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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

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 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 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

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

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

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 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

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

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

Niagara Falls

George Catlin, 1820

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

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

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

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 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

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

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

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

Easter Lilies

Alice Pike Barney, 1930

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

Ponte Santa Trinità

Childe Hassam, 1890

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

September

William A. Coffin, 1900