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Painting of hunters on snowshoes chasing a bison herd across a snowy valley under a pale winter sky.

Buffalo Chase in Winter, Indians on Snowshoes

George Catlin, 1830

Painting of a winding river through green prairie with rounded hills, trees in the foreground, and a pale cloudy sky.

View of the Junction of the Red River and the False Washita, in Texas

George Catlin, 1830

Painting of two nude nymphs resting by a pond in a dark green wooded landscape with a tan cliff and teal sky.

Nymphs Sleeping

Louis Eilshemius, 1920

Painting of a sunlit dry coastline with a deep blue sea, a rocky headland, scrubby bushes, and a small white building.

Shore with Blue Sea

Eleanor Harris, 1940

Painting of mounted warriors with lances galloping across grassland past trees under a cloudy sky.

Comanche War Party, Mounted on Wild Horses

George Catlin, 1830

Painted scene of a Choctaw ball-play dance with dancers in red loincloths on a grassy field, rolling hills behind.

Ball-play Dance, Choctaw

George Catlin, 1830

Painting of a family beside a tipi on open prairie, alarmed by a distant line of fire and smoke with riders galloping nearby.

Indian Family Alarmed at the Approach of a Prairie Fire

George Catlin, 1840

Painting of a fantastical rock castle on a green hill above a river, with two deer and a bow-drawing archer.

Landscape with Castles and Deer

n.d M. A. Hall, 1870

Painting of a valley village with red roofs, green hills, a winding path and a small figure under a swirling blue sky.

Untitled Landscape

Preston Dickinson, 1910

Painting of a dark hillside with trees beside a coast, under a glowing ochre and brown sunset sky.

Sunset, Navarro Ridge, California Coast

Ralph Albert Blakelock, 1870

Painting of many running and wrestling players in a field between wooden goal posts, with rolling green hills behind.

Ball-play of the Choctaw--ball up

George Catlin, 1830

Bison herd on a grassy plain with two hunters crawling under white wolf skins in the foreground.

Catlin and His Indian Guide Approaching Buffalo under White Wolf Skins

George Catlin, 1840

Painting of slender autumn trees with golden leaves beside a rail fence, under a misty grey sky.

The Fall Season

Bruce Crane, 1930

Painting of a brown hillside coastline with a blue cove, white surf, and a winding dirt road under a pale sky.

Yankee Point

Edward Bruce, 1930

Painting of a village of red and pink roofed houses among green trees and bushes, rendered in bold, energetic brushstrokes.

Houses and Landscape

Preston Dickinson, 1910

Painted design study with classical figures for library wall bays, showing Apollo, Pallas, Hephaestus and Hermes in arched pa

Sketches for a Decoration of a Private Library "B"

Kenyon Cox, 1890

Buffalo Cow, Grazing on the Prairie

George Catlin, 1830

Painting of feathered mounted warriors with shields and spears riding across grassland with trees under a cloudy sky.

Comanche War Party on the March, Fully Equipped

George Catlin, 1840

Grayscale painting of Indigenous people in feathered headdresses walking and riding horses across open grassland.

Indians Migrating

Alexander F. Harmer, 1920

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

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 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

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

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