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Painting of a bison bull surrounded by pale wolves on a green plain, with rolling hills and a pale sky behind.

Wounded Buffalo Bull Surrounded by White Wolves

George Catlin, 1830

Painting of Sioux men performing a war dance around a campfire before a row of tipis, with spectators watching under a cloudy

War Dance, Sioux

George Catlin, 1840

Painting of five cows grazing on a grassy hill beside trees, with a river and overcast sky in the background.

Untitled (five cows grazing with trees and river in background)

Edward Mitchell Bannister, 1820

Painting of riders and dogs with travois racing across a green plain toward distant hills under a pale sky.

Comanche Moving Camp, Dog Fight Enroute

George Catlin, 1830

Portrait of a man with red and black painted face and body, wearing a metal neck ring and armbands, against a cloudy sky.

I-o-wáy, One of Black Hawk's Principal Warriors

George Catlin, 1830

Painting of a woman in a floral dress leaning on a chair back against a muted background, with loose brushwork.

Spanish Senorita

Alice Pike Barney, 1920

Loose pastel portrait of a woman in a flowing green dress and floral headdress against a hatched ochre background.

Ruth St. Denis

Alice Pike Barney, 1910

Oil portrait of a blond man with an upturned mustache, wearing a red shirt against an olive and brown background.

Blond Man

Alice Pike Barney, 1930

Portrait of a Man

Jacob Eichholtz, 1800

Painting of armored horsemen thrown into turmoil under a beam of light from a stormy sky, with a fallen man in a red cloak.

The Conversion of Saul

n.d Simeon Griswold, 1850

Oil portrait of a man in a feathered headdress, fringed shirt and red blanket, against a blue cloudy sky.

Na-pów-sa, Bear Traveling at Night, a Chief

George Catlin, 1830

Oil portrait of a young woman in a large black plumed hat and white lace-collared blouse against a brown background.

Laura Alice in Big Hat

Alice Pike Barney, 1890

Oil portrait of a young woman in a white headwrap and cravat, wearing a dark jacket against a dark background.

Portrait of a Girl

Painting of a woman in a white hide dress with a girl at her side, tipis and a child with a bow behind them.

Assiniboin Woman and Child

George Catlin, 1830

Painting of a bison bull with a shaggy dark mane standing on green prairie grass under a cloudy sky.

Buffalo Bull, Grazing on the Prairie

George Catlin, 1830

A Choctaw Woman

George Catlin, 1830

Portrait of a Woman

Jacob Eichholtz, 1800

Oil portrait of a woman with dark upswept hair and a large white ruff collar against a brown background.

Portrait of Frances C. Houston

Thomas Dewing, 1880

Painting of a farmer carrying a tool along a path under large trees toward a farmhouse across a sunlit field.

Homeward

Edward Mitchell Bannister, 1890

Painting of Indigenous warriors in a grassy plain with a ravine, some drawing bows and others lying wounded on the ground.

Mandan Attacking a Party of Arikara

George Catlin, 1830

Oil portrait of a young boy with dark bobbed hair, head bowed, wearing a brown top over a white collar.

Study Head of a Boy

Alice Pike Barney, 1930

Painting of hanging dead ducks, a game bag, hunting horn and letter on a weathered green wooden door.

Cabin Door Still Life

Richard La Barre Goodwin, 1910

Painting of figures with shields dancing around a fire beside tall tipis on an open plain under a pink-clouded sky.

Smoking the Shield

George Catlin, 1830

Painting of a wide muddy river lined by dark forest, with driftwood floating on the water under a pale sky.

View on the Missouri, Alluvial Banks Falling in, 600 Miles above St. Louis

George Catlin, 1830

Young man in dark coat writing at a cluttered table of books, with plaster statues and an easel in a dim studio interior.

Portrait of Godfrey Frankenstein

John Frankenstein, 1840

Painting of an elderly bearded man with a bald head, head bowed, against a dark background.

St. Luke

Edward Mitchell Bannister, 1860

Oil portrait of a smiling girl with curly hair wearing a large black hat and white ruffled blouse against a dark background.

Laura at Seven

Carolus-Duran, 1880

Half-length portrait of a man with long dark hair in a fringed, beaded hide shirt against a cloudy sky.

Chá-tee-wah-née-che, No Heart, Chief of the Wah-ne-watch-to-nee-nah Band

George Catlin, 1830

Painting of a dark sunset landscape with a crescent moon, bare trees, a dirt road and a farmhouse silhouetted against glowing

Untitled (sunset with quarter moon and farmhouse)

Edward Mitchell Bannister, 1880

Gold-ground panel of the Descent from the Cross, with a man lowering Christ's body while mourners and a bishop look on.

Descent from the Cross

Stefano Di Vanni, 1400