oxbow)

Thomas Cole, 1836

Painting of a flat green plain with palm trees, cloudy sky, and a small white figure walking a path at right.

Ingenio, San Martín, Cuba

Charles Dewolf Brownell, ca. 1853-66

Painting of a small wooden shelter on stilts beside calm water, framed by tall trees and sunlit grass.

Summer Woodlands

Julie Hart Beers, ca. 1870s

Study of a towering cumulus cloud lit white on one side, rising over a dark treeline under a pale pink and blue sky.

Clouds

Thomas Cole, ca. 1838

Small painting of a rocky coast with a square tower, two fishermen, and a sailboat on calm water under a cloudy sky.

Capriccio with a Square Tower and Two Houses

Francesco Guardi, 18th century

Gold-ground panel of the Virgin and Child in a garden, with Saint Jerome presenting a kneeling donor in red and green.

Virgin and Child with a Donor Presented by Saint Jerome

Master of the Munich Marian Panels, ca. 1450

Pointillist painting of pine trees on a sunny shore with a calm blue sea and distant hills under a pink sky.

Pines Along the Shore

Henri-Edmond Cross, 1896

Small painting of a tower and houses on a grassy island with figures, a lagoon, and distant mountains under a cloudy sky.

Capriccio with an Island, a Tower, and Houses

Francesco Guardi, 18th century

Painting of a still river at sunset with dark trees, reflections in the water, and ducks on a grassy bank.

Landscape with Ducks

Charles-François Daubigny, 1872

Painting of a town with rooftops, chimneys and a domed church above garden plots under a hazy sky.

View of Saint-Valéry-sur-Somme

Edgar Degas, 1896-98

Oil landscape of cattle grazing in a meadow beneath large cumulus clouds, with tall trees on the right and a figure in white.

Landscape with Cattle at Limousin

Jules Dupré, 1837

Painting of a forest river with rapids, boulders, a winding dirt path, large trees, and distant rocky cliffs under a cloudy s

The Rocky Path in the Morvan (Chemin des roches dans le Morvan)

Henri Harpignies, 1869

Painting of white cliffs above a choppy sea with sailboats near shore and a small village at right, under a cloudy sky.

Sea and Cliffs

Pierre-Auguste Renoir, ca. 1885

Painting of a still forest pool framed by large trees, with cattle grazing near the water under a muted blue sky.

The Pool (Memory of the Forest of Chambord)

Théodore Rousseau, 1839

Painting of two figures walking a shaded forest path between tall pine trees toward a sunlit hillside.

Fir Trees in Les Trembleaux, near Marlotte (Sapins aux Trembleaux à Marlotte)

Henri Harpignies, 1854

Painting of a tree-lined riverside road with chestnut trees, pedestrians, a horse-drawn carriage, and a cloudy sky.

Allée of Chestnut Trees

Alfred Sisley, 1878

Painting of a shallow pond with cattle beside a group of trees, flat marshland beyond, and a cloudy sky.

The Pond (La Mare)

Théodore Rousseau, 1855

Painting of a fisherman beside a tree and rowboat on a grassy bank, with a calm pond and distant town under a cloudy sky.

A Pond near Nangis

Paul Désiré Trouillebert, 1880-95

Painting of a seated woman, a child, a man and a dog beneath trees in a loose, autumnal landscape.

Figures and a Dog in a Landscape

Narcisse Virgilio Díaz, 1852

Painting of a calm lake with a sailboat, wooded shores, mountains, a fisherman and cattle under cloudy skies.

Hudson River Scene

French or American Artist, 1830-50

Ink landscape on a gold fan leaf with misty mountains, pines, bamboo, rocks, and a small house beside water.

Landscape in the manner of Dong Yuan

Lu Kezheng, 1591/1651

Fan-shaped painting of misty mountains, a river with a small boat, reeds and a pavilion on gold paper.

Qu Yuan and the Fisherman

Shen Hao, mid-17th century

Fan-shaped painting of a pavilion, pine tree, bamboo grove and rocky cliff in a landscape by Song Maojin.

Dwelling in landscape

Song Maojin, 17th century

Ink painting on a fan leaf of a rooster standing among bamboo and grasses, with a branch above and calligraphy at left.

Landscape with Chicken

Ink painting on a fan-shaped leaf of bare trees and a small standing figure on a hillside, with red seals.

Figure standing in a grove of trees

Li Liufang, 1613