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Oil painting of a tropical forest at sunset with a thatched house, a rider on a white horse, and distant mountains.

Forest and Native House

Raden Saleh, 1860

Painting of autumn trees and rocks beside a calm stream under a cloudy sky, with distant figures across the water.

Trees along Stream in Fall

William Trost Richards, 1860

Painting of cattle standing in water beneath dark trees, with a green hill and luminous sky in the background.

Landscape with Trees and Cattle, (painting)

Albert Pinkham Ryder, 1897

Painting of a large gnarled oak tree in a dense forest, with two small figures near the trunk and a pond in the foreground.

Oak Tree

Henry Ward Ranger, 1890

Painting of a male wood duck with green head and white neck stripe floating among lily pads on dark water.

Male Wood Duck in a Forest Pool, study for book Concealing Coloration in the Animal Kingdom

Abbott Handerson Thayer, 1900

Painting of large oak trees over a grassy field with grazing cows, a rowboat on a pond, and rolling hills under a cloudy sky.

Oak Trees

Edward Mitchell Bannister, 1876

Sunset landscape with a thatched house, palm trees, travelers on a dirt road, and distant mountains.

Forest and Native House

Javanese Raden Saleh, 1860

Muted blue-gray night landscape with a large gnarled oak, a pale full moon, and two cloaked figures walking across a plain.

Abraham's Oak

Henry Ossawa Tanner, 1900

Snowy winter landscape with a farmhouse with glowing windows, bare trees, and dark hills under a pale blue sky.

Shimmering Tree Shadows

George Gardner Symons, 1900

Painting of dark trees above a meadow with two grazing cows, under a cloudy sky with hills and water in the distance.

Untitled (landscape with trees and two cows in meadow)

Edward Mitchell Bannister, 1890

Painting of a blonde woman and a child seated beside a white doe in a shaded forest by a stream.

St. Genevieve of Brabant in the Forest

George Frederick Bensell, 1860

Interior painting of a seated woman in a richly decorated room with arched doorway, chandelier, rug, and framed landscape.

De Forest Interior

Walter Launt Palmer, 1878

Painting of a wooded landscape with cows wading in a stream beside a wooden bridge, under a cloudy sky.

Untitled (forest scene with bridge, cows in stream in foreground)

Edward Mitchell Bannister, 1890

Painting of a shadowed forest with tall trees arching over a stream, autumn foliage and a pale sky above.

Forest Interior with Stream

John Frederick Kensett, 1860

Painting of cattle standing in water beneath dark arching trees, with a glowing cloudy sky and green hill beyond.

Landscape with Trees and Cattle

Albert Pinkham Ryder, 1890

Painting of cows grazing near a pond, with a farmhouse, a row of trees, and a figure on a path under cloudy sky.

Untitled (man with cows grazing near pond with house and trees in background)

Edward Mitchell Bannister, 1820

Oil painting of an ornate interior with a seated woman in a patterned gown, carved archway, and sunlit window.

De Forest Interior

Walter Launt Palmer, 1870

Watercolor of a branching plant with narrow green leaves and small white flowers with yellow stamens.

Yellow Willow-Weed (Epilobium lutem)

Mary Vaux Walcott, 1900

Painting of a dirt path through a grassy meadow beside dark trees, with rolling hills and a cloudy sky beyond.

Untitled (landscape with road near stream and trees)

Edward Mitchell Bannister, 1820

Small oval painting of a bison beside a palm tree on sandy ground under a pale blue sky, in a black frame.

Bisonte con palmeras (Bison with Palm Trees)

Goyena family, 1820

Painting of bare trees silhouetted against a purple and orange twilight sky above dark rocky ground.

Edge of the Forest, Twilight

Charles Harold Davis, 1890

Painting of a dirt path past rocks and trees, with a lake and billowing clouds under a blue sky.

Landscape (trees and rocks by lake)

Edward Mitchell Bannister, 1820

Painting of bare trees beside a still forest pool under a pale yellow evening sky.

A Pool in the Forest

Benjamin Rutherford Fitz, 1890

Painting of a kneeling woman in a fur-trimmed painted hide robe with silver earrings against a green landscape.

Mong-shóng-sha, Bending Willow, Wife of Great Chief

George Catlin, 1830

Painting of a cluster of dark trees in a meadow with grazing cattle under a cloudy sky.

Tree Landscape

Edward Mitchell Bannister, 1870

Watercolor of a sunlit forest path lined with trees and boulders, leading toward a bright clearing.

Untitled (Forest Scene)

Robert Bruce McDougall, died Long Beach, NY, 1900

Dark painting of a forest with tall trees, a fallen log in the foreground, and a small house at right under a cloudy sky.

Untitled (forest scene, fallen tree in foreground and house in background)

Edward Mitchell Bannister, 1870

Painting of a riverbank with tall trees, a dirt path, grass, a small boat on calm water, and hills under clouds.

Untitled (landscape, trees near river)

Edward Mitchell Bannister, 1890

Painting of a sunlit wooded path with tall trees, a dirt road, grassy slope, and small figures in the distance.

Untitled (landscape with trees)

Edward Mitchell Bannister, 1820

Painting of a wooded landscape with pine trees and a small woman in red standing among wildflowers beside a path.

Untitled (landscape with trees and woman)

Edward Mitchell Bannister, 1890