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Oil painting of a cottage among trees beside a lake at sunset, with a distant white sailboat on the water.

Untitled (house in woods near lake)

Edward Mitchell Bannister, 1890

Portrait of a Fox man with face paint, braided hair, horned headdress, and war club, in a red blanket.

Kish-ke-kosh

Alexander Davis Cooper, 1830

Dark oil landscape of a stormy sky with pale light breaking through clouds above a path and a cluster of trees.

The Storm

Edward Mitchell Bannister, 1880

Oil portrait of a Sac man with a roached hairstyle, beaded necklace, silver earrings, holding feathers against a cloudy sky.

Múk-a-tah-mish-o-káh-kaik, Black Hawk, Prominent Sac Chief

George Catlin, 1830

Painting of a turbaned man in red and blue robes reclining on a green divan, smoking a long pipe, before red drapery.

The Smoker

Ferdinand Victor Eugene Delacroix, 1790

Painting of a large dark grizzly bear's head and claws looming over a tiny mouse on the ground under a pale sky.

Portraits of a Grizzly Bear and Mouse, Life Size

George Catlin, 1840

Painted portrait of a man with long hair, feathers in his headband, and a fringed buckskin shirt against a tan background.

Wúk-mi-ser, Corn, a Miniconjou Warrior

George Catlin, 1830

Painting of a bison herd on a green prairie with two hunters in wolf-skin disguises crawling in the foreground under a cloudy

Buffalo Hunt under the Wolf-skin Mask

George Catlin, 1830

Painting of a sunlit rocky mountain cliff above a grassy slope with yellow wildflowers and a winding path under blue sky.

Ta-wa-que-nah, or the Rocky Mountain, Near the Comanche Village

George Catlin, 1830

Painting of a large tree beside a lake at dusk, with seated figures on the shore and a rowboat on the water.

Landscape with Family by Lake

Robert Seldon Duncanson, 1850

Oil portrait of a seated man in a blue blanket, red headband and red sash, against a pale sky background.

Cól-lee, a Band Chief

George Catlin, 1830

Oil portrait of a man with a feathered headwrap, silver earrings, a tomahawk and a pipe against a pale sky.

Wáh-pe-say, The White

George Catlin, 1830

Loose oil study of a haloed, bearded Christ figure with open arms in a red robe, set before a green landscape and cloudy sky.

Study for "Christ"

Kenyon Cox, 1900

Painting of a standing man in a feathered headdress and painted robe holding a lance, with tipis and hills behind him.

Ee-áh-sá-pa, Black Rock, a Two Kettle Chief

George Catlin, 1830

Painting of a tall saguaro cactus and a desert path with a figure carrying a bowl, plus a circular portrait of an older man i

Cactus Landscape with Portrait of Geronimo

Henry H. Cross, 1900

Watercolor of a wooded hillside, a wooden bridge over water, thatched buildings and small figures along the bank.

Landscape with Bridge

Winckworth Allan Gay

Oil portrait of a man in a feathered headdress, shell jewelry and white robe against a cloudy sky.

U'sh-ee-kitz, He Who Fights with a Feather, Chief of the Tribe

George Catlin, 1830

Painting of birch bark canoes racing on a river past a wooded shore, with paddlers and crowded spectator canoes.

Canoe Race Near Sault Ste. Marie

George Catlin, 1830

Painting of a seated man in a blue patterned coat, feathered headdress and red blanket, holding a pipe, against a pale backgr

Mó-sho-la-túb-bee, He Who Puts Out and Kills, Chief of the Tribe

George Catlin, 1830

Painting of hunters on snowshoes chasing a bison herd across a snowy valley under a pale winter sky.

Buffalo Chase in Winter, Indians on Snowshoes

George Catlin, 1830

Children and a dog on a rock ledge watch a small balloon drift under a storm sky beside a tall cliff.

The Lost Balloon

William Holbrook Beard, 1880

Painting of a young newsboy in a cap and red neckerchief holding a folded newspaper, with a hand on his hip.

Newspaper Boy

Edward Mitchell Bannister, 1860

Painting of a winding river through green prairie with rounded hills, trees in the foreground, and a pale cloudy sky.

View of the Junction of the Red River and the False Washita, in Texas

George Catlin, 1830

Oil self-portrait of a man with curly dark hair, mustache, and dark jacket against a deep brown background.

Self-Portrait

Oliver Ingraham Lay, 1880

Painting of two nude nymphs resting by a pond in a dark green wooded landscape with a tan cliff and teal sky.

Nymphs Sleeping

Louis Eilshemius, 1920

Painting of a sunlit dry coastline with a deep blue sea, a rocky headland, scrubby bushes, and a small white building.

Shore with Blue Sea

Eleanor Harris, 1940

Painting of mounted warriors with lances galloping across grassland past trees under a cloudy sky.

Comanche War Party, Mounted on Wild Horses

George Catlin, 1830

Painted scene of a Choctaw ball-play dance with dancers in red loincloths on a grassy field, rolling hills behind.

Ball-play Dance, Choctaw

George Catlin, 1830

Painting of a family beside a tipi on open prairie, alarmed by a distant line of fire and smoke with riders galloping nearby.

Indian Family Alarmed at the Approach of a Prairie Fire

George Catlin, 1840

Painting of three standing Fox Indian figures in ornamented dress, one holding a bow and arrows, against a blue and green bac

Three Fox Indians

George Catlin, 1830

Painting of a winged angel in a flowing white robe, gazing upward against a soft blue and cream background.

The Angel

William Baxter Closson, 1910

Painting of a seated woman in a yellow dress holding a child with a feather in its hair, against a soft landscape.

Wáh-chee-te, Wife of Cler-mónt, and Child

George Catlin, 1830

Painting of a young woman in a white ruffled dress with a red ribbon in her hair, seated against a dark background.

Girl in White

William Merritt Chase, 1890

Full-length portrait of a Pawnee man in feathered headdress and painted robe, holding a tomahawk against a pale background.

Le-sháw-loo-láh-le-hoo, Big Elk, Chief of the Skidi (Wolf) Pawnee

George Catlin, 1830

Seated woman in white gown with feathered headpiece playing a gilded harp, red drapery and river landscape behind her.

Mrs. John Quincy Adams

Charles Bird King, 1820

Oil portrait of a man with long dark hair, red face paint and zigzag markings, holding a comb and wearing arm bands.

Tcha-dés-sa-ko-máh-pee, Bear's Child

George Catlin, 1830

Painted portrait of a woman with long black hair, red face paint, beaded necklace, and a pale draped garment.

Shé-de-ah, Wild Sage, a Wichita Woman

George Catlin, 1830

Portrait of a man holding a tomahawk, wearing a pink blanket, fur mantle and silver arm band against a pale sky.

Ah'-sho-cole, Rotten Foot, a Noted Warrior

George Catlin, 1830

Painted portrait of a smiling young woman with long dark hair, beaded necklaces, and a white fringed dress against a pale sky

Kay-a-gís-gis, a Young Woman

George Catlin, 1830

Painting of a fantastical rock castle on a green hill above a river, with two deer and a bow-drawing archer.

Landscape with Castles and Deer

n.d M. A. Hall, 1870

Painting of a valley village with red roofs, green hills, a winding path and a small figure under a swirling blue sky.

Untitled Landscape

Preston Dickinson, 1910

Painting of a dark hillside with trees beside a coast, under a glowing ochre and brown sunset sky.

Sunset, Navarro Ridge, California Coast

Ralph Albert Blakelock, 1870

Alma

Thomas Dewing, 1900

Painting of many running and wrestling players in a field between wooden goal posts, with rolling green hills behind.

Ball-play of the Choctaw--ball up

George Catlin, 1830

Nude woman with dark hair seen from behind, reflected in a tall mirror on a door in a room with a rug.

Morning Light

George Luks, 1920

Bison herd on a grassy plain with two hunters crawling under white wolf skins in the foreground.

Catlin and His Indian Guide Approaching Buffalo under White Wolf Skins

George Catlin, 1840

Oil self-portrait of a young man in a straw hat turning toward the viewer, set against a sunlit green garden trellis.

Self-Portrait at Montigny

Will H. Low, 1870

Painting of a woman in a black hat and pale blouse with a long chain, standing before a green diamond lattice background.

The Chatelaine

Alice Pike Barney, 1910

Painting of slender autumn trees with golden leaves beside a rail fence, under a misty grey sky.

The Fall Season

Bruce Crane, 1930

Painting of a brown hillside coastline with a blue cove, white surf, and a winding dirt road under a pale sky.

Yankee Point

Edward Bruce, 1930

Painting of nude figures on a cliff beside a large pine tree, with a river valley and distant hills below.

On the Cliffs

Arthur Bowen Davies, 1890

Painting of a village of red and pink roofed houses among green trees and bushes, rendered in bold, energetic brushstrokes.

Houses and Landscape

Preston Dickinson, 1910

Painted design study with classical figures for library wall bays, showing Apollo, Pallas, Hephaestus and Hermes in arched pa

Sketches for a Decoration of a Private Library "B"

Kenyon Cox, 1890

Painting of a standing man in a feathered headdress, painted robe with a sun motif, and beaded leggings against a pale sky.

Wán-ee-ton, Chief of the Tribe

George Catlin, 1830

Pah-shee-náu-shaw, a Warrior

George Catlin, 1830

Painting of a young woman with dark hair holding a shiny brass kettle against a dark background.

The Brass Kettle

Alice Pike Barney, 1890

Full-length oil portrait of a standing Navajo man in a patterned woven blanket, silver jewelry, floral trousers and boots.

Tlo-be-nel-ly

Elbridge Ayer Burbank, 1910

Buffalo Cow, Grazing on the Prairie

George Catlin, 1830

Two women in blue jackets and white aprons sit on a wooden cart beside a brick wall, one embracing the other.

Désirs

William Sergeant Kendall, 1890

Portrait of a seated man in a blue garment and red headband, holding a bundle of arrows, by George Catlin, 1830.

Ni-có-man, The Answer, Second Chief

George Catlin, 1830

Full-length portrait of a woman in a black dress with white lace collar and cuffs, holding a small cross, against a golden ba

Mrs. William Tecumseh Sherman

George Peter Alexander Healy, 1860

Painting of a nude woman with dark hair, head tilted, arm raised, set against a loosely brushed green background.

In Shadow

Alice Pike Barney, 1910

Painting of feathered mounted warriors with shields and spears riding across grassland with trees under a cloudy sky.

Comanche War Party on the March, Fully Equipped

George Catlin, 1840

Grayscale painting of Indigenous people in feathered headdresses walking and riding horses across open grassland.

Indians Migrating

Alexander F. Harmer, 1920

Painting of bison bulls in a muddy wallow on green prairie, with a herd grazing up rolling hills under a pale sunset sky.

Buffalo Bulls in a Wallow

George Catlin, 1830

Painting of mounted riders with bows and lances chasing a bison herd across green rolling prairie hills.

Buffalo Chase over Prairie Bluffs

George Catlin, 1830

Painting of a bison bull surrounded by pale wolves on a green plain, with rolling hills and a pale sky behind.

Wounded Buffalo Bull Surrounded by White Wolves

George Catlin, 1830

Painting of Sioux men performing a war dance around a campfire before a row of tipis, with spectators watching under a cloudy

War Dance, Sioux

George Catlin, 1840

Painting of five cows grazing on a grassy hill beside trees, with a river and overcast sky in the background.

Untitled (five cows grazing with trees and river in background)

Edward Mitchell Bannister, 1820

Painting of riders and dogs with travois racing across a green plain toward distant hills under a pale sky.

Comanche Moving Camp, Dog Fight Enroute

George Catlin, 1830

Portrait of a man with red and black painted face and body, wearing a metal neck ring and armbands, against a cloudy sky.

I-o-wáy, One of Black Hawk's Principal Warriors

George Catlin, 1830

Painting of a woman in a floral dress leaning on a chair back against a muted background, with loose brushwork.

Spanish Senorita

Alice Pike Barney, 1920

Loose pastel portrait of a woman in a flowing green dress and floral headdress against a hatched ochre background.

Ruth St. Denis

Alice Pike Barney, 1910

Oil portrait of a blond man with an upturned mustache, wearing a red shirt against an olive and brown background.

Blond Man

Alice Pike Barney, 1930

Portrait of a Man

Jacob Eichholtz, 1800

Painting of armored horsemen thrown into turmoil under a beam of light from a stormy sky, with a fallen man in a red cloak.

The Conversion of Saul

n.d Simeon Griswold, 1850

Oil portrait of a man in a feathered headdress, fringed shirt and red blanket, against a blue cloudy sky.

Na-pów-sa, Bear Traveling at Night, a Chief

George Catlin, 1830

Oil portrait of a young woman in a large black plumed hat and white lace-collared blouse against a brown background.

Laura Alice in Big Hat

Alice Pike Barney, 1890

Oil portrait of a young woman in a white headwrap and cravat, wearing a dark jacket against a dark background.

Portrait of a Girl

Painting of a woman in a white hide dress with a girl at her side, tipis and a child with a bow behind them.

Assiniboin Woman and Child

George Catlin, 1830

Painting of a bison bull with a shaggy dark mane standing on green prairie grass under a cloudy sky.

Buffalo Bull, Grazing on the Prairie

George Catlin, 1830

A Choctaw Woman

George Catlin, 1830

Portrait of a Woman

Jacob Eichholtz, 1800

Oil portrait of a woman with dark upswept hair and a large white ruff collar against a brown background.

Portrait of Frances C. Houston

Thomas Dewing, 1880

Painting of a farmer carrying a tool along a path under large trees toward a farmhouse across a sunlit field.

Homeward

Edward Mitchell Bannister, 1890

Painting of Indigenous warriors in a grassy plain with a ravine, some drawing bows and others lying wounded on the ground.

Mandan Attacking a Party of Arikara

George Catlin, 1830

Oil portrait of a young boy with dark bobbed hair, head bowed, wearing a brown top over a white collar.

Study Head of a Boy

Alice Pike Barney, 1930

Painting of hanging dead ducks, a game bag, hunting horn and letter on a weathered green wooden door.

Cabin Door Still Life

Richard La Barre Goodwin, 1910

Painting of figures with shields dancing around a fire beside tall tipis on an open plain under a pink-clouded sky.

Smoking the Shield

George Catlin, 1830

Painting of a wide muddy river lined by dark forest, with driftwood floating on the water under a pale sky.

View on the Missouri, Alluvial Banks Falling in, 600 Miles above St. Louis

George Catlin, 1830

Young man in dark coat writing at a cluttered table of books, with plaster statues and an easel in a dim studio interior.

Portrait of Godfrey Frankenstein

John Frankenstein, 1840

Painting of an elderly bearded man with a bald head, head bowed, against a dark background.

St. Luke

Edward Mitchell Bannister, 1860

Oil portrait of a smiling girl with curly hair wearing a large black hat and white ruffled blouse against a dark background.

Laura at Seven

Carolus-Duran, 1880

Half-length portrait of a man with long dark hair in a fringed, beaded hide shirt against a cloudy sky.

Chá-tee-wah-née-che, No Heart, Chief of the Wah-ne-watch-to-nee-nah Band

George Catlin, 1830

Painting of a dark sunset landscape with a crescent moon, bare trees, a dirt road and a farmhouse silhouetted against glowing

Untitled (sunset with quarter moon and farmhouse)

Edward Mitchell Bannister, 1880

Gold-ground panel of the Descent from the Cross, with a man lowering Christ's body while mourners and a bishop look on.

Descent from the Cross

Stefano Di Vanni, 1400