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Oil landscape of a river valley with grazing sheep and cattle, a farmhouse on a hillside, and hazy mountains under a cloudy s

Valley Pasture

Robert Seldon Duncanson, 1850

Painting of an old church at dusk beside tall slender trees, with a setting sun and a reflecting pond in golden tones.

An Old Church at Montreuil

Henry Golden Dearth, 1900

Watercolor of a volcanic peak with smoke clouds rising above a dark blue sea under a pale sky.

Mt. Pico, Azores Islands

Cass Gilbert, 1900

Painting of rolling green hills with three clustered trees under a pale, cloudy sky.

The Three Trees

W. L. Lathrop, 1930

Watercolor of a sunlit flat-topped mesa above green scrub and red desert under a cloudy blue sky.

The Enchanted Mesa

William Henry Holmes, 1920

Watercolor of a snow-capped mountain above blue layered hills under a pastel morning sky with pink clouds.

Alto from Reggio, Morning

George Elbert Burr, 1890

Painting of a rural village with a white church, grazing cattle, figures on a path, and rolling hills under cloudy sky.

Village Scene near Albany, New York

James McDougal Hart, 1850

Four hooded figures in brown cloaks huddle together on a barren rise under a pale, hazy sky.

Shapes of Fear

Maynard Dixon, 1930

Watercolor of a sunny beach beside blue sea, with a red umbrella, seated figure, walkers and a hilly coastal town.

On the Beach below the Promenade des Anglais, Nice, France

Cass Gilbert, 1890

Watercolor of yellow shrubland and sagebrush before a snow-capped mountain range under a cloudy blue sky.

Long's Peak, Colorado, 1874

William Henry Holmes, 1870

Watercolor of a green hill at sunset with small figures on the crest and children in the foreground under layered clouds.

On the Sunset Hill, 1926

William Henry Holmes, 1920

Watercolor of Laon Cathedral's towers and roofs above a stone wall and garden, under a pale cloudy sky.

Laon Cathedral, France

Cass Gilbert, 1910

Loose painting of a seated Madonna in red and blue with a rabbit, an infant, and a standing woman before a dusky landscape.

After Titian's "Madonna of the Rabbit"

Kenyon Cox, 1880

Autumn landscape with a glowing sun over a river, colorful trees on both banks, distant mountains, and two figures on the sho

Indian Summer

Jasper Francis Cropsey, 1880

Painting of an Indigenous chief and family on a riverbank, with feathered headdress, painted robes, and a canoe on the water.

Du-cór-re-a, Chief of the Tribe, and His Family

George Catlin, 1830

Painting of a rider chasing running bison on a horse across grassland, with another rider and rolling hills in the distance.

Batiste and I Running Buffalo, Mouth of the Yellowstone

George Catlin, 1830

Watercolor landscape of rolling hills, leaning trees and shrubs under a hazy yellow sky.

Neutakonkanut

Edward Mitchell Bannister, 1890

Watercolor of nude and clothed women in the foreground with sailboats and figures on a hazy seaside beach.

Untitled (Woman with Black Hair and Two Children)

Charles Demuth, 1930

Painting of grizzly bears attacking riders on horseback on a green hillside, with a white horse and spears under a cloudy sky

Grizzly Bears Attacking Indians on Horseback

George Catlin, 1830

Improvisation

Childe Hassam, 1890

Painting of tepees on a prairie rise with grazing bison in the foreground under a cloudy, pale sky.

Sioux Village, Lake Calhoun, near Fort Snelling

George Catlin, 1830

Hunters with long guns shoot at birds on an open prairie while a spotted dog runs under a pink dusk sky.

Grouse Shooting on the Missouri Prairies

George Catlin, 1830

Watercolor landscape of trees and hills under a mauve, cloudy sky with a small figure in a pale meadow.

Playing with the Colours

William Henry Holmes, 1930

Watercolor of a dark treeline on a calm river at dusk, with blue sky and soft horizontal clouds above.

Twilight no. 2 1898

Martha Susan Baker, 1890

Painting of a sandy beach after a storm, with white surf, billowing clouds and small figures walking near the dunes.

After a Storm, Amagansett

Arthur Turnbull Hill, 1910

Painting of an autumn landscape with a woman carrying wood along a path beneath golden trees and a bright hazy sky.

Untitled (landscape--woman carrying wood)

Edward Mitchell Bannister, 1820

Painted line of dancers with feathered headdresses, clubs and spears, with seated drummers at right under a cloudy sky.

Dog Dance at Fort Snelling

George Catlin, 1830

Watercolor of a wild rose bush with pink blossoms and dark branches on a grassy bank with small wildflowers.

Wild Rose, Wassen

George Elbert Burr, 1890

Watercolor of a plateau landscape with a flat-topped mesa, cloudy sky, and birds in flight, by William Henry Holmes.

In the Plateau Country, with an Inhabited Pueblo

William Henry Holmes, 1920

Elk running across prairie past resting bison, with rolling hills, trees and two hunters with rifles at the left edge.

Elk and Buffalo Making Acquaintance, Texas

George Catlin, 1840