New: Artnap New Tab for Chrome. A museum painting in every new tab. Add to Chrome

Smithsonian American Art Museum

2,230 works

Featured

Filters

Color

Shape

Century

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

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

Loose oil study of a haloed, bearded Christ figure with open arms in a red robe, set before a green landscape and cloudy sky.

Study for "Christ"

Kenyon Cox, 1900

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

Watercolor study of a green caterpillar on a branch among serrated leaves, labeled Fig. 2.

Lunar Caterpillar, study for book Concealing Coloration in the Animal Kingdom

Abbott Handerson Thayer, 1920

Painted design study with classical figures for library wall bays, showing Apollo, Pallas, Hephaestus and Hermes in arched pa

Sketches for a Decoration of a Private Library "B"

Kenyon Cox, 1890

Watercolor of a standing man in a feathered hat and green cape beside a marble staircase and patterned rug.

Study of a Courtier

Carlo Randanini, 1870

Watercolor study of a green lobed oak leaf with brown patches, holes and a red stem on cream paper.

Oligocentra Lignicolor, Walker, study for book Concealing Coloration in the Animal Kingdom

Abbott Handerson Thayer

Three arched panels stacked vertically showing a hunter with a dog, a herder with a cow, and a farmer with a sickle and sheav

The Progress of Civilization: Hunting, Herding, Agriculture (mural study, State Capitol, Des Moines, Iowa)

Kenyon Cox, 1900

Watercolor study of two green caterpillars camouflaged among pine needles on a branch.

Pine-Tuft Caterpillar, study for book Concealing Coloration in the Animal Kingdom

Gerald H. Thayer

Watercolor study of a green caterpillar on a pale leaf against a dark background, by Abbott Handerson Thayer.

Heterocampa Biundata, Walker, study for book Concealing Coloration in the Animal Kingdom

Abbott Handerson Thayer, 1920

Study for Mural for Appellate Court Building, New York; "Statute Law", Helmet for Figure of "Force"

Study for Mural for Appellate Court Building, New York; "Statute Law", Helmet for Figure of "Force"

Kenyon Cox, 1890

Watercolor study of an elderly man in a worn green coat and brown trousers, head bowed, against a pale background.

Study of an Old Man

Giuseppe Signorini, 1930

Watercolor study of a ragged green leaf with a dark caterpillar on its edge and a detailed inset of the creature.

Crumpled Leaf Caterpillar, study for book Concealing Coloration in the Animal Kingdom

Emma Beach Thayer

Watercolor of a dark sphinx caterpillar and a curled brown dead leaf on a green plant stem with serrated leaves.

Curled Dead Leaf Mimicking Sphinx Caterpillar, study for book Concealing Coloration in the Animal Kingdom

Gerald H. Thayer, 1920

Loose painting of a woman in a pale robe beside pale animals in a warm, ochre-lit interior room.

Study for the Annunciation

Henry Ossawa Tanner, 1890

Two circular allegorical paintings on gold ground: a seated man with a sword labeled Government, and a seated woman with a gl

Study for mosaic in the Wisconsin State Capital "Government and Liberty"

Kenyon Cox, 1910

Watercolor of a misty marsh shoreline with smoke rising from the distant bank and reflections in still water.

Sketch on the Potomac

Lorenzo J. Hatch, 1880

Watercolor study of a branch with long green eucalyptus-like leaves and reddish stems on cream paper.

Plant Study

Solon H. Borglum, 1920

Seated allegorical figure of Justice holding scales, framed by lions, laurel, and a gold roundel with braided border.

Study for Mosaic, Wisconsin State Capital, "Justice"

Kenyon Cox, 1910

Watercolor landscape of a dirt road through a meadow with wildflowers and dark trees under a cloudy sky.

Landscape Sketch

De Lancey Gill, 1930

Painting of two harnessed oxen and a young boy in a golden field beside a haystack.

Sketch for The Harvesters

Herman Hartwich, 1900

Oval study of Mercury offering a purse to a seated crowned woman in red drapery, with a billowing yellow cloth against a clou

Study for Mural at U.S. Custom House, Cleveland, OH, "Passing Commerce Pays Tribute to the Port of Cleveland"

Kenyon Cox, 1900

Watercolor of a man sleeping on his side with his head on his arm, wearing a white shirt on rumpled white sheets.

Portrait Study

Thomas La Farge, 1930

Loose painted sketch of a boy with a satchel beside a tree in a sunlit green garden with white blossoms.

Study for the Bagpipe Lesson

Henry Ossawa Tanner, 1890

Oil study of a seated nude woman with one arm raised, against dark green foliage and a white drape on grass.

Study for "Evening"

Kenyon Cox, 1880

Oil study of a laurel-crowned woman in white drapery and a bare-chested man beside a glowing urn under a cloudy sky.

Study for "Science Instructing Industry"

Kenyon Cox, 1890

Study for a mosaic showing a bearded seated figure with a book and pen in a gold roundel, labeled Legislation.

Study for Mosaic, Wisconsin State Capital, "Legislation"

Kenyon Cox, 1910

Oil study of a white drapery strip stretched diagonally over a textured earth-toned ground, with a brown oval beneath.

Study for Drapery of "Pursuit of the Ideal"

Kenyon Cox, 1890

Loose watercolor of a stormy landscape with blue mountains, a dark tree in the foreground and green and ochre hills.

Untitled (Summer Landscape)

Ida Josephine Burgess