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Painting of buffalo swimming across a wide river past a canoe, with green hills and a cloudy sky behind.

Buffalo Herds Crossing the Upper Missouri

George Catlin, 1830

Two horses pull a wagon with a log along a sandy dune path under dramatic grey clouds, with a man walking beside them.

The Wain Team

George Elmer Browne, 1900

Painting of rows of tepees on green plains beside a wide river, with mounted riders on rolling hills under a pale sky.

Fort Pierre, Mouth of the Teton River, 1200 Miles above Saint Louis

George Catlin, 1830

Painting of a plains ceremony with a figure beside a pole bearing a bison skull, drummers, and a watching crowd.

Self-torture in a Sioux Religious Ceremony

George Catlin, 1830

Painting of a painted man seen from behind holding a spear and quiver, standing on an open plain with a distant tree.

Pa-hú-sha, White Hair, the Younger, a Band Chief

George Catlin, 1830

Pale seascape of a white rowboat on a sandy beach, figures near a small boat, calm sea and cloudy sky.

The South Strand

Emil Carlsen, 1900

Dark landscape with rocks, a man carrying a pole, large trees, and two sailboats on water under a cloudy sky.

Untitled (landscape with rocks, man and sailboats)

Edward Mitchell Bannister, 1890

Painting of a sunlit hill with scattered trees, green shrubs, and a pale turquoise sky above rust-colored slopes.

Hill with Trees

Eleanor Harris, 1940

Sunlit hillside with a large leafy tree, small figures resting in shade, a winding path, and a stream below.

The Wanderlusters' Rest

William Henry Holmes, 1910

Oil portrait of a young man with tousled reddish hair, dark double-breasted coat and white cravat against a dark background.

Irish Gentleman

John Hoppner, 1810

Painting of a Venetian lagoon with a domed church, gondolas, rowers and sailboats under a cloudy sky.

Venetian Scene

Giacomo Guardi, 1830

Painting of a river with a small rowboat beside a grassy bank, dark trees on the far shore, and a heavy cloudy sky.

Untitled - Edward Mitchell Bannister, 1880

Edward Mitchell Bannister, 1880

Painting of a standing man holding a feathered spear, wearing a red headdress and green wrap, against a pale landscape.

Wash-ím-pe-shee, Madman, a Distinguished Warrior

George Catlin, 1830

Painting of slender birch trees with golden autumn leaves, a stone wall, and a fallen log in a soft rolling meadow.

Autumn

Bruce Crane, 1900

Painting of a bare birch and leafless trees on a pale rolling hillside with stone walls under a hazy winter sky.

December Uplands

Bruce Crane, 1910

Painting of a dramatic cloudy sky with sunlight breaking through, above dark rolling hills and trees.

Untitled (landscape, cloudy sky)

Edward Mitchell Bannister, 1820

Painted river landscape with two hunters and dogs on a bank, a sailboat on the water, and hazy mountains under a cloudy sky.

River View with Hunters and Dogs

Thomas Doughty, 1850

Meditation

Herman Hartwich, 1880

Tchán-dee, Tobacco, an Oglala Chief

Tchán-dee, Tobacco, an Oglala Chief

George Catlin, 1830

Self-Portrait Reflected in Mirror

Self-Portrait Reflected in Mirror

Alice Pike Barney, 1890

Birch-Clad Hills

Birch-Clad Hills

Ben Foster, 1900

Painting of a woman in a black dress with a red shawl standing by a calm river, with a red-roofed house among trees across th

Promenade

Eliphalet Fraser Andrews, 1910

Painting of a tipi encampment on grassland with figures working on hides, a river and wooded bluffs in the distance.

Indian Encampment, Comanche (or Kiowa) Dressing Skins, Red River

George Catlin, 1840

Loose oil landscape of a dark pine beside a pale fence, snowy ground, green pond water, and a grey streaked sky.

Chase's Pond

Walt Kuhn, 1940

Painting of a Comanche warrior on a rearing white horse facing mounted dragoons, with riders on a green grassy hill beyond.

Comanche Meeting the Dragoons

George Catlin, 1830

Painting of a stone statue of Ceres holding wheat in a sunlit garden, with hedges, trees and a distant statue.

Terminal Figure of Ceres

Carroll Beckwith, 1910

Niagara Falls

Niagara Falls

George Inness, 1880

Oil portrait of a seated man with a mustache in a brown suit and white collar against a pale background.

Portrait of Frank Hamilton Cushing

Thomas Hovenden, 1890

Pomona

Childe Hassam, 1900

Alice Pike Barney, in Wedding Gown

Alice Pike Barney, in Wedding Gown

Jared B. Flagg, 1870