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Painting of two men pushing a white rowboat on a grassy bank while two women with baskets stand nearby under a cloudy sky.

People Near Boat

Edward Mitchell Bannister, 1890

Painting of a castle on a wooded hill above a river, with a small sailboat and figures on the shore at sunset.

Scotch Highlands

Robert Seldon Duncanson, 1840

Painting of yellow flowers in a blue and white vase on a wooden table with a dark cloth and chair.

Still Life with Flowers

Russell Cheney, 1940

Painting of a hazy river valley seen from a hillside with autumn trees, a winding river, and distant mountains under a pale s

Kanawha River Valley

Samuel Colman, 1880

Painting of a rocky coastal path with driftwood, a walking figure, grazing cattle, and hills under a pale sky.

Lighthouse Beach, Annisquam

H. Bolton Jones, 1880

Painting of a bison herd on a grassy plain at sunset, with hunters with rifles stalking near trees at left.

Catlin and Party Stalking Buffalo, Upper Missouri

George Catlin, 1840

Painting of a seaport with a stone bridge, a masted ship, red-roofed houses, and a dark tree under an overcast sky.

Ancient Seaport

Oil portrait of a woman with long dark hair, red cheek paint, beaded necklaces and a draped light garment.

Káh-kée-tsee, Thighs, a Wichita Woman

George Catlin, 1830

Sky-se-ró-ka, Second Chief of the Tribe

George Catlin, 1830

Painting of a dusky lake with willow trees on the left, a wooden fence in the foreground, and hills in the distance.

Landscape with Lake

Robert Seldon Duncanson, 1860

Painting of a smiling woman with crossed arms in a doorway as a man in a green hat draws on the wooden door.

Drawing on Door

A. Kinder or Rinder, 1880

Painting of a chained woman with long hair seated on a stone bench in a dim prison cell, with straw on the floor.

Marguerite in Prison

Johann Grund, 1860

Painting of a dodo with macaws, a duck, frog and lizard in a dark, stormy landscape with grasses.

The Dodo and Given

Henrik Gronvold, 1900

Portrait of a man in a dark coat, high collar and sash, turned to the left against a pale cloudy sky.

Cú-sick, Son of the Chief

George Catlin, 1830

Angular painting of a hillside village with dark-roofed houses, rolling green and ochre hills, and a stormy sky.

Quebec

Preston Dickinson, 1920

Small painting of a white sailboat on a river with wooded mountains, trees on the right bank, and cloudy sky.

Untitled (sailboat in river)

Edward Mitchell Bannister, 1870

Sunset over a hazy valley with dark windswept trees on a rocky slope and mountain ridges at right.

From the Shawangunk Mountains

Sanford Robinson Gifford, 1820

Painting of a dark still lake under a stormy sunset sky, with a tall pine tree on the right and a mountain beyond.

Catskill Creek

Jasper Francis Cropsey, 1850

Painting of a woman in a white dress and straw hat with two children seated under sunlit trees.

Springtime in France

Painting of a red fox and a hawk contesting a dead grouse in a grassy clearing beneath a wooded hillside.

Disputed Game

Thomas Hewes Hinckley, 1850

Painting of a woman in a green dress beside a blue vase, with peacock feathers and a patterned wall behind her.

Woman and Peacock

Alice Pike Barney, 1900

Painted portrait of an older man in a red headwrap and beaded necklace, with a fur robe, against a brown background.

Deep Lake, an Old Chief

George Catlin, 1830

Painting of four cows wading in a pond beneath dark trees, with a stormy sky and open fields beyond.

Untitled (Four Cows Wading in Pond)

Edward Mitchell Bannister, 1820

Two arched allegorical panels labeled Science and Art, showing a seated veiled woman with books and a reclining woman with a

The Progress of Civilization: Science and Art (mural study, State Capitol, Des Moines, Iowa)

Kenyon Cox, 1900

Painting of heavy ocean waves crashing with white foam over dark rocks under a pale overcast sky.

Heavy Sea

Paul Dougherty, 1910

Painting of a river valley with cattle wading at the shore, a seated figure on a boulder, and mountains under a hazy sky.

Hudson River at Cold Spring

Johann Hermann Carmiencke, 1860

Natalie at Seven

Alice Pike Barney, 1880

Portrait of a man with long hair, red face paint, and two feathers, wearing a fringed beaded shirt against a green sky.

Mix-ke-móte-skin-na, Iron Horn, a Warrior

George Catlin, 1830

Portrait of a woman in a dark gown with green sash, gold earrings and feathered headpiece against a dark background.

Kate Deering Ridgely

Alice Pike Barney, 1930

Painting of a dusky hillside with two cows on the crest and a figure in a red shawl under a bright, cloudy sky.

Untitled (cows descending hillside)

Edward Mitchell Bannister, 1880

Oil portrait of a man in a feathered headdress, beaded headband and fringed buckskin shirt, gazing to the side.

Táh-téck-a-da-háir, Steep Wind, a Brave of the Bad Arrow Points Band

George Catlin, 1830

Painting of a seated woman in a blue polka dot dress, flowered hat and white gloves, on a red ladder-back chair.

The Polka Dot Dress

George Luks, 1920

Still life painting of grapes, peaches, oysters, strawberries and a champagne flute on a marble table against a dark backgrou

Still Life with Fruit, Oysters, and Wine

n.d Everhart Kuhn, 1860

Painting of a shaded garden path with a draped statue on a pedestal, a balustrade, and a distant tower under a hazy sky.

Garden of the Tuileries, Paris

Minerva J. Chapman, 1940

Painted portrait of a standing Indigenous man in feathered headdress, fringed robe and beaded moccasins beside a shield.

Eé-hee-a-duck-cée-a, He Who Ties His Hair Before

George Catlin, 1830

Oval portrait of a young girl with curled dark hair, blue ribbons, and a white puff-sleeved dress against a dark background.

Georgianna Frances Adams

Asher Brown Durand, 1830

Dusky landscape painting with a pale sun over a hazy sky, dark trees on the left, and a dirt road leading to hills.

The Close of Day

Charles Melville Dewey, 1930

Painting of a sunset over flat marshland with a dark rowboat in the foreground and a distant town silhouetted on the horizon.

Sunset Scene

Edward Mitchell Bannister, 1880

Painting of a Mandan village cemetery: a circle of skulls, feathered poles and bison skulls on a green plain before earthlodg

Back View of Mandan Village, Showing the Cemetery

George Catlin, 1830

Chief Black-Coyote

Elbridge Ayer Burbank, 1900

Ho-me-hep-no-my

Elbridge Ayer Burbank, 1900

Loose oil portrait of a woman with auburn hair in a pale ruffled blouse against an olive background.

Study in Auburn

Alice Pike Barney, 1900

Painted portrait of a young woman with curly hair, white headscarf, pearl necklace and cameo pendant, against a sunset landsc

Vinnie Ream

George Peter Alexander Healy, 1870

Painting of a crowd of feathered men dancing on open grassland, raising shields, lances, and tomahawks under a pale sky.

Scalp Dance, Mouth of the Teton River

George Catlin, 1830

Painting of a herdsman with a team of oxen in a green pastoral landscape with trees and hills under a cloudy sky.

Herdsmen with Cows

Edward Mitchell Bannister, 1860

Painting of two hunters on snowshoes chasing bison through deep snow, with a herd and snowy hills in the background.

Buffalo Chase in Snowdrifts, Indians Pursuing on Snowshoes

George Catlin, 1830

Painted portrait of a woman in fringed buckskin dress with a blue disc necklace, red neckerchief and long black hair.

Tchow-ee-pút-o-kaw, a Woman

George Catlin, 1830

Painting of a crowded ball game on a grassy field with men in red loincloths and rolling green hills behind.

Ball-play of the Choctaw--Ball Down

George Catlin, 1830

Small painting of dark hills and a rock beside a stream under a warm, cloudy sky at dusk.

Untitled (mountainous landscape with rock and stream in foreground)

Edward Mitchell Bannister, 1820

Painting of cattle grazing in a meadow beside a stream, with a dark tree cluster and cloudy sky under soft light.

Bright Scene of Cattle near Stream

Edward Mitchell Bannister, 1820

Painting of a feathered warrior in a hide robe holding a feathered staff, with a shield and distant mountains behind him.

Tál-lee, a Warrior of Distinction

George Catlin, 1830

Painting of two boats pulled up on a sandy beach beside a red shed, pier and calm sea under a pale sky.

Beach Scene

William Glackens, 1920

Painting of a flower bouquet in a patterned vase in front of a multi-tiered building with domes and figures.

Begonias

Henry Golden Dearth, 1910

Oil painting of rocky outcrops, pine trees and a valley with distant mountains under a pale sky.

Western Landscape

John Frederick Kensett, 1870

Night scene of a crowd of refugees with bundles and children passing a burning cottage, lit by orange flames.

The Refugees

Man with Cigarette

Alice Pike Barney, 1890

Portrait of a man in a powdered wig and brown coat seated at a desk with letters, quill and inkwell.

Joshua Johnson

Charles Bird King, 1800

Painting of a kneeling woman holding a paper fan over a baby on the floor beside a latticed window.

Japanese Lullaby

Alice Pike Barney, 1900

Oval portrait of a young girl in a white dress holding an orange and white cat, with a classical column and sunset landscape

Mary Elizabeth Francis, the Artist's Daughter

John F. Francis, 1840

Painting of bare trees, a stone wall and farm buildings on a hazy hillside under a pale turquoise sky.

An Abandoned Farm

Ernest Lawson, 1900

Portrait of a woman with dark ringlet curls, black dress, layered white lace collar and gold chain against a dark background.

Woman in Black Dress

M. W. Hopkins, 1830

Oil landscape of a valley with mountains, a winding stream, a still lake, and a large tree on the left under a warm sky.

Scottish Landscape

Robert Seldon Duncanson, 1870

Painting of Sac and Fox men dancing in a line with feathered headdresses while drummers sit at the right.

Slave Dance, Sac and Fox

George Catlin, 1830

Small painting of a man carrying an oar along a sandy path between shrubs, with driftwood in the foreground and a pale sky.

Fisherman by Water

Edward Mitchell Bannister, 1880