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Painting of a pastoral valley with a rainbow over wooded hills, grazing cattle, two walking figures, and a calm river.

Landscape with Rainbow

Robert Seldon Duncanson, 1859

Painting of a surreal mountain landscape with a soaring eagle, red peaks, pale rock spires, a lake, and two reclining figures

Nirwana

Max Reyher, 1920

Painting of a dusty adobe town plaza with a white church, ox cart, carriage, covered wagon, and riders under a cloudy sky.

Old Mesilla Plaza

Léon Trousset, 1885

Painting of two women in a green meadow beneath a dense line of trees, one in a blue dress seated, one standing in a hat.

The Hermit Thrush

Thomas Dewing, 1890

Painting of a city waterfront at sunset with masted ships, billowing clouds, brick buildings and small figures on the street.

Cumulus Clouds, East River

Robert Henri, 1900

Watercolor of Battle Abbey's tall gabled stone facade with pointed windows, walking figures on a dirt path, and trees.

Battle Abbey

Cass Gilbert, 1931

Woman seated at a spinet from behind, in a warm room with floral wallpaper, a mirror, and a vase of yellow flowers.

The Spinet

Thomas Dewing, 1902

Oil painting of a laurel-crowned young man with paper, a winged cupid, and a draped woman with a staff in a landscape.

Musa Regina

Henry O. Walker, 1900

Painting of a man with a basket fishing by rushing rapids, surrounded by boulders and golden shrubs.

After Them

Walter Ufer, 1928

Painting of a dark cave opening framing calm water, jagged rock spires, a small boat and a glowing hazy sky.

The Subsiding of the Waters of the Deluge

Thomas Cole, 1829

Painted river landscape with boats, rocky mountains, a windmill on a hill, a castle, and a village under a cloudy sky.

Landscape

Herman Saftleven, 1600

Painting of two seated men with dogs outside a rustic cabin, a woman and children in the doorway, cabbage and buckets nearby.

A Dog Swap

Richard Norris Brooke, 1881

Painting of Niagara Falls with two cataracts, forested banks, storm clouds, and small figures on the foreground rocks.

A General View of the Falls of Niagara

Alvan Fisher, 1820

Painting of a river flanked by colorful angular houses, a tree, and factory chimneys under a blue sky.

Evening Tones

Oscar Bluemner, 1910

Watercolor of a French village with a shepherd leading sheep along a path toward stone houses and a church tower.

French Village

H. Anthony Dyer, 1901

Painting of a riverside factory town with red smokestacks, yellow roofs, and blue water in bold angular shapes.

Evening Tones

Oscar Florianus Bluemner, 1911

Painting of a sunlit forest clearing with large autumn oak trees and two small figures in the grass.

October

Robert C. Minor, 1830

Watercolor of a village of tiled-roof houses beside a green field, with two figures walking a winding path under a pale sky.

Kansas City, Kansas

Henry Ossawa Tanner, 1859

Calm lake under cumulus clouds with shadowed mountains, a village shoreline, and small boats on the water.

Lago Maggiore

William Stanley Haseltine, 1867

Painting of a medieval procession of knights, banners and carts moving toward a hilltop castle under a cloudy sky.

The Departure of the Crusaders

Victor Nehlig, 1860

Painting of Sierra Nevada peaks, a waterfall and elk by a lake under dramatic sunlit clouds.

Among the Sierra Nevada, California

Albert Bierstadt, 1868

Painting of two sailing boats on a calm sea at sunset, with a lighthouse and distant boats on the horizon under a pink sky.

Afternoon on Saco Bay, Coast of Maine

Willem Frederik de Haas, 1874

Soft, hazy winter landscape with a brook winding through snowy fields and trees on a hilltop.

The Brook, Greenwich, Connecticut

John Henry Twachtman, 1900

Interior genre scene: a man shelling corn, a woman by the hearth, and a gentleman reading a map of lots.

The Speculator

Francis William Edmonds, 1852

Oil painting of a reclining nude woman in white stockings on a draped cloth, with loose sketchy background strokes.

Reclining Nude

Julius LeBlanc Stewart, 1909

Painting of the schooner yacht America under full white sails on choppy water, with an American flag and small red boat.

The Yacht America

Charles S. Raleigh, 1870

Painting of a deep rocky gorge with a robed shepherd and sheep on a ledge at lower right, under a pale hazy sky.

The Good Shepherd (Atlas Mountains, Morocco)

Henry Ossawa Tanner, 1930

Painting of a crumbling round tower on a plain with ruins, a seated figure, a goat, and mountains under a hazy sky.

Torre di Schiavi

Thomas Hiram Hotchkiss, 1865

Painting of a dusty adobe town plaza with a whitewashed church, ox cart, carriages, and pedestrians under cloudy skies.

Old Mesilla Plaza

Léon Trousset, 1880

Studio interior with two children before a blank landscape canvas and a painter working at an easel on the right.

Interior with Portraits

Thomas Le Clear, 1865

Painted landscape with a stone castle on a hill, two deer, a kneeling archer, and a winding river under a pale sky.

Landscape with Castles and Deer

M. A. Hall, 1875

Painting of a lattice iron footbridge over a river with pedestrians, a seated figure and a boat in the foreground.

Pont des Arts

H. Lyman Saÿen, 1910

Painting of a glowing butte and red cliffs beneath a dramatic orange sunset sky, with trees and a rocky river in the foregrou

Sunset Cloud, Green River, Wyoming

Thomas Moran, 1917

Loose oil painting of a weathered cabin with a donkey and figures in a field, dark trees behind.

Cabin in Alabama

Anne Goldthwaite, 1920

Painting of cows drinking at a stone fountain with a shepherd and seated woman under trees at dusk.

Small Landscape

Thomas Gainsborough

Painting of a sunlit upland pasture with boulders, grazing cattle, and trees under a pale blue sky.

Upland Pasture

J. Alden Weir, 1905

Painting of peasants with cattle, goats and sheep beside a rocky cliff and stone house under a cloudy sky.

Peasants and Cattle

Nicolaes Pietersz. Berchem

Painting of a dirt road through a field toward autumn trees and a distant farmhouse under a pale sky.

Landscape

John Francis Murphy, 1880

Painting of a sunlit Tuscan farmhouse with a tower, olive trees, a dirt road and rolling hills under a warm sky.

A Tuscan Farm

Edward Bruce, 1926

Three men in a birch bark canoe paddle beside a swimming moose, with a dark wooded cliff behind them.

The Moose Chase

George de Forest Brush, 1888

Painting of a red sun low over dark sea and cliffs beneath heavy grey clouds, with small boats on the horizon.

Sunrise over Fishing Waters--Maine

William E. Norton, 1880

Painting of a half-nude bearded man on straw, gesturing as three figures including a woman in red speak with him.

Job and His Comforters

Two seated women in white dresses, one writing on a tablet, with a stormy landscape behind them.

The Misses Mary and Hannah Murray

John Trumbull, 1806

Painting of a shuttered cottage with a veranda framed by tall trees, with wildflowers and birds in soft evening light.

Kalorama Cottage

John Ferguson Weir, 1860

Painting of a mountain above a calm lake at sunset, with a small rowboat with two people and pink clouds overhead.

Whiteface Mountain from Lake Placid

Sanford Robinson Gifford, 1866

Painting of a Hereford bull grazing on a grassy plain with a bird on its back and cattle in the distance.

Ajax

John Steuart Curry, 1936

Painting of autumn trees and rocks beside a calm stream under a cloudy sky, with distant figures across the water.

Trees along Stream in Fall

William Trost Richards, 1860

Watercolor of a fortified harbor at Corfu with stone walls, hillside buildings, and a moored sailing ship.

Castle at Corfu, Greece

Miner Kilbourne Kellogg, 1814

Painting of a mounted hunter with a lance chasing a bison across open plains, other riders and herd in the distance.

Buffalo hunt on the Southwestern plains

John Mix Stanley, 1845

Landscape painting of a ruined castle on a hill, a river with two figures on rocks, a wooden bridge, and red-roofed cottages.

Landscape

Thomas Gainsborough, 1770

Painting of cream, pink and white roses and carnations among dark green leaves in a loosely brushed garden scene.

Garden in May

Maria Oakey Dewing, 1895

Hazy river valley with misty mountains, a leaning pine on a rocky cliff, sailboats on the water, and two figures.

Along the Hudson

John Frederick Kensett, 1852

Painting of a reclining nude woman in white stockings on a draped grey cloth, with loose sketchy background brushwork.

Reclining Nude

Julius LeBlanc Stewart, 1900

Painting of a pale horse and mounted riders drinking at a pool at night, with dark figures in shadow behind.

Fired On

Frederic Remington, 1907

Painting of rocky cliffs above churning sea surf beneath a sky of pale clouds, by Paul Dougherty, 1907.

Sun and Storm

Paul Dougherty, 1907

Painting of a young woman in a patterned shawl reading a large open book against a dark background.

Among the Old Poets

Walter Shirlaw, 1830

Painting of a mounted warrior on a white horse at a cliff edge, with two riders and distant mesas under a cloudy sky.

Black Knife, an Apache Warrior

John Mix Stanley, 1846

Still life of fruit, walnuts, wine bottles and glasses on a table, with a landscape visible through a window behind.

Luncheon Still Life

John F. Francis, 1860

Painting of a lone three-masted ship in rough dark seas under a stormy grey sky with seabirds above the waves.

The Sea

Edward Moran, 1870

Two women lounge on a patterned divan in an ornate room, with a brass tray of roses and almonds in the foreground.

Idle Hours

H. Siddons Mowbray, 1895

Painting of a farmhouse among poplar trees, with laundry on a fence, a pond, and workers in a wheat field.

Long Island Homestead, Study from Nature

Andrew W. Warren, 1859

Hazy painted landscape of a pale stream winding between sloping banks of trees and shrubs in soft pink and ochre tones.

Hemlock Pool

John Henry Twachtman, 1900

Painting of a hillside village with white houses and dark roofs among green, ochre and teal rolling hills under a grey sky.

Quebec

Preston Dickinson, 1925

Painting of rocky sea cliffs with breaking waves, sailboats on the distant ocean, and a cloudy sky.

Castle Rock, Marblehead

Alfred Thompson Bricher, 1878

Man with lantern and dog patrols a moonlit beach at night as waves break and a ship smokes offshore.

Life Saving Patrol

Edward Moran, 1890

Painting of a beach with a rowboat on the sand, calm sea, distant boats, and a large cloudy sky.

The South Strand

Emil Carlsen, 2013

Watercolor of a wooden house, clothesline, and a family with children and chickens in a fenced yard beside a blue inlet.

(Landscape)

Ann Brockman, 1943

Two women at a table with a mirror; one lifts a red ribbon to her hair while the other gestures toward her hand.

Martha Scolding Her Vain Sister Mary Magdalene

Elisabetta Sirani, 1600

Abstract watercolor of dark blue and green waves breaking into white foam above a tan sandy shore.

The Sea, Maine

John Marin, 1921

Still life of split watermelon, a whole melon, morning glory blossoms and vines on a table against a dark background.

Melons and Morning Glories

Raphaelle Peale, 1813

Painting of a sailing ship and rowboat on choppy water at a harbor entrance under a grey, cloudy sky.

Entrance to the Harbor

Henry Ward Ranger, 1890

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

Untitled - Everhart Kuhn, 1825

Everhart Kuhn, 1825

Night painting of sheep resting in a moonlit sheepyard beside a fence, shed and large silhouetted tree under a glowing moon.

Sheepyard, Moonlight

Horatio Walker, 1906

Red barn in snowy winter scene with sheep, chickens, and a farmer carrying hay under a red sunset sky.

Barnyard in Winter

Horatio Shaw, 1880

Ballerinas in white tutus dance on a stage while audience members in dark dress watch from a theater box.

The White Ballet

Everett Shinn, 1904

Painted study of a robed bearded figure on a hillside gesturing toward misty mountains, with a glowing light at left.

Study for Moses and the Burning Bush

Henry Ossawa Tanner, 1902

Painting of a calm forest lake with pine trees on both shores, water lilies, reflections, and a glowing misty sky.

A North Woods Lake

Homer Dodge Martin, 1860

Painting of a Native American camp with many tipis, mounted riders and horses crossing the foreground, and a flat-topped mesa

Blackfoot Camp Scene

Edwin Willard Deming

Snowy winter farmstead with a red house, barn, horse-drawn sleigh, dogs, and bare trees under a dark sky.

Winter Scene in New Haven, Connecticut

George Henry Durrie, 1858

Painting of a large gnarled oak tree in a dense forest, with two small figures near the trunk and a pond in the foreground.

Oak Tree

Henry Ward Ranger, 1890

Watercolor of a château with a round tower, Gothic arched doorways, and a grassy field in front.

Chateau de l'Houblouniere

Cass Gilbert, 1924

Two sailing warships in battle on choppy sea, smoke rising from the American ship under a dramatic cloudy sky.

Capture of H.B.M. Frigate „Macedonian“ by U.S. Frigate „United States“, October 25, 1812

Thomas Chambers, 1852

Three pink roseate spoonbills wade among green marsh grass under a lavender cloudy sky, painted in loose brushwork.

Roseate Spoonbills, study for book Concealing Coloration in the Animal Kingdom

Abbott Handerson Thayer, 1900

Painting of Niagara Falls in soft mist, with a distant smokestack and rosy overcast sky above the river.

Niagara

George Inness, 1889

Painting of hills with a grazing bull by a pond, a figure with a white umbrella, and lush green plants.

Landscape

Yasuo Kuniyoshi, 1920

Painting of a white house with red roofs among dark green cypress trees, a blossoming tree and bold blue and orange hills.

Newman's House

H. Lyman Saÿen, 1910

Watercolor of Adalia's fortified walls, towers and harbor with sailboats on calm blue water.

Adalia, Asia Minor

Miner Kilbourne Kellogg

Painting of a prairie river with tipi camp, a fort, and figures on a green hilltop under a pale sky.

Fort Union, Mouth of the Yellowstone River, 2000 Miles above St. Louis

George Catlin, 1832

Painting of figures harvesting corn in a golden field with mountains and clouds behind them.

Corn Harvest at Santo Domingo

Carl Moon, 1940

Watercolor of a red barn with a wooden fence, flowering garden, trees and cumulus clouds over a hillside.

Sharon Springs

Elizabeth Boott, 1883

Painting of a woman lying on a cot in a dim room while an older man in a dark suit stands by a stove.

Too Late

Charles Arthur Fries, 1896

Painting of orange-red flamingoes with curved necks against a pale sky and dark brushed ground.

Red Flamingoes, study for book Concealing Coloration in the Animal Kingdom

Abbott Handerson Thayer, 1900

Painting of a ship in a stormy sea under a glowing sun breaking through swirling clouds, with dark churning waves.

Flying Dutchman

Albert Pinkham Ryder, 1887

Abstract painting in grey, white and black with two stylized white forms and black dots on violet-grey planes.

Black and White

Arthur Dove, 1940

Small landscape painting with a river, boat, ruined building, figures on a path, and distant mountains under clouds.

Small Landscape

Welsh Richard Wilson, 1710

Watercolor of workers shoveling snow near industrial buildings, rail cars, and a multi-arched bridge over a river in winter.

C.W.A. Worker at Key Bridge by Edgar Nye