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National Gallery of Art

10,102 works

Figures haul canoes on sledges across a snowy frozen lake toward a tree-lined shore under a cloudy sky.

La Salle Crossing Lake Michigan on the Ice. December 8, 1681

George Catlin, 1847/1848

Painting of canoes with paddlers travelling down a river past green hills and trees under a cloudy sky.

La Salle's Party Entering the Mississippi in Canoes. February 6, 1682

George Catlin, 1847/1848

Painting of a riverbank gathering with canoes on the water and a crowd of figures under tall green trees.

La Salle Taking Possession of the Land at the Mouth of the Arkansas. March 10, 1682

George Catlin, 1847/1848

Painting of a Native American village gathering where a feathered chief greets European visitors before thatched lodges and h

Chief of the Taensa Indians Receiving La Salle. March 20, 1682

George Catlin, 1847/1848

Painting of a crowd by a riverbank with a wooden cross, European men, Indigenous people, tipis and tall trees.

La Salle Erecting a Cross and Taking Possession of the Land. March 25, 1682

George Catlin, 1847/1848

Painting of men gathered on a riverbank near a wooden cross and flag, with canoes and a dramatic sunset sky.

La Salle Claiming Louisiana for France. April 9, 1682

George Catlin, 1847/1848

Painting of a shipwreck on a sandy shore with men hauling timber, two ships offshore, and a pink cloudy sky.

Wreck of the Aimable, on the Coast of Texas. 1685

George Catlin, 1847/1848

Painting of mounted riders on a prairie meeting a file of armed men in period dress under a dramatic sunset sky.

La Salle Meets a War Party of Cenis Indians on a Texas Prairie. April 25, 1686

George Catlin, 1847/1848

Painting of a green prairie hill with a campsite of tents, a fire and seated figures in the foreground, and a distant herd.

Expedition Encamped on a Texas Prairie. April 1686

George Catlin, 1847/1848

Painting of feathered Indigenous men greeting European-dressed visitors before conical lodges under a pink sky.

La Salle Received in the Village of the Cenis Indians. May 6, 1686

George Catlin, 1847/1848

Painting of a grassy lake landscape with a kneeling robed man over a fallen figure, surrounded by armed men.

La Salle Assassinated by Duhaut. May 19, 1686

George Catlin, 1847/1848

Painting of a tepee, a man lifting a hide flap, a woman by a fire, and domed lodges on a riverside plain.

Vapor Bath - Minatarree

George Catlin, 1861/1869

Painting of two feathered Sioux chiefs, a medicine man, a woman with a child, and an archer on open grassland.

Two Sioux Chiefs, a Medicine Man, and a Woman with a Child

George Catlin, 1861/1869

Painted facsimile of a Mandan robe with a central concentric sun motif, bison, mounted warriors and a pipe, by George Catlin.

Facsimile of a Mandan Robe

George Catlin, 1861/1869

Painting of hunters on snowshoes lancing bison in a snowy hillside landscape, a large bison bleeding in the foreground.

Buffalo Lancing in the Snow Drifts - Sioux

George Catlin, 1861/1869

Oval painting of a village of conical skin tents on a plain at sunset, with figures on foot and horseback and rolling hills b

A Crow Village of Skin Tents on the Salmon River

George Catlin, 1855/1869

Night scene on a river: a figure in a canoe with a raised spear beside a torch, against dark dense jungle foliage.

Spearing by Torchlight on the Amazon

George Catlin, 1854/1869

Painting of a riverside village with thatched huts, figures, dugout canoes on water, and a dense green forest with palms.

A Small Village - Payaguas Indians

George Catlin, 1854/1869

Painting of four ballet dancers in tutus before dense green foliage, with a soft pink sunset landscape to the right.

Four Dancers

Edgar Degas, c. 1899

Seated woman in a gray polka-dot dress with black sash on a sofa against a pink wall, painted in loose brushwork.

Madame René de Gas

Edgar Degas, 1872/1873

Painting of monks conversing in an arched corridor with a bearded man in red and a seated figure on a bench.

Christopher Columbus and His Son at La Rábida

Eugène Delacroix, 1838

Painting of a pastoral scene with nude women, a seated man, grazing cattle, a stream, and a stone bridge in the distance.

Judgment of Paris

Charles Georges Dufresne, 1925

Still life painting of a flower bouquet in a white vase with pears, apples, a fruit bowl and a blue cloth on a table.

Still Life

Charles Georges Dufresne, 1927/1928

Still life painting of a wicker basket of fruit, a blue vase of pink and white flowers, an orange on a tray, and a teacup.

Still Life

Henri Fantin-Latour, 1866

Painting of two women by the sea with orange flowers, a dark tree trunk, and a purple foreground.

Fatata te Miti (By the Sea)

Paul Gauguin, 1892

Painting of a river valley with bare trees, green meadow, and rolling hills reflected in still water under a cloudy sky.

Brittany Landscape

Paul Gauguin, 1888

Painting of two women harvesting olives on a ladder among twisted olive trees under a pale sky.

The Olive Orchard

Vincent van Gogh, 1889

Painting of a stone bridge over a river with moored barges, riverside buildings, trees and figures on the quay under a cloudy

The Bridge of Louis Philippe

Armand Guillaumin, 1875

Painting of a boy in a cap crouching at a glowing iron stove in a plain room with a rocking chair.

The Early Scholar

Eastman Johnson, c. 1865

Painting of a bearded old violinist seated on a road with children and standing men around him under a cloudy sky.

The Old Musician

Édouard Manet, 1862