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Oil painting of a snowy farmstead with a red house, barn, horse-drawn sleigh, figures and dogs under a dark winter sky.

Winter Scene in New Haven, Connecticut

George Henry Durrie, 1850

Three women in long dresses stand on a dusky green lawn under a crescent moon, painted in soft tonal brushwork.

In the Garden

Thomas Dewing, 1890

Landscape painting of ruined classical columns in foreground overlooking a bay with sailboats and a mountain under a cloudy s

Pompeii

Robert Seldon Duncanson, 1870

Full-length painting of a standing man in feathered headdress holding a spear, with shield and tomahawk, before a lodge.

A-wun-ne-wa-be, Bird of Thunder

George Catlin, 1840

Trompe l'oeil still life of letters, envelopes, newspaper and a portrait photo pinned under a red cord lattice on wood.

Rack Picture for William Malcolm Bunn

John Frederick Peto, 1880

Painted rural homestead with poplars, a pond, laundry on a picket fence, and women working in a field under a cloudy sky.

Long Island Homestead, Study from Nature

Andrew W. Warren, 1850

Bearded saint in brown robe holding a crucifix, with a palm frond, book, and star halo against a cloudy sky.

San Juan Nepomuceno

José Campeche y Jordán, 1790

Painting of tall birch trees in a sunlit forest glen with a fallen log and mossy rocks on the floor.

Woodland Glen

Asher Brown Durand, 1850

Autumn lake scene with wooded hills, a steamboat and sailboat, and figures on a rocky ledge in the foreground.

Greenwood Lake

Jasper Francis Cropsey, 1870

Painting of a standing man in feathered headdress and fringed robe holding a decorated lance, with a green landscape behind.

Máh-to-tóh-pa, Four Bears, Second Chief, in Full Dress

George Catlin, 1830

Painting of a woman in a mauve dress leaning toward a young girl in white as they look at an open book together.

An Interlude

William Sergeant Kendall, 1900

Painting of granite cliffs above pine trees reflected in a calm river in a valley.

Cathedral Rocks, Yosemite Valley

Albert Bierstadt, 1870

Still life painting of white and pink roses in a glass vase on a ceramic dish, with fallen petals on a stone ledge.

Roses

John Ferguson Weir, 1890

Painting of rocky desert mountains, a stone hut, a lone cypress, and two robed men resting in the foreground.

The Top of Mount Sinai with the Chapel of Elijah

Miner Kilbourne Kellogg, 1880

Oil self-portrait of a seated man in a striped sweater, with a carved mask and orange chair behind him.

Self-Portrait

Malvin Gray Johnson, 1930

Geometric painting of a red macaw and a white bird among bold blue, green, and black shapes with floral patterns.

The Thundershower

H. Lyman Saÿen, 1910

Seated man in red blanket with feathered spear, beaded moccasins and feather headband against a pale ochre background.

Elk-Foot of the Taos Tribe

Eanger Irving Couse, 1900

Seated man in red fez and white fustanella costume beside a hookah, with a sword and a distant hilltop view.

Portrait of John B. Carmac, in Greek Evzone Costume

Walter Gould, 1850

Oil painting of a tall waterfall between forested cliffs, with a river in the foreground under a warm, cloudy sky.

Waterfall on Mont-Morency

Robert Seldon Duncanson, 1860

Painting of a seated woman with long dark hair, red face paint, and layered blue and white bead necklaces.

Kah-béck-a, The Twin, Wife of Bloody Hand

George Catlin, 1830

Painting of a snow-capped volcano rising above dark slopes and rounded white clouds against a deep blue sky.

Popocatepetl, Spirited Morning-- Mexico

Marsden Hartley, 1930

Painting of two women in a sunlit interior, one seated playing a mandolin, the other standing in a rose dress by a window.

Music

Thomas Dewing, 1890

Painting of a figure with a basket fishing a rapid river among boulders and yellow shrubs, with pebbles in the foreground.

After Them

Walter Ufer, 1920

Painting of a river flowing through a valley between tall granite cliffs with pine trees and a hazy distant range.

Gates of the Yosemite

Albert Bierstadt, 1880

Painting of a fisher woman with a net and basket on a dune, holding a child in a red top under a windy grey sky.

Fisher Girl of Picardy

Elizabeth Nourse, 1880

Interior scene by a fireplace: a man sorting corn, a woman in a yellow apron, and a man reading a map of valuable lots.

The Speculator

Francis William Edmonds, 1850

Painting of two women in a grassy meadow with a flower basket, and a line of women holding hands in the distance.

Spring

Thomas Dewing, 1890

Painting of a young winged angel with white wings and a white gown against a pale blue background, gazing forward.

Angel

Abbott Handerson Thayer, 1880

Painting of a standing man with red face paint, feathered headdress, and two feathered fans against a pale prairie sky.

Mah-tó-he-ha, Old Bear, a Medicine Man

George Catlin, 1830

Portrait of a woman with braided hair, red face paint, and layered beaded necklaces against a soft cloudy sky.

Tís-se-wóo-na-tís, She Who Bathes Her Knees, Wife of the Chief

George Catlin, 1830