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Full-length painted portrait of a red-haired woman in a satin gown seated in a carved wooden armchair against a brown backgro

Evalina Palmer Sicilianos

Alice Pike Barney, 1910

Painting of feathered dancers with spears before red tipis, a seated drummer at right and a white dog in the foreground.

Dance of the Chiefs, Mouth of the Teton River

George Catlin, 1830

Painting of waves breaking on rocks under a golden sky, with gulls flying above a cliff and a distant buoy on the sea.

Rocky Seashore

Louis Eilshemius, 1940

Oil painting of a sunlit sand dune under blue sky, with pines, shrubs and dry grass in the foreground.

Cape Cod, Sand Dune

Herman Hartwich, 1890

Painting of two seated men talking under a rustic porch while a standing man and geese and chickens fill the farmyard.

Friendly Neighbors

Alfred Cornelius Howland, 1900

Painting of a rider in red chasing a bison herd across golden grassland under a cloudy sky with trees at right.

Caddo Indians Chasing Buffalo, Cross Timbers, Texas

George Catlin, 1840

Dark portrait of a grinning boy in a green cap with a cigarette in his mouth, against a black background.

New Year's Shooter

George Luks, 1910

Painting of a standing nude woman with dark hair in an unfinished brown background, by Thomas Eakins, 1900.

William Rush's Model

Thomas Eakins, 1900

Woman with chin on hand beside a vase of yellow roses in a sunlit interior, painted in loose, feathery brushstrokes.

Maréchal Niel Roses

Childe Hassam, 1910

Painting of cattle herded across a grassy field, with a man on horseback and a woman on foot under a cloudy sky.

Untitled (man on horseback, woman on foot driving cattle)

Edward Mitchell Bannister, 1880

Portrait of a woman with long golden hair in a purple dress and lace bodice against a red background with ornaments.

Natalie Barney

Carolus-Duran, 1900

Painting of an older blacksmith in a cap and leather apron working at an anvil beside a glowing forge.

The Blacksmith

Carroll Beckwith, 1900

Painting of a young woman in a white beaded dress holding a feather fan, with lodges and a river behind her.

Seet-sé-be-a, Midday Sun, a Pretty Girl

George Catlin, 1830

Painting of large trees shading cattle in a grassy field, with a fence and distant hills under a cloudy sky.

Landscape

Edward Mitchell Bannister, 1890

Painting of red sandstone bluffs above green grassland with bison grazing and small figures in the foreground.

View in the Grand Detour, 1900 Miles above St. Louis

George Catlin, 1830

Loose oil landscape of a golden field and dark trees under a pale sky, with a diagonal path crossing the foreground.

The Field

Alice Pike Barney, 1890

Painting of a glowing sunset over a still pond with dark trees on both sides and a bird skimming the water.

Sunset

Edward Mitchell Bannister, 1880

Painting of a mounted rider with a lance chasing a bison herd across a green grassland with hills in the distance.

An Osage Indian Lancing a Buffalo

George Catlin, 1840

Painting of several men in buffalo masks and fur leggings performing a group dance, holding spears and a shield.

Buffalo Dance, Mandan

George Catlin, 1830

Painting of a winged angel with brown hair holding white Easter lilies, gazing upward against a glowing background.

Easter Lilies

Alice Pike Barney, 1930

Oil still life of red and yellow roses with buds and green leaves in a woven basket against a grey background.

Roses Still Life

Robert Seldon Duncanson, 1840

Oil painting of a woman in a green dress with two black panthers in a dark green forest setting.

The Black Orchid

Frederick Stuart Church, Grand Rapids, MI 1842-New York City, 1900

Painting of a stone arched bridge over a green river with moored rowboats and sunlit ochre buildings under a hazy sky.

Ponte Santa Trinità

Childe Hassam, 1890

Head of a Man

William Merritt Chase, 1870

Painting of harvested corn shocks and pumpkins in a field with rolling hills, trees, and a blue sky.

September

William A. Coffin, 1900

Portrait of Fidelia Bridges

Oliver Ingraham Lay, 1890

Painting of oxen pulling a haycart through a grassy field beside large trees under a cloudy sky.

Untitled (landscape with oxen and haycart crossing bridge)

Edward Mitchell Bannister, 1820

Painting of a winding river past eroded ochre bluffs and mesas, with a lone figure on a grassy ridge in the foreground.

Big Bend on the Upper Missouri, 1900 Miles above St. Louis

George Catlin, 1830

Painting of women and a child at a stone fountain with a jug, an Italian town and hills under a warm sunset sky.

Italian Scene

William Tolman Carlton, 1860

Two women in long dresses in a misty summer meadow, one casting a fishing line toward a pond beside trees.

Summer

Thomas Dewing, 1890