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Painting of bison bulls in a muddy wallow on green prairie, with a herd grazing up rolling hills under a pale sunset sky.

Buffalo Bulls in a Wallow

George Catlin, 1830

Painting of mounted riders with bows and lances chasing a bison herd across green rolling prairie hills.

Buffalo Chase over Prairie Bluffs

George Catlin, 1830

Painting of a bison bull surrounded by pale wolves on a green plain, with rolling hills and a pale sky behind.

Wounded Buffalo Bull Surrounded by White Wolves

George Catlin, 1830

Painting of Sioux men performing a war dance around a campfire before a row of tipis, with spectators watching under a cloudy

War Dance, Sioux

George Catlin, 1840

Painting of five cows grazing on a grassy hill beside trees, with a river and overcast sky in the background.

Untitled (five cows grazing with trees and river in background)

Edward Mitchell Bannister, 1820

Painting of riders and dogs with travois racing across a green plain toward distant hills under a pale sky.

Comanche Moving Camp, Dog Fight Enroute

George Catlin, 1830

Portrait of a man with red and black painted face and body, wearing a metal neck ring and armbands, against a cloudy sky.

I-o-wáy, One of Black Hawk's Principal Warriors

George Catlin, 1830

Painting of a woman in a floral dress leaning on a chair back against a muted background, with loose brushwork.

Spanish Senorita

Alice Pike Barney, 1920

Loose pastel portrait of a woman in a flowing green dress and floral headdress against a hatched ochre background.

Ruth St. Denis

Alice Pike Barney, 1910

Oil portrait of a blond man with an upturned mustache, wearing a red shirt against an olive and brown background.

Blond Man

Alice Pike Barney, 1930

Portrait of a Man

Jacob Eichholtz, 1800

Painting of armored horsemen thrown into turmoil under a beam of light from a stormy sky, with a fallen man in a red cloak.

The Conversion of Saul

n.d Simeon Griswold, 1850

Oil portrait of a man in a feathered headdress, fringed shirt and red blanket, against a blue cloudy sky.

Na-pów-sa, Bear Traveling at Night, a Chief

George Catlin, 1830

Oil portrait of a young woman in a large black plumed hat and white lace-collared blouse against a brown background.

Laura Alice in Big Hat

Alice Pike Barney, 1890

Oil portrait of a young woman in a white headwrap and cravat, wearing a dark jacket against a dark background.

Portrait of a Girl

Painting of a woman in a white hide dress with a girl at her side, tipis and a child with a bow behind them.

Assiniboin Woman and Child

George Catlin, 1830

Painting of a bison bull with a shaggy dark mane standing on green prairie grass under a cloudy sky.

Buffalo Bull, Grazing on the Prairie

George Catlin, 1830

A Choctaw Woman

George Catlin, 1830

Portrait of a Woman

Jacob Eichholtz, 1800

Oil portrait of a woman with dark upswept hair and a large white ruff collar against a brown background.

Portrait of Frances C. Houston

Thomas Dewing, 1880

Painting of a farmer carrying a tool along a path under large trees toward a farmhouse across a sunlit field.

Homeward

Edward Mitchell Bannister, 1890

Painting of Indigenous warriors in a grassy plain with a ravine, some drawing bows and others lying wounded on the ground.

Mandan Attacking a Party of Arikara

George Catlin, 1830

Oil portrait of a young boy with dark bobbed hair, head bowed, wearing a brown top over a white collar.

Study Head of a Boy

Alice Pike Barney, 1930

Painting of hanging dead ducks, a game bag, hunting horn and letter on a weathered green wooden door.

Cabin Door Still Life

Richard La Barre Goodwin, 1910

Painting of figures with shields dancing around a fire beside tall tipis on an open plain under a pink-clouded sky.

Smoking the Shield

George Catlin, 1830

Painting of a wide muddy river lined by dark forest, with driftwood floating on the water under a pale sky.

View on the Missouri, Alluvial Banks Falling in, 600 Miles above St. Louis

George Catlin, 1830

Young man in dark coat writing at a cluttered table of books, with plaster statues and an easel in a dim studio interior.

Portrait of Godfrey Frankenstein

John Frankenstein, 1840

Painting of an elderly bearded man with a bald head, head bowed, against a dark background.

St. Luke

Edward Mitchell Bannister, 1860

Oil portrait of a smiling girl with curly hair wearing a large black hat and white ruffled blouse against a dark background.

Laura at Seven

Carolus-Duran, 1880

Half-length portrait of a man with long dark hair in a fringed, beaded hide shirt against a cloudy sky.

Chá-tee-wah-née-che, No Heart, Chief of the Wah-ne-watch-to-nee-nah Band

George Catlin, 1830

Painting of a dark sunset landscape with a crescent moon, bare trees, a dirt road and a farmhouse silhouetted against glowing

Untitled (sunset with quarter moon and farmhouse)

Edward Mitchell Bannister, 1880

Gold-ground panel of the Descent from the Cross, with a man lowering Christ's body while mourners and a bishop look on.

Descent from the Cross

Stefano d'Antonio di Vanni, 1400

Painting of a brick house with a red roof beside a calm river, framed by trees and reflected in the water.

Edge of a Stream

Eliphalet Frazer Andrews, 1910

Eé-shah-kó-nee, Bow and Quiver, First Chief of the Tribe

George Catlin, 1830

Loose oil landscape of a steam train crossing a stone bridge over a river, framed by green trees and hills under clouds.

Train

Edward Mitchell Bannister, 1880

Painting of bison herd on rolling green hills with three rifle-carrying hunters in the foreground under a blue sky.

Batiste, Bogard, and I Approaching Buffalo on the Missouri

George Catlin, 1830

Painted men in a crouching dance formation hold spears and bows on a plain, with a standing woman and a mountain behind them.

Dance to the Berdash

George Catlin, 1830

Moonlit landscape with a glowing moon behind clouds, rolling hills, dark evergreen trees and a lone pine at night.

Gathering Mists

Charles Warren Eaton, 1900

Loose painting of white and red poppies among green foliage in a garden, with dark trees behind.

Poppies

Eliphalet Frazer Andrews, 1910

Painting of a rocky coastline with dark green cliffs, white surf, and a turbulent pale sky above the sea.

Sun and Storm

Paul Dougherty, 1900

Half-length portrait of a man in a red turban, face paint, dark coat and fringed sash against a muted sky.

Bód-a-sin, Chief of the Tribe

George Catlin, 1830

Painting of two tree trunks with exposed roots and a green canopy, with shrubs and a stream in the background.

Trees beside a Stream

Eliphalet Frazer Andrews, 1910

Oil portrait of a woman with long dark wavy hair, beaded necklaces, and a fringed garment with metal discs.

Tchón-su-móns-ka, Sand Bar, Wife of the Trader François Chardon

George Catlin, 1830

Painting of a mountain valley with smokestacks and buildings, large boulders and pine trees in the foreground, under a cloudy

Leadville, Colorado

n.d Harriet A. Harris, 1880

Laura at Fifteen

Alice Pike Barney, 1890

The Fur Coat

Alice Pike Barney, 1890

Night scene of a dance around a fire with feathered dancers, torches, tipis, and onlookers under a moonlit sky.

Scalp Dance, Sioux

George Catlin, 1840

Painting of a small glowing cabin with a dark roof framed by trees under a pale evening sky.

The Old Homestead

Edward Mitchell Bannister, 1820

Painting of a dense tree cluster with a lone figure walking a dirt path beside fallen branches under a cloudy sky.

Untitled (landscape, woodcutter on path)

Edward Mitchell Bannister, 1870

Blonde Studio Model

Alice Pike Barney, 1930

Loose painting of a sunlit woodland with tall trees, leafy canopy, and a shaded pond edge with reeds.

Wooded Landscape

Samuel Isham, 1910

Oil portrait of a man in a red feathered headdress, face paint, shell necklace and yellow shirt, holding a pipe.

No-way-ke-sug-ga

Alexander Davis Cooper, 1840

Two women at night: a sleeping woman beside a crescent moon, and a standing woman holding a glowing star under a starry sky.

Night and Her Daughter Sleep

Mary L. Macomber, 1900

Watercolor of a doctor examining a shirtless man's arm while other men wait nearby and a seated man holds a paper.

Physical Examination

Forrest Flower, 1900

Painting of a dusky landscape with a rider on a dirt road, trees at left, and bright clouds over a sunset horizon.

Untitled (landscape, man on horse)

Edward Mitchell Bannister, 1880

Dusky rural landscape with a woman herding cattle and sheep along a dirt road toward farmhouses under tall trees.

Untitled (woman with cattle and sheep at dusk)

Edward Mitchell Bannister, 1820

Wa-ho-béck-ee, a Handsome Brave

George Catlin, 1830

Oil portrait of an older man with gray hair, mustache and eyeglasses in a dark suit against a teal and cream background.

Portrait of H. Siddons Mowbray

Henry Salem Hubbell, 1910

Painting of a red-roofed villa framed by tall cypress trees and dense garden shrubs behind a stone wall, under a cloudy sky.

Untitled - Carroll Beckwith, 1910

Carroll Beckwith, 1910

Painting of a forested valley with a pond, cliffs, a distant mountain, and two small figures under a cloudy sky.

Cumberland Mountain Hunters

Samuel M. Lee, 1830

Painting of a man in a feathered headdress pulling a lasso to restrain a wild horse on an open plain.

Breaking Down the Wild Horse

George Catlin, 1830

Oil painting of eroded ochre clay hills beside a winding river, with flat-topped bluffs in the distance under a pale sky.

View in the Big Bend of the Upper Missouri

George Catlin, 1830

Painting of a seated ballerina in a pale tutu and pink slippers, set against a dark interior background.

Ballerine

Alice Pike Barney, 1890

Night rural scene with red barn, white house, utility pole with glowing light, and dark sky above a road.

Bright Light at Russell's Corners

George Ault, 1940