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Painting of a small sailboat on calm water near a rocky point, with hazy green hills and a blue overcast sky.

Pale Blue Landscape

Louis Eilshemius, 1902

Oil painting of a farmhouse and barn among rolling hills and trees, with a winding dirt road in the foreground.

Landscape

Edward Bruce, 1934

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 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

Impressionist painting of a wide river with boats, a distant city shoreline, and rocky cliffs under a pale sky.

Hudson River

Van Dearing Perrine, 1915

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 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 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

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

Small Landscape

Welsh Richard Wilson, 1710

Painting of a winding river valley with grazing cattle, a dirt road, rolling hills and trees in warm golden light.

Landscape

Thaddeus Welch, 1900

Painting of a snowy hillside with a lit farmhouse, bare trees and dark evergreens under a pale blue sky.

Shimmering Tree Shadows

Gardner Symons, 1930

Oil landscape of a golden meadow, a cluster of autumn trees, and blue-grey mountains under a pale cloudy sky.

Landscape

Classical landscape with a river, dancing figures, a lyre player, a ruined temple, and distant mountains under a pale sky.

Apollo and the Seasons (Classical Landscape)

Welsh Richard Wilson, 1770

Painting of a calm lake with mountains under a golden sky, dark trees on the right shore, and ducks in the reeds.

Upper Ausable Lake

Homer Dodge Martin, 1860

Painting of a hillside with tall trees, autumn foliage, and a pale low sun over a greenish sky.

Hillside Landscape

Edward S. Siebert, 1900

Painting of a yellow church with a red roof and cross beside a tall dark cedar tree and a yellow path.

Church with Cedar Tree on Left

Carl Newman, 1930

Oil landscape of a calm river through green marshland with trees and a cloudy sky, by Edward Gay, 1900.

The River, Sound Beach, Connecticut

Edward Gay, 1900

Painting of sheep grazing in a sunlit meadow under large shade trees, with a haystack in the distance.

Noon in the Orchard

Worthington Whittredge, 1900

Painting of a blue-branched tree beside a white house with a red roof and a colorful garden.

Blue Trees

H. Lyman Saÿen, 1910

Painting of a rocky forest gorge with a stream flowing over boulders, cliffs on the left, and a waterfall among trees.

The Flume, Opalescent River, Adirondacks

Alexander Helwig Wyant, 1870

Painting of children dancing around a maypole and playing in a city square with market stalls and tenement buildings.

The Field of Joy

Jerome Myers, 1920

Painting of a sunlit forest path lined with slender trees, rendered in loose, vivid green, yellow, and blue brushstrokes.

Landscape

Alfred H. Maurer, 1920

Painted landscape with bare trees, red and orange foliage, green fields, winding paths, and distant blue hills.

Landscape, Bridge, Huntingdon Valley

H. Lyman Saÿen, 1910

Oil landscape of a sunlit pasture with grazing cattle and sheep, autumn trees, a dirt path, and distant hills under a glowing

Landscape

Charles H. Moore, 1850

Painting of a male wood duck with green head and white neck stripe floating among lily pads on dark water.

Male Wood Duck in a Forest Pool, study for book Concealing Coloration in the Animal Kingdom

Abbott Handerson Thayer, 1900

Painting of large yellow trees before colorful buildings with chimneys, red shrubs and blue sky, in bold outlined shapes.

Trees

H. Lyman Saÿen, 1910

Painting of sunlit red cliffs above a river under a stormy sky, with mounted riders on the bank in the foreground.

Cliffs of the Upper Colorado River, Wyoming Territory

Thomas Moran, 1880

Painting of a hazy valley seen between tall tree trunks, with a distant mountain and a split-rail fence in the foreground.

Temple Mountain

Chauncey F. Ryder, 1940

Painting of bare trees on a curving path above rolling hills in bold yellow, orange, green and blue patches.

Valley Falls I

H. Lyman Saÿen, 1910

Painting of a countryside with dramatic storm clouds over fields, a small white cottage, and a path in the foreground.

Small Landscape

John Constable, 1800