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Oil painting of a Confederate soldier raising a white flag in a pine forest, with a seated woman and a standing man beside hi

Surrender of a Confederate Soldier

Julian Scott, 1873

Painting of Paris rooftops with pink buildings, tall chimneys, blue shutters, green trees and a cloudy sky.

Rooftops, Paris

H. Lyman Saÿen, 1910

Half-length portrait of a man in dark uniform with gold epaulettes, gold hoop earrings, and a silver gorget against a muted b

Big Buffalo (Chippewa)

Henry Inman, 1832

Painting of a dark winter forest with tall trunks, bare branches, and bright snow on the ground under a pale sky.

Brooding Silence

John F. Carlson, 1909

Painting of a rocky valley with a cliff, tall trees, a stream, a small wooden shelter, and large clouds in the sky.

Mountain Landscape

William Louis Sonntag, 1850

Painting of a red barn with dark roof on a hillside farm under a cloudy sky, with a dirt road in the foreground.

Bluemont Farm

Edward Bruce, 1932

Oil portrait of a man in a black coat, green waistcoat and white cravat, against a dark background, one hand raised.

William C. Preston

George Peter Alexander Healy, 1842

Painting of a flock of white geese with spread wings flying diagonally against a dark green and black background.

Flock of Geese

Elizabeth Nourse, 1880

Loose, feathery painting of a slender tree beside a sunlit path among green foliage and a pale sky.

(Landscape)

Portrait of a seated man with curly hair in a dark green coat and white cravat, with a sunset landscape behind him.

Daniel La Motte

Thomas Sully, 1812

Painting of a woman grinding corn at a stone metate in an adobe room, with colorful corn cobs and a watermelon on the floor.

Hopi Woman Grinding Corn

Carl Moon, 1940

Two women seated at a long table in a pale room, one reading a book and the other holding flowers beside a vase.

A Reading

Thomas Dewing, 1897

Watercolor and graphite sketch of Notre Dame cathedral's west facade with twin towers, rose window, and trees at right.

Cathedral of Notre Dame, Paris

Cass Gilbert, 1933

Three cows graze and stand in a golden autumn pasture with scattered trees and rocks under a soft cloudy sky.

The Pasture Lot

Carleton Wiggins, 1900

Portrait of a woman in a blue satin dress with lace trim, holding a black fan with a pink rose.

Mrs. Richard Brown

John Hesselius, 1760

Painting of officers and civilians in a formal room, with two men shaking hands over a table beneath a chandelier.

The Signing of the Treaty of Ghent, Christmas Eve, 1814

Amédée Forestier, 1914

Full-length painting of a woman in regional dress standing before classical ruins under a blue sky.

Italian Woman

Antonion Zeno Shindler, 1890

Painted scene of feathered dancers running around a drum while spectators watch from earth lodges under a cloudy sky.

The Last Race, Mandan O-kee-pa Ceremony

George Catlin, 1832

Half-length portrait of a woman in a black dress with white lace collar, gold necklace and curled hair against a brown backgr

Woman in Black Dress

Milton W. Hopkins, 1835

Painting of an elderly bald man with white hair holding a pipe, wearing a dark jacket against a dark teal background.

Old Man with Pipe

Ottilie Wilhelmina Roederstein, 1930

Painting of large waves crashing with white foam against dark brown rocks under a pale overcast sky.

Heavy Sea

Paul Dougherty, 1918

Painting of a stormy sea, a sailboat, a hilltop stone tower and snowy mountains under cumulus clouds.

The Coast of Genoa

Jasper Francis Cropsey, 1854

Painting of classical figures in a garden: a seated woman in blue, a nude standing figure with raised arms, and fruit in the

L' Automne

Pierre Cécile Puvis de Chavannes, 1860

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

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

Painting of mounted riders in colorful blankets among tall tipis on open prairie, with a wagon and dog in the foreground.

Ceremonial at Black Lake

Laverne Nelson Black, 1930

Oil portrait of a young boy with short dark hair, white collar and dark jacket, against a golden brushy background.

Head of a Negro Boy

Alice Pike Barney

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

Abstract landscape painting with bold geometric shapes in red, orange, green and blue, showing stylized trees, a path and a h

Scheherazade

H. Lyman Saÿen, 1910

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