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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 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 H. 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

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

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

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

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

November

Dwight W. Tryon, 1900

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 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

Painting of a bearded man seated in an armchair reading a small book in a dim room lined with bookshelves.

Portrait of Sanford Saltus of New York

Frank Edwin Scott, 1920

Autumn woodland painting with golden trees over a still pond, a fallen log in the water, and two small figures on the right.

Bradbury's Mill Pond, no. 2

Henry Ward Ranger, 1900

Oil painting of a Chinese fishmonger with a wicker basket beside fish, lobster, mussels, and oysters on a dark background.

The Chinese Fishmonger

Theodore Wores, 1880

Painting of a rushing torrent over rocks through a misty valley with soft lavender and green hillsides.

The Torrent

John Henry Twachtman, 1900

Painting of Paris rooftops with red roofs and chimneys under dramatic grey and cream clouds, with a green tree at lower right

Rooftops and Clouds, Paris

H. Lyman Saÿen, 1910

Loose oil landscape of a sunlit meadow, dark trees and distant hills under a pale overcast sky.

Housatonic Valley

Alexander Helwig Wyant, 1880

Painting of moored fishing boats and masts along a pale wharf in a harbor, with buildings and a soft overcast sky behind.

Fishing Boats at Gloucester

John Henry Twachtman, 1900

Painting of a stone water mill with a turning wheel, a white waterfall, a wooden footbridge and leafy trees.

The Old Mill

John Kane, 1930

Painting of a Paris boulevard at dusk with bare trees, apartment buildings, pedestrians and a pale moon in a blue sky.

Boulevard St. Germain

Frank Edwin Scott, 1920

Oil painting of a three-masted sailing ship under full sail on rough sea at golden sunset, with a steamship in the distance.

Sailing Ship--off Coast of Maine

William E. Norton, 1870

Painting of a Gothic cathedral facade with pedestrians and a carriage crossing a pale open square under a grey sky.

Notre Dame no. III

Frank Edwin Scott, 1920

Painting of an elderly bald man with a long white beard, head bowed, wearing a green garment against a dark background.

Portrait of a Man

Benvenuto Tisi da Garofalo, 1400

Painting of a horse herd galloping across a grassy plain, with riders and dust clouds under a pale sky.

The Enemies' Horses

W. Herbert Dunton, 1920