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Painting of waves breaking on a dark rock under a stormy green night sky with a bright moonlit cloud break.

Great Silas at Night

Robert C. Minor, 1890

Panoramic painting of a valley with rocky outcrops, distant hills, dark trees in the foreground, and a small village under cl

Valley of Cuernavaca

Thomas Moran, 1900

Painting of a colorful garden with a potted conical plant, a curved pond, orange and green trees, and a small house.

Landscape with Pond--Newman's Yard

Carl Newman, 1910

Painting of three men in a small sailboat battling rough waves under a dark stormy sky with seagulls overhead.

Riding out a Gale

Edward Moran, 1880

Loose painting of a reclining nude woman on white drapery beside a seated figure, with red curtains and scattered gold coins.

Payment of Zeus

Carl Marr, 1930

Loose brushwork painting of green shrubs and grey boulders on a rocky shore, with white surf and deep blue sea beyond.

Vine Clad Shore--Monhegan Island

George Bellows, 1910

Painting of a sunlit garden path under a blue trellis arbor, with a white house and green shrubs beyond.

Grape Arbor

H. Lyman Saÿen, 1910

Painting of pale sand dunes with green beach grass and shrubs under a cloudy sky, extending to a distant horizon.

Nantucket Sand Dune

C. Morgan McIlhenney, 1890

Painted portrait of a seated man in a dark suit and glasses holding an open book, against a black background.

Boris Alexandrovich Bakhmeteff, Russian Ambassador

Ossip Perelma, 1910

Painting of a seated woman weaving a geometric rug on an outdoor loom, with desert mesas and a hogan in the background.

Navajo Weaver

Carl Moon, 1940

Loose brown and ochre painting of a columned building, bare trees, utility poles and an open dusty plaza under a pale sky.

Chambre des Deputes no. II

Frank Edwin Scott, 1920

Washington and Lafayette

n.d S. Wehry, 1820

Dusky purple landscape with spiky dark forms under a pale sky crossed by a red streak of light.

The Sky Simulated by White Flamingoes study for book, Concealing Coloration in the Animal Kingdom

Abbott Handerson Thayer, 1900

Oil portrait of a young woman with upswept hair in a pink gown and green sash, resting on a ledge before a dark landscape.

Miss Kirkpatrick

George Romney, 1770

Portrait of a woman in a white dress with pearls, resting her hand on her cheek, with a red rose at her bodice.

Portrait of a Lady in White

Joshua Reynolds, 1760

Two women in dark cloaks stand on a balcony above a green Venetian canal with gondolas and a red sail.

Along the Riva

Eugene Laurent Vail, 1930

Painting of a woman in a white dress playing a grand piano in a paneled room with a potted flowering plant.

At the Piano

Theodore Robinson, 1880

Oil portrait of a woman with large dark hair coils, red shawl and gold earring, glancing over her shoulder against an ochre b

Quanq

Quang, 1890

Painting of Venice with colorful sailboats and figures on a sandy shore, a domed church and bell tower across calm water.

A View of Venice

Thomas Moran, 1890

Painting of a nude red-haired woman seated at an ornate gilt dressing table, lifting her hair before a mirror.

Nude Seated at Her Dressing Table

Frederick Carl Frieseke, 1900

Loose painting of a helmeted woman with spear standing in a chariot pulled by dark horses under a pale, cloudy sky.

Minerva in a Chariot

Abbott Handerson Thayer, 1890

Loose oil landscape with two dark trees, reddish rolling hills and a pale overcast sky by Henry Ossawa Tanner.

Untitled - Henry Ossawa Tanner, 1930

Henry Ossawa Tanner, 1930

Painting of a broad valley with a dirt road, cart, figure with cattle, church tower and dramatic cloudy sky.

Dedham Vale--Summer Morning

John Constable, 1800

Sunset landscape with a thatched house, palm trees, travelers on a dirt road, and distant mountains.

Forest and Native House

Javanese Raden Saleh, 1860

Oil portrait of a seated man in a black coat and white cravat holding folded papers, with red drapery and a column behind him

Joseph Ball

Christian Gullager, 1800

Painting of a red-roofed building framed by green trees and a foreground of red flowers under a hazy sky.

(Landscape with Red Roof Building)

Carl Newman, 1910

Oil portrait of a seated Native American man in feathered headdress and beaded necklace, holding a pipe, against a dark backg

Che-tan-ce-ta (Yellow Hawk)

Antonion Zeno Shindler, 1880

Full-length portrait of a standing man in a dark formal jacket with a pink sash and medals, beside a green draped table.

Siamese Man

Antonion Zeno Shindler, 1890

Oval oil portrait of a gray-haired man in a black suit and bow tie, seated in a red chair against a gray background.

Berniah Willet

John Mix Stanley, 1850

Woman in a yellow gown leans on a draped table by a silver ewer, looking toward a sunlit window with red curtains.

At the Window

William Rimmer, 1870