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Painting of a steamboat with barges and rowboats on a calm river beneath mountains and dramatic storm clouds.

Storm King on the Hudson

Samuel Colman, 1860

Nude woman holding a glass sphere while a child reaches up to it on a terrace above a dusky mountain landscape.

Illusions

Henry Brown Fuller, 1900

Abstract landscape with a dark sun over yellow and orange layered sky, wavy blue and green hills, and brown earth below.

Sun

Arthur Dove, 1940

Painting of a mounted warrior with a black horse raising a feathered lance across a prairie landscape.

Ko-rak-koo-kiss, a Towoccono Warrior

John Mix Stanley, 1840

Painting of rolling green hills with red earth foreground, small figures on a path, and a heavy grey sky.

Mountain Forms #2

Victor Higgins, 1920

Painted portrait of a standing warrior holding a feathered war club, wearing a fur robe, red headdress and beaded jewelry.

Om-pah-tón-ga, Big Elk, a Famous Warrior

George Catlin, 1830

Painting of seated men in a circle around fires and cooking pots, with two large tipis and a feathered ceremonial pole behind

Sioux Dog Feast

George Catlin, 1830

Portrait of a woman in a dark green dress with a lace collar, holding a small red book, against a dark red background.

Portrait of Helen (Lena) Ten Broeck

Ammi Phillips, 1830

Painting of a red stagecoach on a dirt road beside a white cottage with poplar trees, hills and clouds behind.

Landscape with Stagecoach

Henry Boese, 1850

Portrait of a standing man in a red embroidered coat holding a hat, with a desk and ships visible through a window.

Don José Mas Ferrer

José Campeche y Jordán, 1790

Two riders on brown horses at a white gate, where a woman in a dark shawl holds it open beneath a tree.

Callers

Walter Ufer, 1920

Lady in White (No. 2)

Thomas Dewing, 1910

Full-length portrait of a standing woman in beaded bodice, layered necklaces, patterned shawl and red leggings, with a landsc

Wife of Kee-o-kúk

George Catlin, 1830

Painting of a winged figure supporting a flower-crowned woman beside a water edge under a crescent moon.

The Cup of Death

Elihu Vedder, 1910

Painted portrait of a seated man in a blue fringed jacket, red zigzag sash and feathered headdress, against a muted backgroun

Há-tchoo-túc-knee, Snapping Turtle, a Half-breed

George Catlin, 1830

Two young men in feathered headdresses and red leggings, one playing a flute and one holding a painted staff, on grassland.

Two Young Men

George Catlin, 1830

Woman in grey dress holding a glass vase with a pink flower beside a sunlit window and a white pitcher.

June

John White Alexander, 1910

Painting of green and red aurora over icy hills and a two-masted ship on frozen water at night.

Aurora Borealis

Frederic Edwin Church, 1860

Painting of a dark fishing boat tossed by rough blue waves, with small figures aboard and bright light on the horizon.

Fishermen at Sea

Henry Ossawa Tanner, 1910

Painting of two women in a misty green meadow beneath a band of trees, one seated in blue and one standing in a dark dress.

The Hermit Thrush

Thomas Dewing, 1890

Painting of the Nativity: Mary and Joseph tend the infant Jesus on straw while three angels float in clouds above.

La Natividad

José Campeche y Jordán, 1790

Oil portrait of a man with red face paint, feathered black headband, bone necklace and a long pipe across his lap.

Háw-che-ke-súg-ga, He Who Kills the Osages, Chief of the Tribe

George Catlin, 1830

Seated man in red blanket and feathered headdress holding a beaded shield, painted against a pale landscape.

Cler-mónt, First Chief of the Tribe

George Catlin, 1830

Woman with a hoe tending cabbages in a rural garden beside a fence and whitewashed buildings, painted in loose brushwork.

Novembre, Etaples

Walter Gay, 1880

Seated woman in a pale gown holding a necklace, beside a green vase in a muted green-toned interior.

The Necklace

Thomas Dewing, 1900

Painting of Corinthian column ruins by a bay, with a smoking volcano, sailboats, and two figures in the foreground.

Pompeii

Robert Seldon Duncanson, 1850

Painting of a dim interior: an older woman in black with lace collar faces several Black women in headscarves beside a brick

A Visit from the Old Mistress

Winslow Homer, 1870

Wife of The Six

George Catlin, 1830

Meach-o-shín-gaw, Little White Bear, a Distinguished Brave

George Catlin, 1830

Seated woman in black dress and white lace cap holding a book, with red drapery behind her, painted portrait.

Portrait of Mrs. Robinson

Ammi Phillips, 1810