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National Gallery of Art

10,104 works

Painting of a thatched cottage with figures at the doorway, a large tree on the left, and a bare tree and fence in the foregr

Cottage Scenery

George Caleb Bingham, 1845

Painting of a family in a rustic kitchen, with a woman serving an older seated man and a man with children by the fireplace.

A Pastoral Visit

Richard Norris Brooke, 1881

Dockworkers rest on a wharf beside cotton bales, smoking pipes, with a steamboat and sailing ships behind them.

The Longshoremen's Noon

John George Brown, 1879

Abstract geometric painting of cylinders, arcs, and triangles in pink, teal, navy, and lavender on a dark ground.

Peinture/Nature Morte

Patrick Henry Bruce, c. 1924

Painting of Niagara Falls with a rainbow in the mist, rushing green rapids, and a dramatic sunset sky.

Niagara

Frederic Edwin Church, 1857

Painting of a Gothic cathedral and autumn trees at sunset, with a funeral procession, a mounted rider, and distant mountains.

The Return

Thomas Cole, 1837

Painting of snow-capped mountain above a calm river, with palm trees on the left and a thatched boat with figures.

Tamaca Palms

Frederic Edwin Church, 1854

Painted landscape with a castle on a hill, mounted knights on a forest path, a river, and distant mountains under a cloudy sk

The Departure

Thomas Cole, 1837

Painting of a sunlit rocky headland with pale stone ledges, driftwood, a small seated figure, and blue sea beyond.

A North East Headland

Childe Hassam, 1901

Loose oil sketch of children seated on stone steps before a log cabin with sunflowers and a wooden chair.

Sketch of a Cottage Yard

Winslow Homer, c. 1876

Painting of a red brick mansion with soldiers on horseback, a cannon wagon, and army tents on muddy grounds.

The Old Westover House

Edward Lamson Henry, 1869

Painting of a blacksmith shoeing a horse in a barn, with a standing gentleman and greyhound at the open doorway.

Leisure and Labor

Frank Blackwell Mayer, 1858

Painting of men gathered on a dirt road, one on a white horse, a dog nearby, and a cheering man raising a hat under a cloudy

Election Scene, Catonsville, Baltimore County

Alfred Jacob Miller, c. 1860

Three men in a country tavern by a wood stove, one bandaged and gesturing, another smoking a pipe, painted in 1837.

The Tough Story - Scene in a Country Tavern

William Sidney Mount, 1837

Interior of a legislative chamber with red draperies, marble columns, a coffered dome, and rows of seated men.

The House of Representatives

Samuel Finley Breese Morse, 1822, probably reworked 1823

Two hunters in marsh grass; a dog holds a duck while dead ducks lie on the ground under a stormy dusk sky.

The Retrieve

William Ranney, 1850

Painting of a sunlit river valley with green meadows, a winding river, a distant village and bridge, and blue hills.

The Valley of the Seine, from the Hills of Giverny

Theodore Robinson, 1892

Painting of a rocky mountain landscape with boulders, a rushing stream, and a dark peak under a blue sky with clouds.

Simplon Pass

John Singer Sargent, 1911

Women with baskets and children cross wet sand at low tide, with boats and a lighthouse in the distance under a cloudy sky.

En route pour la pêche (Setting Out to Fish)

John Singer Sargent, 1878

Painting of two figures in a sunlit room: a woman in white writing at a desk and a girl reading in a wicker chair.

Josephine and Mercie

Edmund Charles Tarbell, 1908

Turner painting of crew in a small boat battling rough waves near large Dutch-style sailing ships under a stormy sky.

Boats Carrying Out Anchors to the Dutch Men of War

Joseph Mallord William Turner, c. 1804

Interior scene of three men: two playing cards at a table with a decanter, one reading a newspaper by a mirror.

Waiting for the Stage

Richard Caton Woodville, 1851

Cubist still life of a glass, bottle, and fruit in angular planes of green, brown, and cream, with a checkered pattern.

Glass and Checkerboard

Juan Gris, c. 1917

Painting of a dim forest clearing with a sunlit tree trunk on the right, a large boulder behind, and dusky green light.

Sunset in the Woods

George Inness, 1891

Painting of Native American men playing a stick ball game on a grassy plain with mountains and clouds behind them.

Ball Playing among the Sioux Indians

Seth Eastman, 1851

Painting of women in colorful dresses gathered under trees in a sunlit park, with a white dog and water beyond.

Landscape with Figures

Maurice Prendergast, 1921

Painting of children playing in a shaded park with seated women in long dresses and a building behind iron fencing.

Luxembourg Gardens

William Glackens, 1906

Painting of a woman with a fishing net on rocks by the sea, with breaking waves and a gull under a grey sky.

A Light on the Sea

Winslow Homer, 1897

Painting of a shaded forest stream with tall trees, rocks, and warm light filtering through the canopy.

Trout Brook in the Catskills

Worthington Whittredge, 1875

Painting of a reclining nude woman with a flower wreath on a leopard skin, with figures gathered in a hazy landscape behind h

The Repose

Jean-Baptiste Camille Corot, 1860, reworked c. 1865/1870