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Painting of a tree-lined park path with pale trunks, dappled light on fallen leaves, and a bright opening ahead.

Allee dans le Parc

Alice Pike Barney, 1900

Oil portrait of an older bearded man in a black suit and bow tie, resting his hand on a red book against a dark background.

Benjamin Hazard Field

Daniel Huntington, 1880

Painting of a sunlit Tuscan farmhouse with a tower, arched gateway, and rolling hills under a golden sky.

A Tuscan Farm

Edward Bruce, 1920

Oil portrait of a seated man in a dark suit with white collar, one hand resting on a chair arm, warm brown background.

Emery Bemis

Constantino Brumidi, 1850

Painting of a woman with curly dark hair in a white blouse and black bow tie, holding a painter's palette and brushes.

Self-Portrait with Palette

Alice Pike Barney, 1900

Painting of a moody landscape with a rock, grassy field, a steepled building by trees, a lake, and a cloudy sky.

Untitled (landscape with rock in foreground and roof with steeple, lake in background)

Edward Mitchell Bannister, 1820

Painting of a paddle steamer named Yellow Stone on a river, with a red brick city skyline along the far bank under clouds.

St. Louis from the River Below

George Catlin, 1830

Painting of a nude woman with long red hair standing barefoot in a sunlit autumn meadow beneath trees.

Indian Summer

Kenyon Cox, 1880

Painting of a farmhouse among trees at dusk, with a large yellow sun setting on the horizon under a hazy sky.

The Harvest Moon

Charles Melville Dewey, 1900

Painting of a shadowed forest with tall trees arching over a stream, autumn foliage and a pale sky above.

Forest Interior with Stream

John Frederick Kensett, 1860

Oil portrait of an elderly woman with white hair, black dress, lace collar, and pearl pendant, seated before a dark backgroun

Mrs. Adeline M. Noble

François Flameng, 1900

Group portrait of five elegantly dressed figures on a garden terrace before a classical building, with trees and cloudy sky.

The Field Family in a Garden

Daniel Huntington, 1860

Mah-tó-che-ga, Little Bear, a Hunkpapa Brave

George Catlin, 1830

Painting of two smiling men, one playing a guitar in a white shirt, the other with an arm around his shoulder, against a dark

Two Negro Musicians

Robert Lee MacCameron, 1910

Standing man in feathered headdress and red sash holding a ball stick against a hazy sky, painted by George Catlin in 1830.

Ah-nó-je-nahge, He Who Stands on Both Sides, a Distinguished Ball Player

George Catlin, 1830

Impressionist landscape of tall trees, budding spring foliage, a wooded hill and a reflective pond under a pale blue sky.

Spring, Navesink Highlands

Childe Hassam, 1900

Painting of a sunlit wooded path with tall trees, a dirt road, grassy slope, and small figures in the distance.

Untitled (landscape with trees)

Edward Mitchell Bannister, 1820

Seated man with painted face, spear and decorated pipe staff against a blue sky, in a loose 1830 painting.

Ah-sháw-wah-róoks-te, Medicine Horse, a Grand Pawnee Brave

George Catlin, 1830

Portrait of an older man in feathered headdress, beaded necklaces and fur robe, painted in warm earth tones against a muted s

Wee-tá-ra-shá-ro, Head Chief of the Tribe

George Catlin, 1830

Woman with Red Hood

Alice Pike Barney, 1930

Oil portrait of a seated man in a feathered turban, beaded necklaces and a blue patterned blanket, against a cloudy landscape

Tel-maz-há-za, a Warrior of Distinction

George Catlin, 1830

Painting of a nude woman with a dark headband standing in a loose, dense forest of ochre and blue brushwork.

Nude in Forest

Louis Eilshemius, 1910

Painting of dark rocky cliffs with breaking white waves under a stormy sky, with sailboats on the distant horizon.

Ocean Cliffs

Edward Mitchell Bannister, 1880

Untitled - Carolus-Duran, 1900

Carolus-Duran, 1900

Oil painting of a snowy winter landscape with bare trees, a small red house, and a dark stream under a pale sky.

Late Afternoon

George M. Bruestle, 1900

Painting of a grizzly bear's head and clawed forepaws in grass with small wildflowers, teeth bared.

Weapons and Physiognomy of the Grizzly Bear

George Catlin, 1840

Painting of a hilltop village with white houses, terraced green fields, olive trees, and a blue sea at left.

Hill with White Houses

Eleanor Harris, 1940

Painting of canoes with raised sail cloths on a river, tipis and figures on the reddish bank at left under a cloudy sky.

Sac and Fox Sailing in Canoes

George Catlin, 1830

Painting of a wooded landscape with pine trees and a small woman in red standing among wildflowers beside a path.

Untitled (landscape with trees and woman)

Edward Mitchell Bannister, 1890

Oil portrait of a woman in a white bonnet, lace ruffled collar and dark dress with a white shawl against a dark background.

Portrait of a Woman

Zedekiah Belknap, 1800

Painting of a winding river through green rolling bluffs, with a small figure standing on a hilltop in the foreground.

River Bluffs, 1320 Miles above St. Louis

George Catlin, 1830

Autumn harvest scene with men loading pumpkins onto an ox cart, corn shocks, a seated woman, and distant hills.

October

John Whetten Ehninger, 1860

Painted portrait of a man in a fur headdress with feather and face paint, wearing a beaded buckskin garment and necklace.

Great Hero, a chief

George Catlin, 1840

Painting of two houses among trees and shrubs beneath billowing clouds, with a grassy field and distant hills.

Untitled (houses and trees)

Edward Mitchell Bannister, 1890

Oil portrait of a bearded man with a monocle and waxed moustache, dark suit and white collar, on a reddish-brown background.

Man with Monocle

Alice Pike Barney, 1880

Painting of a dark tree beside a sunlit meadow path, with low hills and a heavy cloudy sky beyond.

Untitled (landscape with meadow and trees)

Edward Mitchell Bannister, 1820

Two women in a dim landscape beneath a large tree, one bending to the grass and one playing a stringed instrument.

Evensong

Arthur Bowen Davies, 1890

Painting of a Native American woman with red face paint and beaded necklaces holding a child against her shoulder.

Ru-ton-ye-wee-ma, Strutting Pigeon, Wife of White Cloud

George Catlin, 1840

Sketch of a winged figure in red drapery with a halo, seated on a stone ledge within an arched frame.

Sketch for the Mural at Oberlin College, "The Spirit of Self-Sacrificing Love"

Kenyon Cox, 1910

Painted portrait of a smiling woman in a black hat with white plume, red dress and cream fur stole, on red background.

Alice Warder Garrett

Alice Pike Barney, 1910

Painting of a shepherd in a fur coat with a crook, standing among white flowers beside grazing sheep at dusk.

Shepherd

Ruger Donoho, 1880

Green grassy hill beside a wide river with small figures on the slope and a tall marker on top.

Floyd's Grave, Where Lewis and Clark Buried Sergeant Floyd in 1804

George Catlin, 1830

Oil portrait of a seated woman in a blue patterned dress, striped headwrap, and large round earrings, against a pale sky.

Hól-te-mál-te-téz-te-néek-ee, Sam Perryman

George Catlin, 1830

Painting of a Comanche village with rows of tipis, horseback riders, and women working on hides and drying meat on grassland.

Comanche Village, Women Dressing Robes and Drying Meat

George Catlin, 1830

Oil study of two allegorical female figures in pink and gold drapery flanking a WELCOME cartouche on teal.

Study for Mural at Hotel Manhattan, "Peace and Plenty"

Kenyon Cox, 1900

Loose oil painting of a sunlit street with pale buildings, a bell tower, and groups of walking figures in dark and blue cloth

Street Scene

Eleanor Harris, 1940

Painting of a nude woman seated on a bank in a dark forest beside a rock, with light breaking through the trees.

At Nature's Mirror

Ralph Albert Blakelock, 1880

Horsemen galloping through wind-blown grass chasing a buffalo herd across an open prairie under a streaked sky.

Bogard, Batiste, and I Chasing Buffalo in High Grass on a Missouri Bottom

George Catlin, 1830

Painting of a man carrying a pole across an autumn field past haystacks and a birch tree under a cloudy sky.

Return from the Farm

Elliott Daingerfield, 1920

Painting of Plains hunters on horseback and on foot chasing bison over green hills, with a fallen bison and wounded horse in

Buffalo Chase, Bulls Making Battle with Men and Horses

George Catlin, 1830

Loose oil landscape of dense trees with rust and green foliage beside water under a pale, cloudy sky.

Landscape (trees)

Edward Mitchell Bannister, 1820

Painting of mounted riders with bows drawing near a rock outcrop on an open plain under a brushed, cloudy sky.

Comanche Giving Arrows to the Medicine Rock

George Catlin, 1830

Endymion

Alice Pike Barney, 1910

Oil portrait of a young woman with brown hair in a green dress and white lace collar, against a brown background.

Nancy

George de Forest Brush, 1900

Small landscape of cows wading in a calm lake beside a wooded hillside, with ducks on the shore.

(Small Landscape)

Thomas Hicks, 1860

Painting of a garden path beside a flowering bed, with a dark doorway, a wooden barrel, and green shuttered windows on a pale

A Garden Path

Robert Henry Logan, 1890

Painting of a seated woman in a gold dress offering her hand to a cockatoo on a table in a richly furnished room.

Woman with Cockatoo

Peter Oliver Foss, 1910

Painting of eroded clay bluffs in red and yellow above a green plain, with small figures and a spear at the lower left.

"Brick Kilns," Clay Bluffs 1900 Miles above St. Louis

George Catlin, 1830

Painting of a standing man in fringed buckskin, red leggings and beaded moccasins, holding a feathered staff, with a bow and

Wáh-chees, a Brave

George Catlin, 1830

Painting of a nude woman with raised arms seated on rocks beside a waterfall, with a bare tree and cloudy sky.

Portrait of Rose Marie

Louis Eilshemius, 1910

Portrait of Mrs. Eastman Johnson

Eastman Johnson, 1880

Painting of a seated man with closed eyes singing while playing a brown acoustic guitar against an olive background.

Blind Spanish Singer

Robert Henri, 1910

Painting of a dim rustic kitchen with a glowing hearth, pots, shelves, and a doorway opening onto a stone staircase.

Interior of a Kitchen

Eliphalet Fraser Andrews, 1910

Half-length oil portrait of a woman in a black dress, fur cape and feathered hat against a dark background.

Natalie in Fur Cape

Alice Pike Barney, 1890