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Painting of a fisher woman with a net and basket on a dune, holding a child in a red top under a windy grey sky.

Fisher Girl of Picardy

Elizabeth Nourse, 1880

Interior scene by a fireplace: a man sorting corn, a woman in a yellow apron, and a man reading a map of valuable lots.

The Speculator

Francis William Edmonds, 1850

Painting of two women in a grassy meadow with a flower basket, and a line of women holding hands in the distance.

Spring

Thomas Dewing, 1890

Painting of a young winged angel with white wings and a white gown against a pale blue background, gazing forward.

Angel

Abbott Handerson Thayer, 1880

Painting of a standing man with red face paint, feathered headdress, and two feathered fans against a pale prairie sky.

Mah-tó-he-ha, Old Bear, a Medicine Man

George Catlin, 1830

Portrait of a woman with braided hair, red face paint, and layered beaded necklaces against a soft cloudy sky.

Tís-se-wóo-na-tís, She Who Bathes Her Knees, Wife of the Chief

George Catlin, 1830

Seated woman in green dress and white lace bonnet beside a round table, with a river landscape painting behind her.

Mrs. Richard Alsop

Ralph Earl, 1790

Oil landscape of a white columned house on a hill surrounded by trees, with a fence and small figure in the foreground.

Mount Healthy, Ohio

Robert Seldon Duncanson, 1840

Painting of a rainbow arching over a misty canyon with sunlit rock pinnacles, a distant waterfall, and a lone pine.

Rainbow over the Grand Canyon of the Yellowstone

Thomas Moran, 1900

Hazy painting of Niagara Falls with mist, a rosy smoky sky, a distant smokestack, and small figures in the foreground.

Niagara

George Inness, 1880

Misty river valley with rocky cliff, leaning pine, distant mountains and small figures on a ledge at right.

Along the Hudson

John Frederick Kensett, 1850

Painting of a café interior with seated figures on a stone platform, a standing man in white robes, and a sunlit arched doorw

Cafe at Biskra, Algeria

Frederic Arthur Bridgman, 1880

Painting of a radiating sun over angular red mountains and a small fountain in a blue pool, in bold flat shapes.

Yliaster (Paracelsus)

Marsden Hartley, 1930

Pale winter landscape of a snowy slope curving toward faint bare trees and fence posts under a misty lavender sky.

Round Hill Road

John Henry Twachtman, 1900

Painting of a woman carrying grain across a dusky pasture with grazing cattle, trees, a haystack, and a setting sun.

Sundown

George Inness, 1880

Sunset painting of a moored sailboat on a tidal shore, a rowboat on calm water, and a child on the beach.

By the Seaside, New Jersey Shore

Francis A. Silva, 1880

Painting of a mountain above a calm lake at sunset, with a small rowboat and reddish trees reflected in the water.

Whiteface Mountain from Lake Placid

Sanford Robinson Gifford, 1860

Painting of a brown sea eagle on a rocky cliff overlooking choppy sea and a distant sailing ship under a blue sky.

Washington Sea Eagle

John James Audubon, 1830

Painting of a white country house on a grassy hill with a family walking on a path beneath tall trees.

Southeast View of "Sedgeley Park," the Country Seat of James Cowles Fisher, Esq.

Thomas Birch, 1810

Oil portrait of a seated woman in a black puff-sleeved dress resting on a red patterned cushion in an ornate interior.

Elizabeth Winthrop Chanler (Mrs. John Jay Chapman)

John Singer Sargent, 1890

Oval portrait of a woman in a gray dress, white lace cap and black bead necklace with a gold pendant, against dark background

Portrait of Mrs. Barbara Baker Murphy (Wife of Sea Captain)

Joshua Johnson, 1810

Portrait of a young woman in a beaded white dress and pink star-embroidered robe, standing before dome-shaped lodges.

Pshán-shaw, Sweet-scented Grass, Twelve-year-old Daughter of Bloody Hand

George Catlin, 1830

Painting of a hawk-like bird swooping over a dead small bird on a tree stump under a dark, stormy sky.

Vulture and Its Prey

Robert Seldon Duncanson, 1840

Painting of three nude women and a clothed woman in a pastoral field at dusk, with a shepherd and dog in the distance.

An Eclogue

Kenyon Cox, 1890

Portrait of a young man in a white frilled shirt and dark coat, seated before a dusk landscape with a glowing horizon.

Daniel La Motte

Thomas Sully, 1810

Woman seated from behind at a spinet in a room with floral patterned walls, a small mirror, and a vase of flowers.

The Spinet

Thomas Dewing, 1900

Half-length portrait of a man with red face paint, feathered headdress, beaded collar and fringed buckskin shirt against a mu

Sha-có-pay, The Six, Chief of the Plains Ojibwa

George Catlin, 1830

Painting of a dense garden of pink and white roses and white carnations among dark green leaves.

Garden in May

Maria Oakey Dewing, 1890

Painting of a woman in white robes flanked by two children against dark foliage and a teal sky.

My Children (Mary, Gerald, and Gladys Thayer)

Abbott Handerson Thayer, 1890

Portrait of a man with half-red face paint, feather headdress, layered bead necklaces and fur garment against a pale sky.

Náh-se-ús-kuk, Whirling Thunder, Eldest Son of Black Hawk

George Catlin, 1830

Man in waistcoat smoking a pipe, legs up on a porch railing, with sunlit trees beyond.

Independence (Squire Jack Porter)

Frank Blackwell Mayer, 1850

Seated man with red face paint and red feathered headdress holding a pipe and arrow, in a sketched landscape.

No-wáy-ke-súg-gah, He Who Strikes Two at Once, a Brave

George Catlin, 1830

Painted wooden panel of the Virgin of Guadalupe with clasped hands, crown, red robe and radiating halo, 1830.

Our Lady of Guadalupe

Pedro Antonio Fresquís, 1830

Muted harbor painting with sailing ships anchored beyond a long pier, figures on the quay, and brown hills under a pale sky.

Valparaiso Harbor

James McNeill Whistler, 1860

Painting of Sierra Nevada peaks, waterfalls and a lake with deer and ducks under sunlit storm clouds.

Among the Sierra Nevada, California

Albert Bierstadt, 1860

Painting of a Mandan village of domed earth lodges with figures, horses, tall ceremonial poles, and green hills beyond.

Bird's-eye View of the Mandan Village, 1800 Miles above St. Louis

George Catlin, 1830

Painted wooden panel of St. Anthony in brown habit holding the Christ Child, both with halos, on a worn ochre ground.

St. Anthony with the Christ Child

Arroyo Hondo Painter, 1820

Two mourners beside a painted Egyptian sarcophagus with a gold face in a hieroglyph-decorated room.

Lamentations over the Death of the First-Born of Egypt

Charles Sprague Pearce, 1870

Oil portrait of an elderly woman in a white bonnet and a boy in a blue jacket sharing an open book.

Mrs. James Smith and Grandson

Charles Willson Peale, 1770

Painting of a seated woman in green robes flanked by two children before an ornate panel and hazy landscape.

Virgin Enthroned

Abbott Handerson Thayer, 1890

Painting of a rocky coastline with breaking waves, sailboats on the distant sea, and a cloudy sky.

Castle Rock, Marblehead

Alfred Thompson Bricher, 1870

Painting of two seated men, dogs, and a family outside a rustic cabin doorway with a cabbage and fishing net nearby.

A Dog Swap

Richard Norris Brooke, 1880

Painted valley with wooded mountains, cattle grazing, and three figures resting on rocks in the foreground.

Dover Plains, Dutchess County, New York

Asher Brown Durand, 1840

Painting of cows grazing in a green meadow under trees, with a woman on a path and distant snowy mountains.

Driving Home the Cows

Edward Mitchell Bannister, 1880

Painting of a snowy village with a horse-drawn cart, two figures exchanging an item, a dog, and snow-covered cottages under d

Village Scene

George Overbury "Pop" Hart, 1930

Painting of a seated woman in blue skirt on a wooden chair beside a sunlit garden with flowers and a figure behind.

Woman Seated in a Garden

Eliphalet Fraser Andrews, 1910

Painting of three nude women by a river with tall trees, wooded hills, and a pale yellow sky.

Three Girls and River

Louis Eilshemius, 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 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

Oil portrait of a bearded man in a dark suit and white cravat beside a wooden pedestal with a small sculpture.

Gaetano Trentanova

Filippo Costaggini, 1890

Painting of Plains men in feathered headdresses gathered around a spread buffalo hide and upright staff on open grassland.

Medicine Buffalo of the Sioux

George Catlin, 1830

We-chúsh-ta-dóo-ta, Red Man, a Distinguished Ball Player

George Catlin, 1830

Loose brushwork painting of a rocky hillside beside calm water with distant hills under a warm, hazy sky.

Untitled (landscape with rocks)

Edward Mitchell Bannister, 1890

Oil portrait of a young girl with a pearl headband and gold necklace, hands folded, against a dark background.

Young Girl

Gerrit Willemsz Horst, 1610

Painting of several cows grazing in an open pasture with trees and a cloudy sky in the background.

Cows

Edward Mitchell Bannister, 1820

Painting of stacked lumber under a white tarp beside a white picket gate, with scattered boards on a paved road.

Dutton Lumber Yard

Thomas Weeks Barrett, 1940

Oil portrait of a standing naval officer in a dark cape and gold cuff braid, hands resting on a sword hilt, against a stormy

Admiral Sir David Beatty, Lord Beatty

Cecilia Beaux, 1920

Impressionist painting of a seated young girl in a white bonnet and blue dress, bathed in warm sunlight outdoors.

Peasant Girl

Alice Pike Barney, 1900

Loose oil portrait of a young man with dark hair and white collar, painted in expressive strokes on a pale background.

Young Man

Alice Pike Barney, 1930

Oil portrait of a seated woman with curled dark hair, white puffed-sleeve dress, and yellow fringed shawl against brown.

Portrait of a Woman with a Shawl

Erastus Salisbury Field, 1820

Brown ink drawing of three seated allegorical women, Justice with scales at center, a warrior with sword and shield left, and

Cartoon for mural of Minnesota State Capital, "Institute of Justice"

Kenyon Cox, 1900

Oil portrait of an elderly bearded man in a black hat and coat, smiling, with a mug and bottle on a table.

A Good Story (Portrait of Robert Loftin Newman)

Clara Taggart MacChesney, 1900

Figures in feathered headdresses gather on sand near red boulders and a dune, one playing a drum, under a blue sky.

Sioux Worshiping at the Red Boulders

George Catlin, 1830

Portrait of a young boy with red face paint, feathered headdress, silver earrings and a pale fur robe, against a muted backgr

Aú-nah-kwet-to-hau-páy-o, One Sitting in the Clouds, a Boy

George Catlin, 1830

Painting of a man guiding two red oxen pulling a log-laden cart in a sunlit forest clearing, with a boy carrying an axe.

Untitled (boy and man with oxen)

Edward Mitchell Bannister, 1890

Still life painting of fruit including pineapple, grapes and peaches heaped in a blue compote on a wooden pedestal.

Still Life

Elizabeth W. Capron, 1830

Painted portrait of a young child in a red dress with white collar, seated in a chair holding a whip, dark background.

Samuel Warren Holland, Aged Two Years

M. W. Hopkins, 1800

Oil portrait of a bare-chested man with a black neckband and brass crescent pendant, wrapped in a white blanket, against dark

Co-sne-boin

Charles Bird King, 1820

Painting of a standing man in feathered regalia holding a feathered lance and a round painted shield against a pale backgroun

Pash-ee-pa-hó, Little Stabbing Chief, a Venerable Sauk Chief

George Catlin, 1830

Painting of a muddy road curving past a lit cottage under tall dark trees, with two small figures walking under a glowing dus

Twilight after the Rain

Norwood MacGilvary, 1900

Portrait of a man with red and green face paint, feathered headdress, bone necklace and fur robe against a pale sky.

No-ho-mun-ya, One Who Gives No Attention

George Catlin, 1840

Painting of a sunlit field with haystacks, trees and distant hills under a pale sky with pink clouds.

The Hill Field

Arthur Wesley Dow, 1910

Painting of rough surf, two gulls, a small sailboat, and sunlit cliffs under a pale sky, in a gold-edged frame.

Two Gulls and Cliffs

Louis Eilshemius, 1920

Painting of a standing man in fringed leather dress and feathered headdress, holding a decorated lance, with a bird perched o

Pa-rís-ka-róo-pa, Two Crows, a Band Chief

George Catlin, 1830

Painting of a quiet pond with reflections, two ducks, green plants in the foreground, and a weathered post at right.

Margin of a Moat

Eliphalet Fraser Andrews, 1910

Oil portrait of a young woman with long dark hair, beaded necklaces, and a fringed hide dress with blue trim.

Sha-kó-ka, Mint, a Pretty Girl

George Catlin, 1830

Painted portrait of a woman with upswept hair, pale dress and hand on her chest against a dark green background.

Portrait of a Lady

Thomas Dewing, 1890

Painting of a woman with two children in a columned room, a child reaching toward a goldfish bowl on a table.

The Goldfish Bowl (Mrs. Richard Cary Morse and Family)

Samuel Finley Breese Morse, 1835

Painting of a sunlit forest clearing framed by trees, with grass, scattered rocks and a patch of blue sky.

Elf Ground

George Inness, 1860

Painting of a dying bison lying on grass, blood running from its mouth and flank, with an arrow in its side.

Dying Buffalo, Shot with an Arrow

George Catlin, 1830

Painted sketch of a seated robed woman holding balanced scales, flanked by lions and winged staffs, within a decorative borde

Sketch for Mosaic, Wisconsin State Capital, "Justice"

Kenyon Cox, 1910

Still life of a green ceramic jar with a carved lid, beside a small gold figurine on a red block.

Green Chinese Jar

Ruth Payne Burgess, 1924

Painting of dark trees silhouetted against a glowing yellow and rose sky, with still water in the foreground.

Sunrise

Edward Mitchell Bannister, 1820

Watercolor of the domed Santa Maria della Salute church in Venice at dusk, with gondolas and figures on the quay.

Santa Maria Della Salute, Venice

Cass Gilbert, 1933

Shin-ga-wás-sa, Handsome Bird

George Catlin, 1830

Night scene of brick factory buildings with lit windows, smokestacks and a green-yellow sky in a stylized painting.

Industry at Night

Horatio C. Forjohn, 1940

Oil portrait of a seated woman with curled hair, white dress, and red shawl, arms crossed on a dark ledge.

Portrait of Fidelia Marshall

Charles C. Ingham, 1840

Impressionist painting of a wide river with boats, a distant city shoreline, and rocky cliffs under a pale sky.

Hudson River

Van Dearing Perrine, 1915

Impressionist painting of a sunlit Florida park with palm trees, pink flowering shrubs, and a bright open path.

A Florida Park

Joseph C. Claghorn, 1930

Full-length portrait of a young boy in fringed buckskin, holding a bow, with a red feather headdress on open prairie.

Me-sóu-wahk, Deer's Hair, Favorite Son of Kee-o-kúk

George Catlin, 1830

Watercolor of a canal in Bruges with a stone arch bridge, moored boats, gabled houses and church spires.

On the Canal, Bruges

Cass Gilbert, 1928

Oil portrait of a man in a feathered headwrap and fringed hide cape holding a bow, against a hazy landscape.

Pah-mee-ców-ee-tah, Man Who Tracks, a Chief

George Catlin, 1830

Three standing men in feathered headdresses, beaded necklaces and red draped garments, one holding a hatchet, against a pale

Wa-másh-ee-sheek, He Who Takes Away; Wa-chésh-uk, War; Mink-chésk, Three Distinguished Young Men

George Catlin, 1830

Painting of a man in ball-player dress holding two lacrosse sticks, with red leggings and a white feathered ornament.

Tul-lock-chísh-ko, Drinks the Juice of the Stone, in Ball-player's Dress

George Catlin, 1830

Oil portrait of a white-bearded man seated at a desk with a quill, a skull, an inkwell and a bound book.

Portrait of Elliot Coues

J. Edward Barclay, 1890

Seated Pawnee warrior in feathered headdress, red body paint and hide robe, holding bow and arrows, painted by George Catlin.

La-dóo-ke-a, Buffalo Bull, a Grand Pawnee Warrior

George Catlin, 1830