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Standing man in feathered headdress and red sash holding a ball stick against a hazy sky, painted by George Catlin in 1830.

Ah-nó-je-nahge, He Who Stands on Both Sides, a Distinguished Ball Player

George Catlin, 1830

Impressionist landscape of tall trees, budding spring foliage, a wooded hill and a reflective pond under a pale blue sky.

Spring, Navesink Highlands

Childe Hassam, 1900

Painting of a sunlit wooded path with tall trees, a dirt road, grassy slope, and small figures in the distance.

Untitled (landscape with trees)

Edward Mitchell Bannister, 1820

Seated man with painted face, spear and decorated pipe staff against a blue sky, in a loose 1830 painting.

Ah-sháw-wah-róoks-te, Medicine Horse, a Grand Pawnee Brave

George Catlin, 1830

Portrait of an older man in feathered headdress, beaded necklaces and fur robe, painted in warm earth tones against a muted s

Wee-tá-ra-shá-ro, Head Chief of the Tribe

George Catlin, 1830

Woman with Red Hood

Alice Pike Barney, 1930

Oil portrait of a seated man in a feathered turban, beaded necklaces and a blue patterned blanket, against a cloudy landscape

Tel-maz-há-za, a Warrior of Distinction

George Catlin, 1830

Painting of a nude woman with a dark headband standing in a loose, dense forest of ochre and blue brushwork.

Nude in Forest

Louis Eilshemius, 1910

Painting of dark rocky cliffs with breaking white waves under a stormy sky, with sailboats on the distant horizon.

Ocean Cliffs

Edward Mitchell Bannister, 1880

Untitled - Carolus-Duran, 1900

Carolus-Duran, 1900

Oil painting of a snowy winter landscape with bare trees, a small red house, and a dark stream under a pale sky.

Late Afternoon

George M. Bruestle, 1900

Painting of a grizzly bear's head and clawed forepaws in grass with small wildflowers, teeth bared.

Weapons and Physiognomy of the Grizzly Bear

George Catlin, 1840

Painting of a hilltop village with white houses, terraced green fields, olive trees, and a blue sea at left.

Hill with White Houses

Eleanor Harris, 1940

Painting of canoes with raised sail cloths on a river, tipis and figures on the reddish bank at left under a cloudy sky.

Sac and Fox Sailing in Canoes

George Catlin, 1830

Painting of a wooded landscape with pine trees and a small woman in red standing among wildflowers beside a path.

Untitled (landscape with trees and woman)

Edward Mitchell Bannister, 1890

Oil portrait of a woman in a white bonnet, lace ruffled collar and dark dress with a white shawl against a dark background.

Portrait of a Woman

Zedekiah Belknap, 1800

Painting of a winding river through green rolling bluffs, with a small figure standing on a hilltop in the foreground.

River Bluffs, 1320 Miles above St. Louis

George Catlin, 1830

Autumn harvest scene with men loading pumpkins onto an ox cart, corn shocks, a seated woman, and distant hills.

October

John Whetten Ehninger, 1860

Painted portrait of a man in a fur headdress with feather and face paint, wearing a beaded buckskin garment and necklace.

Great Hero, a chief

George Catlin, 1840

Painting of two houses among trees and shrubs beneath billowing clouds, with a grassy field and distant hills.

Untitled (houses and trees)

Edward Mitchell Bannister, 1890

Oil portrait of a bearded man with a monocle and waxed moustache, dark suit and white collar, on a reddish-brown background.

Man with Monocle

Alice Pike Barney, 1880

Painting of a dark tree beside a sunlit meadow path, with low hills and a heavy cloudy sky beyond.

Untitled (landscape with meadow and trees)

Edward Mitchell Bannister, 1820

Two women in a dim landscape beneath a large tree, one bending to the grass and one playing a stringed instrument.

Evensong

Arthur Bowen Davies, 1890

Painting of a Native American woman with red face paint and beaded necklaces holding a child against her shoulder.

Ru-ton-ye-wee-ma, Strutting Pigeon, Wife of White Cloud

George Catlin, 1840

Sketch of a winged figure in red drapery with a halo, seated on a stone ledge within an arched frame.

Sketch for the Mural at Oberlin College, "The Spirit of Self-Sacrificing Love"

Kenyon Cox, 1910

Painted portrait of a smiling woman in a black hat with white plume, red dress and cream fur stole, on red background.

Alice Warder Garrett

Alice Pike Barney, 1910

Painting of a shepherd in a fur coat with a crook, standing among white flowers beside grazing sheep at dusk.

Shepherd

Ruger Donoho, 1880

Green grassy hill beside a wide river with small figures on the slope and a tall marker on top.

Floyd's Grave, Where Lewis and Clark Buried Sergeant Floyd in 1804

George Catlin, 1830

Oil portrait of a seated woman in a blue patterned dress, striped headwrap, and large round earrings, against a pale sky.

Hól-te-mál-te-téz-te-néek-ee, Sam Perryman

George Catlin, 1830

Painting of a Comanche village with rows of tipis, horseback riders, and women working on hides and drying meat on grassland.

Comanche Village, Women Dressing Robes and Drying Meat

George Catlin, 1830