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Painting of thatched fishing shacks on a sandy beach with draped nets, a boat, and an overcast sky.

Fishing Shacks

Edward Mitchell Bannister, 1880

Painting of riders on horseback near a green hill with a ring of bison skulls under an orange sunset sky.

Butte de Mort, Sioux Burial Ground, Upper Missouri

George Catlin, 1830

Painting of a man in a hat walking with two brown oxen across a green field under a cloudy sky.

Untitled (man with two oxen)

Edward Mitchell Bannister, 1860

Painting of a standing warrior with a feathered shield, bow, arrows and spear against a pale landscape.

His-oo-sán-chees, Little Spaniard, a Warrior

George Catlin, 1830

Painting of a woman with long auburn hair in a green dress against an orange background, with loose brushwork.

Natalie Barney

Polish Olga Boznanska, 1900

Study for a lunette mural with a winged figure, a cherub, seated and standing draped women, and a classical garden under blue

Study for mural, Union Trust Company Building, "The Sources of Wealth"

Kenyon Cox, 1900

Painting of a narrow industrial street with a large red cylindrical tank, pipes, smokestacks and tall ochre buildings under g

Industry

Preston Dickinson, 1920

Painting of a man in a straw hat reclining on grass beside a stream under willow trees, with a distant red-roofed building.

Man Reclining beside a Stream

Eliphalet Fraser Andrews, 1910

Ton-had-dle

Elbridge Ayer Burbank, 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

Dim landscape with a shepherd and flock of sheep on a path below wind-bent trees under a heavy cloudy sky.

Untitled (shepherd with sheep)

Edward Mitchell Bannister, 1870

Oil portrait of a seated woman in a cream dress and green sash, holding pink flowers, against a warm neutral background.

New England Hostess

Gerard Barry, 1950

Oil portrait of a seated person with gray hair, black jacket and white shirt, chin resting on hand, against a dark background

Marie Huet

Alice Pike Barney, 1900

Poe-shom-ee

Elbridge Ayer Burbank, 1900

Painting of a large red barn with a dark roof on rolling golden hills under a cloudy sky, with a road in the foreground.

Bluemont Farm

Edward Bruce, 1930

Painting of a bright red lobster outlined in black on a solid black background, with initials and date in the lower right.

(Lobster on Black Background)

Marsden Hartley, 1940

Painting of a woman in a pink robe beside a bronze statue at a sunlit garden fountain with irises and roses.

Stepping in the Fountain

William de Leftwich Dodge, 1910

Portrait of a young woman in green with a white veil, holding a brush at an easel, with a bell tower and ruins behind her.

Italy

Daniel Huntington, 1840

Painting of Mandan men playing a ring and pole game on a plain, with spectators in feathered headdresses watching.

Tchung-kee, a Mandan Game Played with a Ring and Pole

George Catlin, 1830

Painting of a grassy coastal plain with rocks and trees sloping toward a blue ocean under a cloudy sky.

Near the Ocean

Robert Swain Gifford, 1870

Panoramic painting of Niagara Falls with white cascades, a turbulent river, evergreen trees and a pink sky.

Niagara Falls

George Catlin, 1820

Painting of a woman in a red gown gazing upward, hand resting on sheet music beside a harp in dim light.

A Song

Alice Pike Barney, 1890

Painting of a woman in a headscarf resting her hand on a dark cow in a grassy meadow under a golden sky.

Untitled (woman walking with cow)

Edward Mitchell Bannister, 1860

Painting of a dark field under a turbulent blue-gray sky with a bright break of light among clouds.

After the Shower

Edward Mitchell Bannister, 1880

Seated man in red headdress with white feather, blue jacket, white blanket and red leggings, beside a rock under a pale sky.

Mick-e-no-páh, Chief of the Tribe

George Catlin, 1830

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

Full-length painted portrait of a red-haired woman in a satin gown seated in a carved wooden armchair against a brown backgro

Evalina Palmer Sicilianos

Alice Pike Barney, 1910

Painting of feathered dancers with spears before red tipis, a seated drummer at right and a white dog in the foreground.

Dance of the Chiefs, Mouth of the Teton River

George Catlin, 1830

Painting of waves breaking on rocks under a golden sky, with gulls flying above a cliff and a distant buoy on the sea.

Rocky Seashore

Louis Eilshemius, 1940

Oil painting of a sunlit sand dune under blue sky, with pines, shrubs and dry grass in the foreground.

Cape Cod, Sand Dune

Herman Hartwich, 1890

Painting of two seated men talking under a rustic porch while a standing man and geese and chickens fill the farmyard.

Friendly Neighbors

Alfred Cornelius Howland, 1900

Painting of a rider in red chasing a bison herd across golden grassland under a cloudy sky with trees at right.

Caddo Indians Chasing Buffalo, Cross Timbers, Texas

George Catlin, 1840

Dark portrait of a grinning boy in a green cap with a cigarette in his mouth, against a black background.

New Year's Shooter

George Luks, 1910

Painting of a standing nude woman with dark hair in an unfinished brown background, by Thomas Eakins, 1900.

William Rush's Model

Thomas Eakins, 1900

Woman with chin on hand beside a vase of yellow roses in a sunlit interior, painted in loose, feathery brushstrokes.

Maréchal Niel Roses

Childe Hassam, 1910

Painting of cattle herded across a grassy field, with a man on horseback and a woman on foot under a cloudy sky.

Untitled (man on horseback, woman on foot driving cattle)

Edward Mitchell Bannister, 1880

Portrait of a woman with long golden hair in a purple dress and lace bodice against a red background with ornaments.

Natalie Barney

Carolus-Duran, 1900

Painting of an older blacksmith in a cap and leather apron working at an anvil beside a glowing forge.

The Blacksmith

Carroll Beckwith, 1900

Painting of a young woman in a white beaded dress holding a feather fan, with lodges and a river behind her.

Seet-sé-be-a, Midday Sun, a Pretty Girl

George Catlin, 1830

Painting of large trees shading cattle in a grassy field, with a fence and distant hills under a cloudy sky.

Landscape

Edward Mitchell Bannister, 1890

Painting of red sandstone bluffs above green grassland with bison grazing and small figures in the foreground.

View in the Grand Detour, 1900 Miles above St. Louis

George Catlin, 1830

Loose oil landscape of a golden field and dark trees under a pale sky, with a diagonal path crossing the foreground.

The Field

Alice Pike Barney, 1890

Painting of a glowing sunset over a still pond with dark trees on both sides and a bird skimming the water.

Sunset

Edward Mitchell Bannister, 1880

Painting of a mounted rider with a lance chasing a bison herd across a green grassland with hills in the distance.

An Osage Indian Lancing a Buffalo

George Catlin, 1840

Painting of several men in buffalo masks and fur leggings performing a group dance, holding spears and a shield.

Buffalo Dance, Mandan

George Catlin, 1830

Painting of a winged angel with brown hair holding white Easter lilies, gazing upward against a glowing background.

Easter Lilies

Alice Pike Barney, 1930

Oil still life of red and yellow roses with buds and green leaves in a woven basket against a grey background.

Roses Still Life

Robert Seldon Duncanson, 1840

Oil painting of a woman in a green dress with two black panthers in a dark green forest setting.

The Black Orchid

Frederick Stuart Church, Grand Rapids, MI 1842-New York City, 1900

Painting of a stone arched bridge over a green river with moored rowboats and sunlit ochre buildings under a hazy sky.

Ponte Santa Trinità

Childe Hassam, 1890

Head of a Man

William Merritt Chase, 1870

Painting of harvested corn shocks and pumpkins in a field with rolling hills, trees, and a blue sky.

September

William A. Coffin, 1900

Portrait of Fidelia Bridges

Oliver Ingraham Lay, 1890

Painting of oxen pulling a haycart through a grassy field beside large trees under a cloudy sky.

Untitled (landscape with oxen and haycart crossing bridge)

Edward Mitchell Bannister, 1820

Painting of a winding river past eroded ochre bluffs and mesas, with a lone figure on a grassy ridge in the foreground.

Big Bend on the Upper Missouri, 1900 Miles above St. Louis

George Catlin, 1830

Painting of women and a child at a stone fountain with a jug, an Italian town and hills under a warm sunset sky.

Italian Scene

William Tolman Carlton, 1860

Two women in long dresses in a misty summer meadow, one casting a fishing line toward a pond beside trees.

Summer

Thomas Dewing, 1890

Painting of mounted warriors in combat on a grassy plain under a dramatic stormy sky, with evergreen trees on the hills.

Battle Between Sioux and Sac and Fox

George Catlin, 1840

Seated woman in a red gown holding a violin and sheet music, against a dark red background.

Natalie with Violin

Alice Pike Barney, 1930

Dim interior with a woman carrying a tray past seated diners and a kneeling servant, painted in loose brown tones.

Salome Receiving the Head of John the Baptist

Edward Mitchell Bannister, 1890

Painting of seated men around a central fire in a lodge lit from a roof opening, with skulls and hanging shields.

Interior View of the Medicine Lodge, Mandan O-kee-pa Ceremony

George Catlin, 1830

Impressionist landscape of birch trees in autumn gold above a valley road and small houses, with hills and clouds behind.

Beeches

Ernest Lawson, 1930

Oil portrait of a woman with curled dark hair in a red dress and embroidered white shawl, against a cloudy landscape.

Jane Evans Tevis

Jacob Eichholtz, 1820

Oil portrait of a young boy with red face paint, a pink plume headdress, fur robe, and beaded necklaces against a warm backgr

Tcha-káuk-o-ko-máugh, Great Chief, a Boy

George Catlin, 1830

Painting of Mandan men seated in a council circle on grassland, with shields, feathered headdresses and rolling hills behind.

Foot War Party in Council, Mandan

George Catlin, 1830