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Painting of a dark mesa under a blue-gray sky with rain falling from clouds onto its top, sandy desert foreground.

Cloudburst at Black Mesa, New Mexico

Allen Tucker, 1920

Painting of pink zinnias in a yellow and pink vase on a table before a pale window, with bold black outlines.

Zinnias

H. Lyman Saÿen, 1910

Oil painting of a dirt village lane lined with a stone house, trees and flowering walls under a cloudy sky.

Maison de Millet

Frank Edwin Scott, 1920

Oil painting of the sailing ship Great Western under full sail on rough sea at dusk, with an American flag.

Great Western

William Marsh, 1850

Expressive painting of crimson trees with bent black branches over a green meadow, with a tower and blue-yellow sky behind.

Winds

H. Lyman Saÿen, 1910

Men recoil in a dark cave as a woman gestures toward a glowing white-robed ghost, with lightning in the sky beyond.

Saul and the Witch of Endor

William Sidney Mount, 1820

Painting of sunlit red cliffs above a river under a stormy sky, with mounted riders on the bank in the foreground.

Cliffs of the Upper Colorado River, Wyoming Territory

Thomas Moran, 1880

Painting of a woman drawing water from a stone well in a sunlit courtyard, with brick walls and green doors behind.

Scene Italienne pres de la Fontaine

Frank Edwin Scott, 1920

Painting of a hazy valley seen between tall tree trunks, with a distant mountain and a split-rail fence in the foreground.

Temple Mountain

Chauncey F. Ryder, 1940

Painting of a countryside with dramatic storm clouds over fields, a small white cottage, and a path in the foreground.

Small Landscape

John Constable, 1800

Oil painting of a horseback rider, dog and two women by a river with sailboats and a farmhouse under a hazy sky.

Dutch Landscape with Figures

Jacob van Strij, 1810

Painting of a purple-hued mountain range above a still alpine lake, with conifers and boulders in the foreground.

Fifth Lake

Edgar Payne, 1920

Painting of a dusk river scene with dark farm buildings, tall trees, and a glowing sunset reflected in still water.

Small Landscape

John Francis Murphy, 1880

Painting of four figures walking under a golden sun, carrying fruit, flowers and a scythe, with a decorative gold border.

The Four Seasons

William Clarke Rice, 1920

Painting of two sailboats and rowboats on a rippling sea under a rosy sunset sky, with a distant lighthouse.

Afternoon on Saco Bay, Coast of Maine

William Frederick De Haas, 1870

Loosely painted street scene in ochre tones with bare trees, pedestrians, and a building along the right edge.

Place de la Madeleine no. II

Frank Edwin Scott, 1920

Oil painting of a rolling green landscape with a winding path through trees, fields and hills under a cloudy sky.

Cornish Landscape

Charles A. Platt, 1910

Painting of a pink and lavender sunset sky over a dark silhouetted treeline and landscape.

Sunrise or Sunset, study for book, Concealing Coloration in the Animal Kingdom

Abbott Handerson Thayer, 1900

Painting of a sick boy in bed holding a toy while a woman knits beside him in a green-walled room.

The Sick Child

J. Bond Francisco, 1890

Painting of waves breaking on a dark rock under a stormy green night sky with a bright moonlit cloud break.

Great Silas at Night

Robert C. Minor, 1890

Panoramic painting of a valley with rocky outcrops, distant hills, dark trees in the foreground, and a small village under cl

Valley of Cuernavaca

Thomas Moran, 1900

Painting of a colorful garden with a potted conical plant, a curved pond, orange and green trees, and a small house.

Landscape with Pond--Newman's Yard

Carl Newman, 1910

Painting of three men in a small sailboat battling rough waves under a dark stormy sky with seagulls overhead.

Riding out a Gale

Edward Moran, 1880

Loose brushwork painting of green shrubs and grey boulders on a rocky shore, with white surf and deep blue sea beyond.

Vine Clad Shore--Monhegan Island

George Bellows, 1910

Painting of a sunlit garden path under a blue trellis arbor, with a white house and green shrubs beyond.

Grape Arbor

H. Lyman Saÿen, 1910

Painting of pale sand dunes with green beach grass and shrubs under a cloudy sky, extending to a distant horizon.

Nantucket Sand Dune

C. Morgan McIlhenney, 1890

Washington and Lafayette

n.d S. Wehry, 1820

Dusky purple landscape with spiky dark forms under a pale sky crossed by a red streak of light.

The Sky Simulated by White Flamingoes study for book, Concealing Coloration in the Animal Kingdom

Abbott Handerson Thayer, 1900

Painting of a woman in a white dress playing a grand piano in a paneled room with a potted flowering plant.

At the Piano

Theodore Robinson, 1880

Loose oil landscape with two dark trees, reddish rolling hills and a pale overcast sky by Henry Ossawa Tanner.

Untitled - Henry Ossawa Tanner, 1930

Henry Ossawa Tanner, 1930

Loose painting of a helmeted woman with spear standing in a chariot pulled by dark horses under a pale, cloudy sky.

Minerva in a Chariot

Abbott Handerson Thayer, 1890

Painting of a broad valley with a dirt road, cart, figure with cattle, church tower and dramatic cloudy sky.

Dedham Vale--Summer Morning

John Constable, 1800

Sunset landscape with a thatched house, palm trees, travelers on a dirt road, and distant mountains.

Forest and Native House

Javanese Raden Saleh, 1860

Painting of a red-roofed building framed by green trees and a foreground of red flowers under a hazy sky.

(Landscape with Red Roof Building)

Carl Newman, 1910

Abstract painting of bold blue, green, yellow and red shapes with curving outlines and a grid pattern.

Fugue

H. Lyman Saÿen, 1910

Loose oil painting of a tall church tower and spire over a muted city square under a grey, overcast sky.

Place St. Germain des Pres

Frank Edwin Scott, 1920

Painting of a seated woman with short dark hair in a brown gold-trimmed jacket against a red patterned background.

Bagdad

Allen Tucker, 1920

Loose oil sketch of a park promenade with a man beside white sailboats, a child, and a woman with a parasol under trees.

The Man Who Rented Boats

Henry Ossawa Tanner, 1930

Painting of a coastal landscape with a dark-leaved tree, orange and red rocks, a blue sea and pink hills.

Landscape

Carl Newman, 1910

Painting of a red-lit sandstone butte beneath orange sunset clouds, with a river, green trees, and rocky desert ground.

Sunset Cloud, Green River, Wyoming

Thomas Moran, 1910

Painting of peasants with cattle, goats and sheep beside a rocky cliff and stone house under a cloudy sky.

Peasants and Cattle

Nicholaes Berchem, 1620

Painting of several women in a colorful landscape by a blue river, one standing in a red skirt and others kneeling or reclini

(Women in Landscape with Blue Border)

Carl Newman, 1930

Painting of a crowded beach with striped umbrellas, a turreted seaside house, willow trees, and people in summer clothing.

Beach Umbrellas at Blue Point

William Glackens, 1910

Painting of Niagara's Horseshoe Fall with a rainbow, small figures on a rocky ledge, and dark storm clouds overhead.

The Great Horseshoe Fall, Niagara

Alvan Fisher, 1820

Sunlit ochre villa with a square tower, red roofs, palm tree and trees in front, under a pale blue sky.

Villa Malta, Rome

Sanford Robinson Gifford, 1870

Still life of split watermelon, cantaloupe, and morning glory vines with a dark glass on a table.

Melons and Morning Glories

Raphaelle Peale, 1810

Loose oil painting of turquoise sea framed by dark cliffs and a grassy headland under a pale, cloudy sky.

Cornish Headlands

Abbott Handerson Thayer, 1890

Painting of mounted hunters chasing a buffalo herd across green hills, with fallen buffalo and rocky bluffs in the distance.

Buffalo Chase, Mouth of the Yellowstone

George Catlin, 1830

Painting of the snowy Cotopaxi volcano emitting smoke above a plain, with a white hacienda and figures in the foreground.

Cotopaxi

Frederic Edwin Church, 1850

Oil painting of a sailing ship and schooners near icebergs in calm water under a warm, cloudy sky.

Looking out of Battle Harbor

William Bradford, 1870

Muted blue-gray night landscape with a large gnarled oak, a pale full moon, and two cloaked figures walking across a plain.

Abraham's Oak

Henry Ossawa Tanner, 1900

Group portrait of a family in a garden with trees, a stone wall, and a distant river landscape with a windmill.

The Wiley Family

William Williams, 1770

Oil painting of a waterfall spilling into a pool among rocky cliffs and trees, with three small figures on the shore.

Mountain Pool

Robert Seldon Duncanson, 1870

Painting of a steep rocky hillside with a mine road, a small white building, and a rowboat on a calm green lake.

The Iron Mine, Port Henry, New York

Homer Dodge Martin, 1860

Painting of a ruined brick tower on a plain with broken stones, a goat, a seated figure, and distant mountains at dusk.

Torre di Schiavi

Thomas Hiram Hotchkiss, 1860

Painting of a valley with a rainbow over wooded hills, grazing cattle, two walking figures and a large tree in the foreground

Landscape with Rainbow

Robert Seldon Duncanson, 1850

Four men in red feathered headdresses and face paint, wearing beaded necklaces and fur robes, painted against a dark backgrou

Young Omahaw, War Eagle, Little Missouri, and Pawnees

Charles Bird King, 1820

Night scene of a pale horse drinking at a pool while mounted riders, one with a raised arm, stand in shadow behind it.

Fired On

Frederic Remington, 1900

Two women seated at a long table in a pale room, one reading an open book, the other holding a flower sprig, with a vase betw

A Reading

Thomas Dewing, 1890

Trompe l'oeil painting of a torn landscape with a cottage and waterfall, bound with string and pasted with express shipping l

Torn in Transit

John Haberle, 1890

Painting of a steamboat with barges and rowboats on a calm river beneath mountains and dramatic storm clouds.

Storm King on the Hudson

Samuel Colman, 1860

Abstract landscape with a dark sun over yellow and orange layered sky, wavy blue and green hills, and brown earth below.

Sun

Arthur Dove, 1940

Painting of a mounted warrior with a black horse raising a feathered lance across a prairie landscape.

Ko-rak-koo-kiss, a Towoccono Warrior

John Mix Stanley, 1840

Painting of seated men in a circle around fires and cooking pots, with two large tipis and a feathered ceremonial pole behind

Sioux Dog Feast

George Catlin, 1830