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Painting of Notre Dame cathedral's twin towers and spire in hazy tan tones, with a bare tree, street lamp, and three figures

Notre Dame no. I

Frank Edwin Scott, 1920

Oil painting of a standing man in a white shirt and fur-trimmed embroidered vest beside a chair with draped textiles and a ha

Modern Greek

Antonio Zeno Shindler, 1890

Oil painting of fishing boats with sails tacking through rough waves toward a harbor town under stormy clouds.

Fishing Boats Beating up to Windward

Edward Moran, 1850

Oil painting of a bearded man in fur hat and yellow robe holding spears in a snowy landscape near a wooden cabin.

Lithuanian Man

Antonio Zeno Shindler, 1890

Dark painting of a glowing amber dusk sky over hills, with small reddish female figures in a shadowed landscape.

Dance of the Wood Nymphs

Albert Pinkham Ryder, 1840

Painting of a reclining nude woman with dark hair, rendered in loose brushwork against bright green, blue, and yellow fields.

Nude

Carl Newman, 1910

Painting of three nude women by a pond with water lilies, a dark treeline, and a yellow sunset sky.

Water Lilies

Walter Shirlaw, 1830

Painting of a nude woman reclining on a couch in a red-draped Orientalist interior, with a seated turbaned man and a servant.

Oriental Princess after the Bath

Miner Kilbourne Kellogg, 1860

Impressionist painting of women and a child in white dresses on a garden terrace beside blooming flower beds and a cottage.

On the Terrace

John Henry Twachtman, 1900

Painting of a colorful stylized garden with a curving path, bare trees, green lawn, and fields in red and yellow.

Décor Plat

H. Lyman Saÿen, 1910

Small oil sketch of a trading post and wharf buildings on pilings over water, with two rowboats, in evening light.

Trading Post and Wharf Buildings, Sitka, Evening

Theodore J. Richardson, 1910

Oil portrait of a seated woman in a white ruffled blouse and black trim, with a gold necklace, against a green background.

Mrs. Albert J. Myer (Catherine Walden)

George Peter Alexander Healy, 1870

Painting of Notre Dame's twin towers in yellow above a red bridge and dark river under a stormy sky.

Notre Dame

H. Lyman Saÿen, 1900

Painting of a young woman with dark hair in a pale blouse with pink trim, eyes lowered, hands resting on a green drape.

A Gentlewoman

J. Alden Weir, 1900

Painting of two women carrying water buckets on a Venetian quay, with children, a balustrade, and a distant domed church.

Water Carriers, Venice

Frank Duveneck, 1880

Portrait of a seated woman in pink silk gown and pearls holding a mandolin, against a dark curtain and pale sky.

Mary Hopkinson

Benjamin West, 1760

Oil portrait of a young woman with curled auburn hair in a white blouse and brown bodice, with red drapery behind her.

The Countess

Emanuel Gottlieb Leutze, 1830

Oil portrait of a young blonde girl in a green cloak and gold-embroidered gown against a dark red background.

Natalie at Ten

Carolus-Duran, 1880

Half-length portrait of a woman with curly hair, black lace veil and red brocade dress against a dark background.

Mrs. Thomas B. Bryan

George Peter Alexander Healy, 1850

Painting of a windmill and plowing farmer under a dramatic stormy sky with a large tree at left.

Windmill

Oil portrait of a seated woman in a red dress with clasped hands against a dark background.

Portrait of a Lady (Mrs. William B. Cabot)

Abbott Handerson Thayer, 1900

Painting of a pilgrim in red walking toward two glowing angels beneath a radiant cross in a stormy sky over rocky terrain.

The Pilgrim of the Cross at the End of His Journey (study for series, The Cross and the World)

Thomas Cole, 1840

Dark, fiery landscape with a lone pilgrim among fallen stone blocks, facing a distant horizon and snow-capped mountain.

The Pilgrim of the World at the End of His Journey (study for the series, The Cross and the World)

Thomas Cole, 1840

Painting of a stormy sea with breaking waves, dark cliffs, and an overturned reddish boat with a figure in the surf.

Lord Ullin's Daughter

Albert Pinkham Ryder, 1900

Painting of a storm-tossed ship with torn sails on dark waves, under a glowing sun behind swirling clouds.

Flying Dutchman

Albert Pinkham Ryder, 1880

Oil portrait of a young woman in a gold dress at a piano, with a boy in red velvet and a younger child holding a red book.

The Parmly Sisters

Thomas P. Rossiter, 1850

Painting of a winged white horse rising through golden clouds, watched by a kneeling figure and a draped woman on dark ground

Pegasus Departing

Albert Pinkham Ryder, 1900

Portrait of a man in a red headscarf and black feather, wearing silver gorgets, beaded necklaces and a decorated sash.

Os-ce-o-lá, The Black Drink, a Warrior of Great Distinction

George Catlin, 1830

Painting of mountain laurel blossoms spilling from a blue vase onto a table against a muted olive background.

Mountain Laurel

Charles Ethan Porter, 1880

Woman standing in a dim room speaking to a man leaning on a sunlit window sill with green trees outside.

One Day in June

William Thomas Smedley, 1880

Painting of a young woman in a bonnet and shawl with a greyhound, standing in a meadow of white wildflowers.

Young Girl and Dog

Percy Moran, 1890

Painting of a dirt road through coastal grass leading to a small house on dunes, with the sea and sails beyond.

Seconnet Point, Rhode Island

Worthington Whittredge, 1880

Painting of a sunlit courtyard with a horseback rider, a turbaned man reading a paper, merchants in a carved shop window, and

Hindu Merchants

Edwin Lord Weeks, 1880

Painting of a river curving past grassy bluffs, with a distant village of lodges and small figures on the cliff edge.

Distant View of the Mandan Village

George Catlin, 1830

Painting of jagged Sierra mountain peaks lit orange by sunrise, with shadowed forest and valley below.

Sunrise in the Sierras

Albert Bierstadt, 1870

Two women recline on a patterned divan beside a brass tray of roses and almonds, in an ornate interior.

Idle Hours

H. Siddons Mowbray, 1890

Painting of a sunny farmyard with thatched buildings, haystacks, a white cottage, and chickens foraging in a grassy field.

Brittany Farm

Arthur Wesley Dow, 1880

Painting of a woman in a purple dress and black hat reclining on a red sofa against a patterned wall.

The Purple Dress

William Glackens, 1910

Half-length portrait of a man in a black coat and white cravat holding a rolled paper against a dark background.

Gentleman of Squire Williams House

Erastus Salisbury Field, 1820

Painting of a sunlit rocky headland with sailing boats and rowboats in calm water under a clearing storm sky.

Clearing Storm at Gibraltar

Samuel Colman, 1850

Half-length portrait of a woman in a lace cap, dark green dress, and lace collar, hands folded in her lap.

Lady of Squire Williams House

Erastus Salisbury Field, 1820

Loose painting of horses and a man in a dark stable, with light from a window and an open doorway.

Stable at Cuenca

John Singer Sargent, 1900

Painting of a young woman in a pink skirt beside a brown and white cow among flowering shrubs in sunlight.

La Vachère

Theodore Robinson, 1880

Painting of a green river valley with rows of tepees, a fort beside the river, figures on a hill, and streaked clouds above.

Fort Union, Mouth of the Yellowstone River, 2000 Miles above St. Louis

George Catlin, 1830

Landscape painting of a calm river with trees, a rowboat with two figures, a canvas shelter, and a distant steamship.

Landscape with Campsite

Robert Seldon Duncanson, 1820

Painting of a single white magnolia blossom with green leaves against a dark background.

Magnolia

Charles Walter Stetson, 1890

Painting of a rocky cliff with trees beside dark water, a small sailboat, and a stormy sky with breaking light.

Lake Scene

Edward L. Custer, 1870

Hazy purple-toned painting of snowy mountain peaks rising above a calm lake and green forested shoreline.

Alaskan Coast Range

Albert Bierstadt, 1880

Painting of Lake Maggiore with mountains, drifting boats, a village shore and a cloud-filled blue sky.

Lago Maggiore

William Stanley Haseltine, 1860

Painting of two blue jays with spread wings over bright snow, with bare branches in front and a leafless wooded edge behind.

Blue Jays in Winter, study for book Concealing Coloration in the Animal Kingdom

Abbott Handerson Thayer, 1900

The Victorian Chair

Childe Hassam, 1900

Painting of a blue vase of white calla lilies, anemones and delphiniums on a sill, with a hillside village view beyond.

Bouquet in Window

Paul Rohland, 1933

Painting of a young woman in a dark cloak walking against strong wind on a dirt road under a stormy sky.

The Girl I Left Behind Me

Eastman Johnson, 1861

Oil painting of a Confederate soldier raising a white flag in a forest clearing, with a seated woman and a standing man besid

Surrender of a Confederate Soldier

Julian Scott, 1861

Painting of mouflon sheep in a wire-fenced pen beside a log shelter, with eucalyptus trees overhead.

Moufflon--Bobtailed Sheep

Josephine Joy, 1933

Abstract painting in black and olive with glowing yellow arcs, circles, and a bright orb near the center.

Idle Governor

Horatio C. Forjohn, 1933

Painting of a shirtless miner in a dark tunnel operating a pneumatic drill against a rough rock wall.

Gold Is Where You Find It

Tyrone Comfort, 1933

Painting of a potted cineraria with violet-edged white flowers on a lace doily before a window with blue curtains.

Cineraria

Josephine L. Reichmann, 1933

Painting of mounted officers reviewing lines of infantry with flags and a cannon on a caisson under a hazy sunset sky.

Review of Rhode Island and Maine Troops

James Walker, 1861

Standing officer in dark uniform beside a large cannon and draped American flag, painted in 1861.

The First Gun at Fort Sumter (Major Robert Anderson)

Alban Jasper Conant, 1861

Painting of a harbor with a suspension bridge, converging cables, dark blue water and a stormy sky in angular modernist style

Metropolitan Port

Joseph Stella, 1933

Painting of a seated woman in a red gown in an ornate room, with a prisoner behind bars at left and a figure with a candle at

Prisoner's Plea

Josephine Joy, 1933

Painting of a coal mine on a hillside with smokestacks, a steam locomotive, and red freight cars in muted purples.

At Madrid Coal Mine, New Mexico

Carl Redin, 1933

Painting of peacocks on a railing, in a tree, and displaying on a lawn beneath a weeping willow with a green bench.

Trysting at Evening

Josephine Joy, 1933