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Two women recline on a patterned divan beside a brass tray of roses and almonds, in an ornate interior.

Idle Hours

H. Siddons Mowbray, 1890

Painting of a sunny farmyard with thatched buildings, haystacks, a white cottage, and chickens foraging in a grassy field.

Brittany Farm

Arthur Wesley Dow, 1880

Painting of a woman in a purple dress and black hat reclining on a red sofa against a patterned wall.

The Purple Dress

William Glackens, 1910

Painting of a sunlit rocky headland with sailing boats and rowboats in calm water under a clearing storm sky.

Clearing Storm at Gibraltar

Samuel Colman, 1850

Loose painting of horses and a man in a dark stable, with light from a window and an open doorway.

Stable at Cuenca

John Singer Sargent, 1900

Painting of a green river valley with rows of tepees, a fort beside the river, figures on a hill, and streaked clouds above.

Fort Union, Mouth of the Yellowstone River, 2000 Miles above St. Louis

George Catlin, 1830

Landscape painting of a calm river with trees, a rowboat with two figures, a canvas shelter, and a distant steamship.

Landscape with Campsite

Robert Seldon Duncanson, 1820

Painting of a rocky cliff with trees beside dark water, a small sailboat, and a stormy sky with breaking light.

Lake Scene

Edward L. Custer, 1870

Hazy purple-toned painting of snowy mountain peaks rising above a calm lake and green forested shoreline.

Alaskan Coast Range

Albert Bierstadt, 1880

Painting of Lake Maggiore with mountains, drifting boats, a village shore and a cloud-filled blue sky.

Lago Maggiore

William Stanley Haseltine, 1860

Painting of a shirtless miner in a dark tunnel operating a pneumatic drill against a rough rock wall.

Gold Is Where You Find It

Tyrone Comfort, 1933

Painting of mounted officers reviewing lines of infantry with flags and a cannon on a caisson under a hazy sunset sky.

Review of Rhode Island and Maine Troops

James Walker, 1861

Painting of a seated woman in a red gown in an ornate room, with a prisoner behind bars at left and a figure with a candle at

Prisoner's Plea

Josephine Joy, 1933

Painting of a coal mine on a hillside with smokestacks, a steam locomotive, and red freight cars in muted purples.

At Madrid Coal Mine, New Mexico

Carl Redin, 1933

Snowy winter landscape with bare trees framing a stream and a snow-covered farmhouse in the distance.

Winter Magic

C. Jac Young, 1933

Painting of a curved stone spillway and arched bridge with green hills and a cloudy sky behind them.

Spillway, Ashokan Dam

Arnold Wiltz, 1933

Painting of uniformed officers in a plain room, one bearded man writing at a table while others stand with swords nearby.

Lee Surrendering to Grant at Appomattox

Alonzo Chappel, 1861

Painting of a large black bear and two cubs beside a pale birch tree with golden autumn leaves and snowy rocks.

Fall in the Foothills

W. Herbert Dunton, 1933

Naive painting of a rustic camp with cabins, an American flag, a watchtower, eucalyptus trees, and firefighters with a hose t

CCC Camp Balboa Park

Josephine Joy, 1933

Painting of women and children in a garden with grapes, fruit, a red table and a blue vase.

Decoration

Florence Standish Whiting, 1933

Naive-style painting of a cream stucco house with red tile roof, garden pond, eucalyptus trees, and a woman playing harp by a

Irish Cottage

Josephine Joy, 1933

Painting of a man in a blue coat pointing across a river to settlers, a woman, children and a sailing ship on a hillside.

Arrival of Colonel John Donaldson (design for mural)

F. Luis Mora, 1700

Painting of a crowded street market with striped umbrellas, vendors, children and a red brick building behind.

Italians in Jefferson Park

Jerome Myers, 1933

Painting of the Ashokan Reservoir with stone gatehouses, an arched bridge over water, and brown hills under a cloudy sky.

Ashokan Reservoir

Charles Rosen, 1933

Painting of Native American riders and seated figures on horses near tipis on an open plain, in loose warm brushwork.

Jicarilla Apache Fiesta

Laverne Nelson Black, 1933

Horses harnessed to a fishing boat on a sandy beach, with two men resting beside them under a cloudy sky.

A Moment's Rest

William E. Norton, 1890

Crowded Tudor-era hall with a courting couple at center, courtiers, a jester, a cardinal in red, and children.

The Courtship of Anne Boleyn

Emanuel Gottlieb Leutze, 1840

Monochrome brown sketch of a flag-bearing explorer and armed men landing on a shore as natives gather, with a ship behind.

The Landing of Columbus

John Vanderlyn, 1840

Two sailing frigates in battle on rough dark seas, with smoke from cannon fire and American and British flags.

Capture of H.B.M. Frigate Macedonian by U.S. Frigate United States, October 25, 1812

Thomas Chambers, 1850

Painting of a shaded country road with large trees, an arched stone gateway, two walking women, and a hazy plain under cloudy

Near Ariccia, Italy

Sanford Robinson Gifford, 1860

Painting of boulders and scrub on a hillside under a pale, clearing sky with a hazy distant plain.

Clearing Off

John Frederick Kensett, 1860

Oil painting of a sunset landscape with hills, a ruined castle tower in the distance, and a rocky path in shadowed woods.

Remembrances of a Scene near Auerbach

Robert Seldon Duncanson, 1850

Painting of villagers dancing and playing music in a rustic tavern interior beside a fireplace, with a barrel and jug in the

Festive Scene

Jan Miense Molenaer, 1650

Stormy sea with a battered sailing ship, wreckage in the surf, and figures on a rocky shore beneath dark clouds.

The Storm

Ludolf Bakhuysen, 1700

Painting of a brick church with ivy and tall trees, a man walking with a cane, and a distant river view at dusk.

Church of the Holy Innocents, Highland Falls, New York

Robert Walter Weir, 1850

Oil painting of a child in white wiping a kneeling woman's face in a warm, richly furnished wooden interior room.

Bo Peep (The Peep)

Eastman Johnson, 1870

Painting of a shaded village street with carriages at a country store, a woman with a parasol, chickens, and a church steeple

The Country Store

Edward Lamson Henry, 1880

Painting of a stone windmill under a stormy sky with a rainbow, with a horse cart and two men near its door.

Old Hook Mill, Easthampton

Edward Lamson Henry, 1880

Painting of Jonah tossed in stormy waves beside a whale, under a glowing cloud with a radiant figure above.

Jonah

Albert Pinkham Ryder, 1880

Painting of an elderly couple seated in a dim parlor with a parrot, lace curtains, and a framed oval portrait on the wall.

Mr. and Mrs. Phillip Wase

George Bellows, 1920

Painting of a yellow mission church with bell tower and cross, surrounded by eucalyptus trees and a robed figure on a path.

San Diego Mission

Josephine Joy, 1933

Painting of a large Hereford bull grazing on a prairie with a small bird on its back and clouds overhead.

Ajax

John Steuart Curry, 1930

Painting of Pompeii ruins with Corinthian columns and Mount Vesuvius rising behind a bay under a blue sky.

Vesuvius and Pompeii

Robert Seldon Duncanson, 1870

Watercolor of a flat-topped mesa on a sunlit plateau under soft clouds, with birds flying overhead.

In the Plateau Country, with an Inhabited Pueblo

William Henry Holmes, 1929

Watercolor of a cemetery with leaning tombstones, timber houses with red roofs, a reclining figure, and a tree under cloudy s

Cemetery in Pera

Miner Kilbourne Kellogg, 1814

Four hooded figures in draped brown cloaks stand huddled together on barren ground beneath a pale sky.

Shapes of Fear

Maynard Dixon, 1931

Still life painting of a stoneware jug, painted fan, roses, teacup and open book on a white tablecloth against a dark backgro

Still Life with Fan and Roses

Thomas Hovenden, 1874

Painting of a crowded market outside walled city gates, with a hilltop town, minaret, palm trees and robed figures.

Market Day Outside the Walls of Tangiers, Morocco

Louis Comfort Tiffany, 1873

Watercolor of nude and clothed women in front of a hazy beach scene with sailboats and walking figures.

Untitled (Woman with Black Hair and Two Children)

Charles Demuth, 1909

Watercolor of a canyon with a crowd of small figures on a ledge beneath a dark, sweeping sky and rising smoke.

A Cliff Dweller's Ceremony, Colorado

William Henry Holmes, 1924

Watercolor of a flat-topped sandstone mesa above desert scrub and red earth under a cloudy sky.

The Enchanted Mesa

William Henry Holmes, 1927

Watercolor of a winter creek with bare trees reflected in still water and a fallen log in the foreground.

Rock Creek, Winter

Edgar Nye, 1920

Dark painting of several boat silhouettes with masts against a moody sky streaked with pale and rose clouds.

Ships in Moonlight

Alice Pike Barney

Pen-and-ink sketch of earthworks and fields at Yorktown with an inset map of the York River and troop positions.

Present Appearance of British Entrenchment, Yorktown

Ernest C. Peixotto, 1890

Pencil drawing of ruined stone fort walls and arches among rubble and grass, with a small site plan in the corner.

Ticonderoga

Ernest C. Peixotto, 1890

Painting of a church interior with a yellow altar, rows of candles, a central cross, red curtains and blue-and-yellow painted

Church Interior

Lawrence W. Ladd, 1880

Pencil drawing of sailboats on a river framed by large trees, with a Victorian house on the far shore and walkers at right.

A Surburban Retreat

n.d Minnie Condon, 1880

Watercolor of the Clifton Suspension Bridge over the Avon Gorge, with a sailing ship, a steamboat, and people on a path.

The Avon Gorge and Clifton Suspension Bridge, Bristol, England

n.d Olivia C. Starring, 1880

Painting of a green river valley with trees, pink wildflowers, a red-roofed farm and distant mountains under clouds.

Housatonic Valley

Frank von der Lancken, 1900

Painting of a canyon with a waterfall and river, pale cliffs, pine trees and clouds under a bright sky.

The Grand Canyon of the Yellowstone

Thomas Moran, 1900

Watercolor of a pale carved wolf figure with open jaws atop a log structure, with trees and hills in the background.

Indian Grave. Wolf Totem over Medicine Man Grave, Wrangell

Theodore J. Richardson, 1910

Watercolor of a figure in a striped white top reading an orange book on a colorful sofa.

Child on Sofa

H. Lyman Saÿen, 1910

Painting of Osage warriors in feathered headdresses dancing with spears and axes, while a woman in white holds a child under

Osage Scalp Dance

John Mix Stanley, 1840

Hazy painting of Notre Dame cathedral behind a plaza with small pedestrians and bare trees in warm light.

Notre Dame no. II

Frank Edwin Scott, 1920

Painting of a hillside cornfield in autumn tones, with a small tree group at left and birds flying across a pale sky.

The Cornfield

Henry Ward Ranger, 1900

Painting of ruined ancient theater with stone seating, fallen blocks, two seated figures, and mountains under a cloudy sky.

Ruins of Asrum Asia Minor: Explored with Layard (Sir Henry Layard)

Miner Kilbourne Kellogg, 1840

Watercolor of a village shoreline with totem poles, wooden houses, canoes, and a figure carrying a load under a cloudy sky.

View of Wrangell, Alaska, in 1884

Theodore J. Richardson, 1880

Miniature portrait of a man with curly hair and spectacles in a blue coat, set in an open red velvet case.

Rubens Peale

Anna Claypoole Peale, 1820

Watercolor of wooded hills and a tall tree above a green grassy field under a cloudy sky.

Highlands, N.C.

Henry Ossawa Tanner, 1880

Miniature portrait of a woman with curled hair, pearl tiara and necklace, in a blue gown, in a gilded frame inside a red case

Dama rubia de la familia Canals

Canals, 1830

Hazy meadow with bare trees, a small farm building at right, a puddle in the foreground, and a pale cloudy sky.

Indian Summer

John Francis Murphy, 1900

Watercolor of Lake Maggiore with mountains, a wooded island, a far shore village, and a red-roofed house in the foreground.

Lago Maggiore, Italy

Miner Kilbourne Kellogg, 1810

Oval miniature of two boys reading an open book beside a marble bust and column, with a sky and harbor view behind.

Matthias and Thomas Bordley

Charles Willson Peale, 1760

Watercolor of a Palermo harbor with a white lighthouse, moored sailing ships, shoreline buildings and rocky hills.

Moli at Palermo

Miner Kilbourne Kellogg, 1850

Watercolor of a wooden block house with pitched roof on a grassy hill above a rocky slope and a winding dirt path.

Block House, Alaska, 1887

Theodore J. Richardson, 1880

Watercolor of a child with yellow hair reading in a bright blue chair, with orange and black accents.

Child Reading

H. Lyman Saÿen, 1910

Muted landscape with slender trees, an open brown field and a pale hazy sky, painted in ochre and brown tones.

The Sprout Lot

John Francis Murphy, 1910

Watercolor sketch of a hilltop town with a ruined castle on a rocky peak above clustered houses and rolling hills.

Radicofane

Miner Kilbourne Kellogg, 1840

Watercolor interior with a seated woman, orange curtains, patterned rug, and a blue polka-dot dress figure at right.

Calligraphic Interior

H. Lyman Saÿen, 1910

Painting of golden reeds in still marsh water with a wooded hill and pale sky beyond.

Hill and Marshland

Painting of a seated haloed figure in a desert with two winged angels kneeling beside him against a blue sky.

In the Desert

H. Siddons Mowbray, 1920

Watercolor of rocky mountains and hills under a pale sky, with trees and a small village in a dry valley.

Asia Minor

Miner Kilbourne Kellogg, 1840

Oil painting of a coastal town with wooden houses, a picket fence, a calm inlet and snow-capped mountains beyond.

In the Old Quarter, Sitka, 1900

Theodore J. Richardson, 1900

Stylized painting of a mounted hunter on a white horse lancing a brown buffalo, signed Julian Martinez.

Buffalo Hunter

Julian Martinez, 1920

Painting of a calm river with wooded banks, a rowboat with one figure, seated figures and ducks on the grassy shore.

Landscape Called "The Acorn"

James Crawford Thom, 1830

Hazy painting of a stone arched bridge over the Seine with an obelisk and buildings on the far bank.

Seine at Paris, Pont de la Concorde

Frank Edwin Scott, 1920

Painting of a large crowd in a timber council shelter with a bark roof, men in red and blue clothing seated on benches.

International Indian Council (Held at Tallequah, Indian Territory, in 1843)

John Mix Stanley, 1840

Watercolor of a choppy sea under a grey sky, with a dark smoke plume drifting across the water toward the horizon.

Crossing the Atlantic (Return Home)

Henry Ossawa Tanner, 1890

Hazy coastal scene with a village on the left, dark rocks in the foreground, and a glowing ochre cloudy sky, by Frank Edwin S

Marine

Frank Edwin Scott, 1920

Watercolor sketch of a cliffside monastery with a dome and stone walls above rocky terrain and a palm tree.

Convent of San Sabi

Miner Kilbourne Kellogg, 1840

Watercolor study of a green caterpillar on a pale leaf against a dark background, by Abbott Handerson Thayer.

Heterocampa Biundata, Walker, study for book Concealing Coloration in the Animal Kingdom

Abbott Handerson Thayer, 1920

Portrait miniature of an older woman in a white lace cap and blue dress, in a gold frame inside a red velvet case.

Mrs. Philip John Schuyler (Catherine van Rensselaer)

Walter Robertson, 1790

Watercolor of weathered log buildings on a grassy shore with a stone edge, a small group of figures, and distant hills.

Buildings Going to Ruin, Alaska, 1884

Theodore J. Richardson, 1880

Painting of a kneeling knight in a boat praying as winged angels with candles and a glowing chalice appear above a mountain l

The Knight of the Holy Grail

Frederick Judd Waugh, 1910

Watercolor of a flat green plain with a flock of white animals, distant bluish mountains and a rocky outcrop under a pale sky

Plains of Carthage

Miner Kilbourne Kellogg, 1850

Painted landscape of pale eucalyptus trunks, dark green trees, a winding path and an open valley under a cloudy sky.

Days of Sunshine

William Wendt, 1920