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Painted study of workers with stone blocks, fruit picking, a woman with a cotton basket, mules, and factory buildings behind.

Abundance of Today (mural study, Clarksville, Tennessee Post Office)

F. Luis Mora, 1930

Still life of grapes, peaches, melon and plums on a stone ledge with carved cherubs, before a cloudy landscape.

The Wealth of Autumn

Andrew John Henry Way, 1860

Painting of a white-robed figure passing through a whitewashed Moorish archway with sunlit steps and a blue sky.

Gateway, Tangier

Henry Ossawa Tanner, 1910

Painting of two seated women making arrows and a standing child beside them in an adobe interior with feathers and a basket.

Arrow Makers

Carl Moon, 1940

Painting of a waterfall cascading into a pool beneath sunlit trees, with dappled light on rocks and foliage.

The Waterfall

Addison Thomas Millar, 1910

Painting of a river valley with storm clouds, a covered bridge, rolling hills, and two walkers with a dog on a rocky bank.

View of Cohoes

J.W. Hill, 1820

Portrait of a seated woman in a blue gown and red shawl beside an arched window with a landscape view.

Catherine Woodyeare

Catherine Woodyeare, 1750

Crowded baroque banquet under classical arches, with reclining women, servants, armed men on a staircase, and smoke rising.

The Banquet of Cleopatra

Sebastiano Mazzoni, 1660

Full-length portrait of a standing man in a white suit holding a cigarette, beside a gilded chair and straw hat.

John Gellatly

Irving R. Wiles, 1930

Two women seated on a rug in an adobe room, painting geometric designs on pottery vessels.

Hopi Pottery Painters

Carl Moon, 1940

Painting of adobe pueblo houses with small windows and a dark doorway on dusty ground under a pale sky.

Walpi Pueblo

Eanger Irving Couse, 1900

Painting of a seated woman with a bob haircut beside a round table holding a flowering cactus, with a green background.

Portrait of a Woman (with Cactus)

Frederick Carl Frieseke, 1930

Oil painting of a standing man in a red fez and embroidered costume holding a rifle, with mountains and a river behind him.

Albanian Man

Antonion Zeno Shindler, 1890

Painting of a rocky coastline with layered ledges, surf breaking on the rocks, and blue sea under a pale sky.

Rockbound Coast, Cape Ann

Cullen Yates, 1900

Painting of a stone village church and cemetery with crosses under a heavy cloudy sky, in muted ochre tones.

Village Church and Cemetery, Brittany

Frank Edwin Scott, 1920

Portrait of a woman with auburn bobbed hair in a white blouse and dark vest against a pink striped background.

The Pearl

Allen Tucker, 1920

Painting of a choppy harbor with a sailboat, a small island, and a distant city skyline under a grey sky.

Untitled (Harbor Scene)

James Hamilton, 1800

Half-length oil portrait of a man with brown hair in a dark coat and high white collar against a dark background.

Self-Portrait

John Goffe Rand, 1800

Full-length portrait of a woman in white satin holding white lilies, with dark drapery and a pale curtain behind her.

Alice Barney in White Satin

Hubert Vos, 1890

Painting of a dense tropical jungle with tall trees, a dirt path, small figures with a dog, and monkeys in branches.

Javanese Jungle

Javanese Raden Saleh, 1860

Oil portrait of a man in a dark blue uniform with gold braid, seated in a red chair holding a leather book.

Colonel William Shakespeare King

William Shakespeare King, 1820

Painted portrait of a young man with dark hair in a dark suit and tie, head bowed, against a brown background.

Portrait de Jeune Homme

Frank Edwin Scott, 1920

Full-length oil portrait of a standing man in red turban and white robes, with domed buildings and palms behind him.

Hindu Man

Antonion Zeno Shindler, 1890

Full-length painting of a standing shirtless Samoan man with a red flower in his hair before a thatched hut and woven mat wal

Samoan Man

Antonion Zeno Shindler, 1880

Painting of a colorful garden with a bending figure, flower beds, cypress trees and bold orange and blue foliage.

Garden

H. Lyman Saÿen, 1910

Robed monks in a pale arched cloister with cypress trees beyond, and a fresco of haloed angels on the wall.

Inspiration Chretienne

Pierre Cécile Puvis de Chavannes, 1880

Bust-length portrait of a white-haired, bearded man in a dark jacket and white collar against a dark background.

Henry Ward Ranger

Albert Neuhuys, 1890

Impressionist painting of a moored sailboat before twin church towers and harbor buildings under a hazy orange sky.

Ships at Anchor, Cherbourg no. II

Frank Edwin Scott, 1920

Woman in blue drape harvesting apples into a basket while a child sits on a white cloth beside her in a garden.

Recolte des Pommes

Pierre Cécile Puvis de Chavannes, 1890

Painting of a Venetian canal with gondolas, a tall brick bell tower, a stone arched bridge and palaces under a blue sky.

Scene on the Grand Canal, Venice

Canaletto, 1700