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Night landscape with a moonlit river, dark trees, a teepee camp with horses, and a lone figure by the water.

Moonlight, Indian Encampment

Ralph Albert Blakelock, 1880

Still life painting of grapes, watermelon, peaches, plums and pineapple arranged on stone ledges against a dark background.

Untitled - n.d Everhart Kuhn, 1820

n.d Everhart Kuhn, 1820

Painting of painted dancers racing across a plain before crowds on domed earth lodges, with four tall feathered poles at left

The Last Race, Mandan O-kee-pa Ceremony

George Catlin, 1830

Painting of a rocky bay with a wooded cliff under an overcast sky, dark boulders in the foreground.

Rocks at Newport

Edward Mitchell Bannister, 1880

Hazy seascape with a small sailboat on calm water near a rocky headland under a pale blue sky.

Pale Blue Landscape

Louis Eilshemius, 1940

Loose brushwork painting of tall pines, a sunlit shore, reflective water and a pink building under a pale sky.

In Southern France

Alice Pike Barney, 1900

Painting of a riverbank with tall trees, a dirt path, grass, a small boat on calm water, and hills under clouds.

Untitled (landscape, trees near river)

Edward Mitchell Bannister, 1890

Painting of mounted riders galloping across golden grassland ahead of a large black smoke cloud and fire along the horizon.

Prairie Meadows Burning

George Catlin, 1830

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 a dirt road leading into a dark wooded hillside beneath a cloudy sky with distant mountains.

The Road to the Valley

Edward Mitchell Bannister, 1820

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

The Dodo and Given

Henrik Gronvold, 1900

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 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

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

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

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

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

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