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Painting of a sunlit courtyard with a horseback rider, a turbaned man reading a paper, merchants in a carved shop window, and

Hindu Merchants

Edwin Lord Weeks, 1880

Painting of a river curving past grassy bluffs, with a distant village of lodges and small figures on the cliff edge.

Distant View of the Mandan Village

George Catlin, 1830

Painting of jagged Sierra mountain peaks lit orange by sunrise, with shadowed forest and valley below.

Sunrise in the Sierras

Albert Bierstadt, 1870

Two women recline on a patterned divan beside a brass tray of roses and almonds, in an ornate interior.

Idle Hours

H. Siddons Mowbray, 1890

Painting of a sunny farmyard with thatched buildings, haystacks, a white cottage, and chickens foraging in a grassy field.

Brittany Farm

Arthur Wesley Dow, 1880

Painting of a woman in a purple dress and black hat reclining on a red sofa against a patterned wall.

The Purple Dress

William Glackens, 1910

Half-length portrait of a man in a black coat and white cravat holding a rolled paper against a dark background.

Gentleman of Squire Williams House

Erastus Salisbury Field, 1820

Painting of a sunlit rocky headland with sailing boats and rowboats in calm water under a clearing storm sky.

Clearing Storm at Gibraltar

Samuel Colman, 1850

Half-length portrait of a woman in a lace cap, dark green dress, and lace collar, hands folded in her lap.

Lady of Squire Williams House

Erastus Salisbury Field, 1820

Loose painting of horses and a man in a dark stable, with light from a window and an open doorway.

Stable at Cuenca

John Singer Sargent, 1900

Painting of a young woman in a pink skirt beside a brown and white cow among flowering shrubs in sunlight.

La Vachère

Theodore Robinson, 1880

Painting of a green river valley with rows of tepees, a fort beside the river, figures on a hill, and streaked clouds above.

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

George Catlin, 1830

Landscape painting of a calm river with trees, a rowboat with two figures, a canvas shelter, and a distant steamship.

Landscape with Campsite

Robert Seldon Duncanson, 1820

Painting of a single white magnolia blossom with green leaves against a dark background.

Magnolia

Charles Walter Stetson, 1890

Painting of a rocky cliff with trees beside dark water, a small sailboat, and a stormy sky with breaking light.

Lake Scene

Edward L. Custer, 1870

Hazy purple-toned painting of snowy mountain peaks rising above a calm lake and green forested shoreline.

Alaskan Coast Range

Albert Bierstadt, 1880

Painting of Lake Maggiore with mountains, drifting boats, a village shore and a cloud-filled blue sky.

Lago Maggiore

William Stanley Haseltine, 1860

Painting of two blue jays with spread wings over bright snow, with bare branches in front and a leafless wooded edge behind.

Blue Jays in Winter, study for book Concealing Coloration in the Animal Kingdom

Abbott Handerson Thayer, 1900

The Victorian Chair

Childe Hassam, 1900

Painting of a blue vase of white calla lilies, anemones and delphiniums on a sill, with a hillside village view beyond.

Bouquet in Window

Paul Rohland, 1933

Painting of a young woman in a dark cloak walking against strong wind on a dirt road under a stormy sky.

The Girl I Left Behind Me

Eastman Johnson, 1861

Oil painting of a Confederate soldier raising a white flag in a forest clearing, with a seated woman and a standing man besid

Surrender of a Confederate Soldier

Julian Scott, 1861

Painting of mouflon sheep in a wire-fenced pen beside a log shelter, with eucalyptus trees overhead.

Moufflon--Bobtailed Sheep

Josephine Joy, 1933

Abstract painting in black and olive with glowing yellow arcs, circles, and a bright orb near the center.

Idle Governor

Horatio C. Forjohn, 1933

Painting of a shirtless miner in a dark tunnel operating a pneumatic drill against a rough rock wall.

Gold Is Where You Find It

Tyrone Comfort, 1933

Painting of a potted cineraria with violet-edged white flowers on a lace doily before a window with blue curtains.

Cineraria

Josephine L. Reichmann, 1933

Painting of mounted officers reviewing lines of infantry with flags and a cannon on a caisson under a hazy sunset sky.

Review of Rhode Island and Maine Troops

James Walker, 1861

Standing officer in dark uniform beside a large cannon and draped American flag, painted in 1861.

The First Gun at Fort Sumter (Major Robert Anderson)

Alban Jasper Conant, 1861

Painting of a harbor with a suspension bridge, converging cables, dark blue water and a stormy sky in angular modernist style

Metropolitan Port

Joseph Stella, 1933

Painting of a seated woman in a red gown in an ornate room, with a prisoner behind bars at left and a figure with a candle at

Prisoner's Plea

Josephine Joy, 1933

Painting of a coal mine on a hillside with smokestacks, a steam locomotive, and red freight cars in muted purples.

At Madrid Coal Mine, New Mexico

Carl Redin, 1933

Painting of peacocks on a railing, in a tree, and displaying on a lawn beneath a weeping willow with a green bench.

Trysting at Evening

Josephine Joy, 1933

Painting of a green aloe rosette with four tall orange and yellow flower spikes against a windswept desert landscape and blue

Aloes

Josephine Joy, 1933

Painting of white herons nesting in a bare tree with wooden platforms beside a small pool and rocky shore.

Waterbirds Nesting

Josephine Joy, 1933

Painting of a brown mare and a golden foal nuzzling on a rose-colored hillside with blue hills and clouds behind.

Filly and Colt

Frank Stamato, 1933

Snowy winter landscape with bare trees framing a stream and a snow-covered farmhouse in the distance.

Winter Magic

C. Jac Young, 1933

Painting of a curved stone spillway and arched bridge with green hills and a cloudy sky behind them.

Spillway, Ashokan Dam

Arnold Wiltz, 1933

Painting of uniformed officers in a plain room, one bearded man writing at a table while others stand with swords nearby.

Lee Surrendering to Grant at Appomattox

Alonzo Chappel, 1861

Painting of a large black bear and two cubs beside a pale birch tree with golden autumn leaves and snowy rocks.

Fall in the Foothills

W. Herbert Dunton, 1933

Naive painting of a rustic camp with cabins, an American flag, a watchtower, eucalyptus trees, and firefighters with a hose t

CCC Camp Balboa Park

Josephine Joy, 1933

Painting of a snowy field with four leafy trees, small farm buildings, a figure pulling a sled, and evergreens in the foregro

May Snow

Torvald Arnst Hoyer, 1933

Painting of women and children in a garden with grapes, fruit, a red table and a blue vase.

Decoration

Florence Standish Whiting, 1933

Painting of a mother holding an infant before a industrial city with smokestacks, with two women at lower right.

Industry

Arthur Durston, 1933

Naive-style painting of a cream stucco house with red tile roof, garden pond, eucalyptus trees, and a woman playing harp by a

Irish Cottage

Josephine Joy, 1933

Painting of a man in a blue coat pointing across a river to settlers, a woman, children and a sailing ship on a hillside.

Arrival of Colonel John Donaldson (design for mural)

F. Luis Mora, 1700

Painting of a crowded street market with striped umbrellas, vendors, children and a red brick building behind.

Italians in Jefferson Park

Jerome Myers, 1933

Painting of the Ashokan Reservoir with stone gatehouses, an arched bridge over water, and brown hills under a cloudy sky.

Ashokan Reservoir

Charles Rosen, 1933

Painting of Native American riders and seated figures on horses near tipis on an open plain, in loose warm brushwork.

Jicarilla Apache Fiesta

Laverne Nelson Black, 1933

Horses harnessed to a fishing boat on a sandy beach, with two men resting beside them under a cloudy sky.

A Moment's Rest

William E. Norton, 1890

Oil portrait of a woman with dark curled hair, white floral lace collar, black bow and red shawl against a dark background.

Portrait of a Woman

George Catlin, 1820

Painting of three figures in a wood-paneled room: a striped-costumed man leaning toward a kneeling man in yellow, a woman in

The Merry Wives of Windsor: Dr. Caius, Simple and Dame Quickly

Robert Walter Weir, 1830

Oil portrait of a young girl with long hair in a white dress, holding a small white cross against her chest.

Portrait of Hiram Powers' Daughter

Miner Kilbourne Kellogg, 1810

Painting of a young girl with auburn hair and a blue ribbon seated on a bench beside a blue cushion and a vase of pink flower

May Flowers

Louise Cox, 1910

Oil portrait of a young woman with braided hair holding a red parrot beside a birdcage, against a brown background.

Miss Satterlee

Charles Bird King, 1830

Oil portrait of a young woman with auburn hair, tilted head, white lace blouse and green bodice against a dark background.

Portrait of a Young Woman

Edward Harrison May, 1860

Painting of a young boy in a yellow jacket reaching toward a tree branch in a dark wooded setting, with a bird above.

Bird Nesting

Emanuel Gottlieb Leutze, 1830

Oil portrait of a young blond boy with bangs and a white collar against a dark background.

Charles Downing Lay, Portrait of the Artist's Son

Oliver Ingraham Lay, 1880

Seated woman in a white dress holding a small brown dog in a dim interior with a chair, flowers and lantern.

Portrait of a Lady with a Dog (Anna Baker Weir)

J. Alden Weir, 1890

Crowded Tudor-era hall with a courting couple at center, courtiers, a jester, a cardinal in red, and children.

The Courtship of Anne Boleyn

Emanuel Gottlieb Leutze, 1840

Monochrome brown sketch of a flag-bearing explorer and armed men landing on a shore as natives gather, with a ship behind.

The Landing of Columbus

John Vanderlyn, 1840

Oval portrait of a young girl with dark hair in a white off-shoulder dress with blue ribbon bows against a dark background.

Mary Louisa Adams

Asher Brown Durand, 1830

A Breton Sunday

Eugene Laurent Vail, 1890

Oil portrait of a seated man in black coat and white cravat, with a gold medal, beside books and a quill pen.

Portrait of General Giles

Joseph Wright of Derby, 1780

Two sailing frigates in battle on rough dark seas, with smoke from cannon fire and American and British flags.

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

Thomas Chambers, 1850

Painting of a shaded country road with large trees, an arched stone gateway, two walking women, and a hazy plain under cloudy

Near Ariccia, Italy

Sanford Robinson Gifford, 1860

Painting of boulders and scrub on a hillside under a pale, clearing sky with a hazy distant plain.

Clearing Off

John Frederick Kensett, 1860

Oil painting of a sunset landscape with hills, a ruined castle tower in the distance, and a rocky path in shadowed woods.

Remembrances of a Scene near Auerbach

Robert Seldon Duncanson, 1850

Painting of the Madonna in a red robe and dark veil holding a nude standing child on a draped ledge.

Madonna and Child

Flemish Peter Paul Rubens, 1610

Oil portrait of a gentleman in a black doublet, large white lace collar, and red sash against a dark background.

Portrait of a Gentleman

Cornelius Johnson, 1640

Half-length portrait of a woman with blonde curls, feathered black velvet hat, pearl necklace and coral-red dress against a d

Portrait of Rubens' Wife

Flemish Peter Paul Rubens, 1600

Painting of villagers dancing and playing music in a rustic tavern interior beside a fireplace, with a barrel and jug in the

Festive Scene

Jan Miense Molenaer, 1650

Stormy sea with a battered sailing ship, wreckage in the surf, and figures on a rocky shore beneath dark clouds.

The Storm

Ludolf Backhuysen, 1700

Painting of a brick church with ivy and tall trees, a man walking with a cane, and a distant river view at dusk.

Church of the Holy Innocents, Highland Falls, New York

Robert Walter Weir, 1850

Oil painting of a child in white wiping a kneeling woman's face in a warm, richly furnished wooden interior room.

Bo Peep (The Peep)

Eastman Johnson, 1870

Dim painting of a seated man in a white shirt reading a small book beside a wooden door, lit by faint glow.

The Lord Is My Shepherd

Eastman Johnson, 1860

Painting of a shaded village street with carriages at a country store, a woman with a parasol, chickens, and a church steeple

The Country Store

Edward Lamson Henry, 1880

Elderly man seated alone at a tea table in a dim interior, facing a portrait of a woman above the fireplace.

The Widower

Edward Lamson Henry, 1870

Painting of a woman in a rocking chair beside a girl reading at a table in a warmly lit interior with a brick fireplace.

Sunday Morning

Thomas Waterman Wood, 1870

Painting of a stone windmill under a stormy sky with a rainbow, with a horse cart and two men near its door.

Old Hook Mill, Easthampton

Edward Lamson Henry, 1880

Painting of a bearded man with a lily staff holding hands with a child, with angels and a cross above in a dark sky.

San José y el Cristo Niño

José Campeche y Jordán, 1790

Painting of Jonah tossed in stormy waves beside a whale, under a glowing cloud with a radiant figure above.

Jonah

Albert Pinkham Ryder, 1880

Painting of a woman in green holding a nude toddler while a blonde girl in yellow kisses the toddler's cheek.

The Caress

Mary Cassatt, 1900

Painting of the Virgin in blue and pink holding the Christ Child atop a stone pillar, surrounded by clouds and angels.

La Virgen del pilar

José Campeche y Jordán, 1770

Painting of Black field workers harvesting cotton with baskets, under a sunny sky beside a cotton field.

Employment of Negroes in Agriculture

Earle Richardson, 1933

Painting of creamy white magnolia blossoms and buds among dark green and brown leaves against a grey background.

Magnolia Blossoms

Josephine Joy, 1933

Painting of an elderly couple seated in a dim parlor with a parrot, lace curtains, and a framed oval portrait on the wall.

Mr. and Mrs. Phillip Wase

George Bellows, 1920

Woman in white dress and straw hat seated on sunlit rocks overlooking turquoise sea with breaking waves.

The South Ledges, Appledore

Childe Hassam, 1910

Painting of a yellow mission church with bell tower and cross, surrounded by eucalyptus trees and a robed figure on a path.

San Diego Mission

Josephine Joy, 1933

Painting of a large Hereford bull grazing on a prairie with a small bird on its back and clouds overhead.

Ajax

John Steuart Curry, 1930

Full-length portrait of a young blond boy in a dark coat with lace collar, standing on a beach with sailboats in the distance

Portrait of Samuel Edmund Foote Rockwell, age 5

Sarah Wyman Whitman, 1870

Painting of Pompeii ruins with Corinthian columns and Mount Vesuvius rising behind a bay under a blue sky.

Vesuvius and Pompeii

Robert Seldon Duncanson, 1870

Watercolor portrait of a young woman in a red cap and striped blouse, with curly hair, against a pale background.

Turkish Girl, Brusa

Miner Kilbourne Kellogg, 1845

Painting of two brown-sailed boats in rough blue waves, with figures on a wooden deck in the foreground under a stormy sky.

An Incident on the English Channel

Two boys in overalls sit on a wooden chair before a fence; one wears a straw hat, the other a striped head wrap.

Brothers

Malvin Gray Johnson, 1934

Watercolor of a flat-topped mesa on a sunlit plateau under soft clouds, with birds flying overhead.

In the Plateau Country, with an Inhabited Pueblo

William Henry Holmes, 1929

Loose painting of a narrow canyon with tan and ochre rock walls, pale blue sky above, and dark water below.

The Canyon

Henry Ossawa Tanner