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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

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

Untitled - Carolus-Duran, 1900

Carolus-Duran, 1900

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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 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

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

Oil painting of a bouquet of pink, white and red flowers in a speckled white vase on an orange table.

Still Life of Flowers

Arshile Gorky, 1920

Oil portrait of a young girl in a green bonnet with white flowers, green sash, and yellow-orange dress against gray-green bac

Sara in a Green Bonnet

Mary Cassatt, 1900

Three arched mural studies showing a blacksmith, a seated woman with a caduceus and a carrying child, and a woman reading wit

The Progress of Civilization: The Forge, Commerce, and Education (mural study, State Capitol, Des Moines, Iowa)

Kenyon Cox, 1900

Oil portrait of a Native American man in a feathered striped headband, red blanket, and beaded jewelry, holding a pipe stem.

No Heart (Nan-che-ning-ga)

Charles Bird King, 1830

Portrait of a bare-chested man with red face paint, feather earrings, and a round chest pendant against a grey background.

Wa-sáw-me-saw, Roaring Thunder, Youngest Son of Black Hawk

George Catlin, 1830

Oil portrait of a man with dark hair and a white collar against a dark brown background, gazing toward the viewer.

M. Du Wollant

Alice Pike Barney, 1900

Oil portrait of a young man with tousled brown hair, dark suit, white collar and striped tie against a pale background.

Portrait of a Young Man

Anne Goldthwaite, 1910

Nude man with face in hands stands beside a reclining figure on a red cloth in a dimly lit room.

The Mourning Brave

Edwin Willard Deming, 1890