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Loose oil sketch of a park path with a bearded man, a child, a woman with a parasol, and sailboat masts.

The Man Who Rented Boats

Henry Ossawa Tanner, 1859

Painting of seated figures around a campfire and tipi beneath a tall granite cliff at dusk, with horses and trees.

Indians in Council, California

Albert Bierstadt, 1870

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

Roses

John Ferguson Weir, 1898

Woman in a white dress playing piano by a window, with poppies in glass vases and a framed picture on a green wall.

Improvisation

Childe Hassam, 1899

Painting of sunlit jagged mountain peaks above clouds and dark pine trees under a teal sky.

Switzerland--Near Valery

Miner Kilbourne Kellogg

Painting of seated figures around a campfire by tipis, horses nearby, with a tall granite cliff behind trees at dusk.

Indians in Council, California

Albert Bierstadt, 1872

Painting of a pastoral valley with a rainbow over wooded hills, grazing cattle, two walking figures, and a calm river.

Landscape with Rainbow

Robert Seldon Duncanson, 1859

Painting of a surreal mountain landscape with a soaring eagle, red peaks, pale rock spires, a lake, and two reclining figures

Nirwana

Max Reyher, 1920

Painting of a dusty adobe town plaza with a white church, ox cart, carriage, covered wagon, and riders under a cloudy sky.

Old Mesilla Plaza

Léon Trousset, 1885

Painting of two women in a green meadow beneath a dense line of trees, one in a blue dress seated, one standing in a hat.

The Hermit Thrush

Thomas Dewing, 1890

Painting of a city waterfront at sunset with masted ships, billowing clouds, brick buildings and small figures on the street.

Cumulus Clouds, East River

Robert Henri, 1900

Watercolor of Battle Abbey's tall gabled stone facade with pointed windows, walking figures on a dirt path, and trees.

Battle Abbey

Cass Gilbert, 1931

Woman seated at a spinet from behind, in a warm room with floral wallpaper, a mirror, and a vase of yellow flowers.

The Spinet

Thomas Dewing, 1902

Oil painting of a laurel-crowned young man with paper, a winged cupid, and a draped woman with a staff in a landscape.

Musa Regina

Henry O. Walker, 1900

Painting of a man with a basket fishing by rushing rapids, surrounded by boulders and golden shrubs.

After Them

Walter Ufer, 1928

Painting of a dark cave opening framing calm water, jagged rock spires, a small boat and a glowing hazy sky.

The Subsiding of the Waters of the Deluge

Thomas Cole, 1829

Painted river landscape with boats, rocky mountains, a windmill on a hill, a castle, and a village under a cloudy sky.

Landscape

Herman Saftleven, 1600

Painting of two seated men with dogs outside a rustic cabin, a woman and children in the doorway, cabbage and buckets nearby.

A Dog Swap

Richard Norris Brooke, 1881

Painting of Niagara Falls with two cataracts, forested banks, storm clouds, and small figures on the foreground rocks.

A General View of the Falls of Niagara

Alvan Fisher, 1820

Painting of a river flanked by colorful angular houses, a tree, and factory chimneys under a blue sky.

Evening Tones

Oscar Bluemner, 1910

Watercolor of a French village with a shepherd leading sheep along a path toward stone houses and a church tower.

French Village

H. Anthony Dyer, 1901

Painting of a riverside factory town with red smokestacks, yellow roofs, and blue water in bold angular shapes.

Evening Tones

Oscar Florianus Bluemner, 1911

Painting of a sunlit forest clearing with large autumn oak trees and two small figures in the grass.

October

Robert C. Minor, 1830

Watercolor of a village of tiled-roof houses beside a green field, with two figures walking a winding path under a pale sky.

Kansas City, Kansas

Henry Ossawa Tanner, 1859

Calm lake under cumulus clouds with shadowed mountains, a village shoreline, and small boats on the water.

Lago Maggiore

William Stanley Haseltine, 1867

Painting of a medieval procession of knights, banners and carts moving toward a hilltop castle under a cloudy sky.

The Departure of the Crusaders

Victor Nehlig, 1860

Painting of Sierra Nevada peaks, a waterfall and elk by a lake under dramatic sunlit clouds.

Among the Sierra Nevada, California

Albert Bierstadt, 1868

Painting of two sailing boats on a calm sea at sunset, with a lighthouse and distant boats on the horizon under a pink sky.

Afternoon on Saco Bay, Coast of Maine

Willem Frederik de Haas, 1874

Soft, hazy winter landscape with a brook winding through snowy fields and trees on a hilltop.

The Brook, Greenwich, Connecticut

John Henry Twachtman, 1900

Interior genre scene: a man shelling corn, a woman by the hearth, and a gentleman reading a map of lots.

The Speculator

Francis William Edmonds, 1852