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Painting of a dark winter forest with bare trunks and branches, snow on the ground, and a pale glowing sky.

Brooding Silence

John F. Carlson, 1940

Painting of a dense bouquet of white, red and pink flowers on a table with a white cloth and gold drape.

Untitled (floral still life)

Edward Mitchell Bannister, 1820

Expressionist painting of a forest with arching red tree trunks, dark green foliage, and a pale path leading into the trees.

Red Tree

Marsden Hartley, 1910

Portrait of a man with a large hair wrap, beaded earrings, shell necklace, and fringed decorated shirt against a muted sky ba

Ha-wón-je-tah, One Horn, Head Chief of the Miniconjou Tribe

George Catlin, 1830

Half-length portrait of a man in a dark coat and white waistcoat, with a red brick farmhouse and hills behind him.

Captain Charles McKnight

Jacob Frymire, 1800

Painting of a naked toddler in beaded moccasins and necklaces holding a fur robe and arrows on a grassy plain.

Tcha-aés-ka-ding, Grandson of Buffalo Bull's Back Fat

George Catlin, 1830

Oil portrait of a young man with tousled brown hair, white cravat and dark coat, turned left against a black background.

Portrait of a Man

John Jackson, 1830

Painting of green rolling hills, red eroded bluffs, and a winding river under a pale sky with clouds.

Iron Bluff, 1200 Miles above St. Louis

George Catlin, 1830

Painting of a young boy with feathered headdress, beaded necklaces and red leggings, holding arrows beside palm trees and a r

Osceola Nick-a-no-chee, a Boy

George Catlin, 1840

Painting of rounded yellow clay bluffs beside a winding river and green plain under a pale sky with streaked clouds.

Clay Bluffs, Twenty Miles above the Mandans

George Catlin, 1830

Oil portrait of a young girl with long hair and a white hair bow against a dark brown background.

Infanta

Alice Pike Barney, 1880

Painting of a standing man with a painted red torso, holding a bow, beside a wooden lodge and distant trees.

Aih-no-wa, The Fire, a Fox Medicine Man

George Catlin, 1830

Loose oil study of a woman with blonde hair, eyes lowered, in a yellow blouse against a green background.

Study of Head

Alice Pike Barney, 1920

Half-length oil portrait of a man with a mustache, dark suit and white stock against a dark brown background.

The White Stock

Alice Pike Barney, 1900

Painting of cattle grazing in a flowery meadow beside large trees under a cloudy sky.

Untitled (landscape with cattle grazing)

Edward Mitchell Bannister, 1890

Full-length portrait of a woman in a pale blue gown with gold sash against a dark background, painted in loose brushwork.

Portrait of Dorothy Wagstaff

Robert Henri, 1910

Painted portrait of a seated man in a red turban holding a lacrosse stick, with a beaded belt and face paint.

Tul-lock-chísh-ko, Drinks the Juice of the Stone

George Catlin, 1830

Painting of a dark-haired woman seated sideways on a green stool, draped in pale blue cloth, against a grey background.

Study of a Seated Woman

Alice Pike Barney, 1900

Oil still life of grapes, melon, orange, pomegranate, a wine glass and a dark flask on a white cloth.

Still Life

Edward Mitchell Bannister, 1820

Half-length oil portrait of a woman in a white gown and powdered curled wig, with a dark landscape and tree behind her.

Mrs. Abington

John Hoppner, 1810

Seated man in a white robe with red stripes, feathered headdress and red face paint, against a hazy landscape.

L'har-e-tar-rúshe, Ill-natured Man, a Skidi (Wolf) Pawnee

George Catlin, 1830

Painting of mounted riders racing across a grassy plain while feathered spectators watch near a flagpole under a cloudy sky.

Horseracing on a Course Behind the Mandan Village

George Catlin, 1830

Painting of rolling hills at sunset with a tipi and campfire smoke among trees at lower right.

Indians Encamping at Sunset, Upper Missouri

George Catlin, 1830

Small painting of a seated man and standing woman in a dark rural landscape under a grey stormy sky.

Repose

Edward Mitchell Bannister, 1820

Dark silhouetted tree under a glowing yellow and green sunset sky, with a dirt road and two small figures below.

River Landscape at Sunset

David Johnson, 1890

South Side of Buffalo Island, Showing Buffalo Berries in the Foreground

South Side of Buffalo Island, Showing Buffalo Berries in the Foreground

George Catlin, 1830

View of the Temple of Peace in the Roman Forum

View of the Temple of Peace in the Roman Forum

George Loring Brown, 1860

Oil landscape of a fisherman by a still pool, a waterfall, trees, and distant snowy mountains under a dramatic sky.

Landscape with Stream and Mountains

Thomas Doughty, 1830

Composition, Italian Scenery

Composition, Italian Scenery

George Loring Brown, 1840

Blackbird's Grave, a Back View, Prairies Enameled with Flowers

Blackbird's Grave, a Back View, Prairies Enameled with Flowers

George Catlin, 1830

Painting of a stormy grey coastline with a bare tree, a red-roofed house, and two sailboats on calm water.

Landscape near Newport, R. I.

Edward Mitchell Bannister, 1870

Painting of a figure in a bear-fur headdress and fringed robe holding a spear and red shield against a hazy background.

Medicine Man, Performing His Mysteries over a Dying Man

George Catlin, 1830

Painting of two cows grazing on a path through a dark forest, with a standing figure near a sunlit clearing.

Untitled (cows on path in forest)

Edward Mitchell Bannister, 1880

Charcoal drawing of a Hopi dwelling interior with women grinding corn, a child at a window, and a man smoking in a doorway.

Interior of a Hopi Dwelling

William Henry Jackson

Painting of nude figures in a violent struggle on a grassy plain, with bloodied bodies scattered in the background.

Mandan Scalping an Enemy

George Catlin, 1830

Painting of two bearded men in robes seated in a dim interior, one gesturing, beside a window with a green landscape.

Visit of Nicodemus to Christ

John La Farge, 1880

Portrait of a man in a feathered patterned headband and fur chest ornament, holding a studded shield.

I-an-be-w'ah-dick, Male Caribou, a Brave

George Catlin, 1830

Two hunters on snowshoes chase bison across a snowy plain beneath a pale winter sky, with frosted trees behind.

Assiniboine Indians Pursuing Buffalo on Snowshoes

George Catlin, 1840

Painting of grassy dunes under a cloudy sky, with a wooden fence, small houses, and a distant sailboat on the horizon.

Cape Cod, Provincetown, Massachusetts

Herman Hartwich, 1890

Standing man in fur robe holds a red-streamered spear against a cloudy blue sky and green plain.

Shoo-de-gá-cha, The Smoke, Chief of the Tribe

George Catlin, 1830

Hazy pastel landscape of a misty river, young trees with yellow and red foliage, and rolling hills beyond.

Misty May Morn

John Henry Twachtman, 1890

Oil portrait of a seated woman in a white silk gown with lace cuffs, resting her arm on a ledge before a tree and sky.

Portrait of Lucy Parry, Wife of Admiral Parry

John Wollaston, 1740

Still life painting of a straw hat, scarves, flowers in a green vase, and a crystal candelabra on a reflective table.

Furbelows

Albert Edward Sterner, 1940

Impressionist painting of a waterfall pouring over a purple rock cliff, with misty turquoise and lavender tones.

Niagara Falls

John Henry Twachtman, 1890

Oil portrait of an older man with spectacles and a mustache, in a dark suit, against a deep red background.

Ralph Cross Johnson

Ernest Moore, 1900

Painting of a woman riding a white donkey on a sandy path through a meadow of white and blue wildflowers.

The Flight into Egypt

George Hitchcock, 1890

Painting of a bay horse with white socks standing beside a stone trough before a stone wall, under a cloudy sky.

Portrait of Lexington

Thomas J. Scott, 1850

Muted evening landscape of tidal flats and reflective water channels beneath a glowing cloudy sky, with a dark embankment at

Evening on the Thames

Homer Dodge Martin, 1870

Impressionist landscape of a white church steeple behind dense green shrubs and sunlit fields under a pale sky.

Old Church at Giverny

Theodore Robinson, 1890

Portrait of a Woman (Miss Gertrude Bloede)

Portrait of a Woman (Miss Gertrude Bloede)

Abbott Handerson Thayer, 1880

Muted autumn landscape with bare trees, rust-colored shrubs and a hazy yellow sky, painted in soft brushwork.

November

Dwight William Tryon, 1900

Oil portrait of a bearded man in a dark suit and waistcoat against a warm brown background.

Major John Wesley Powell

Henry Ulke, 1880

Painting of slender birch trees beside a stream under a warm golden autumn canopy.

The Birches of the Catskills

Worthington Whittredge, 1870

Painting of a hazy city street with pedestrians, a bare tree, classical columns and a carriage in warm ochre tones.

La Madeleine no. III

Frank Edwin Scott, 1920

Painting of sunlit riverside buildings and a church tower above moored boats and reflective water under a cloudy sky.

St. Gervais

Frank Edwin Scott, 1920

Painting of a columned doorway with gold mosaic arches, worn steps and an open dark wooden door.

Doorway (San Marco, Venice)

José Villegas Cordero, 1890

Hazy yellow-green landscape with a pond, meadow and trees along a wooded edge under a glowing sky.

Spring

Alexander Helwig Wyant, 1830

Painting of a lion on a sandy desert ridge at sunset, with another lion behind it and reddish hills in the distance.

Lions in the Desert

Henry Ossawa Tanner, 1900

Painting of a standing nude woman with a raised hand against angular orange, brown, and cream geometric shapes.

Nude

Alfred H. Maurer, 1920

Oil portrait of a seated young boy in dark velvet reading a book beside a vase of white and pink flowers.

James Buchanan Johnston

Harper Pennington, 1880

Painted portrait of a seated man with red feathered headdress, silver necklaces, fur collar and axe, against a dark backgroun

Keokuk (The Watchful Fox)

Antonio Zeno Shindler, 1890

Full-length portrait of a standing man in a fringed geometric blanket and feathered headdress, with totem poles behind him.

Tlinkit Indian

Antonio Zeno Shindler, 1890

Oil portrait of a seated woman in black dress and lace veil, hand on a gilded chair, holding a book.

Portrait of a Lady

James Peale, 1810

Painting of a dusky Paris bridge with a horse-drawn carriage, pedestrians, and tall buildings under a cloudy sky.

L' Heure Bleu a Paris

Frank Edwin Scott, 1920