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Loose oil landscape of dense trees with rust and green foliage beside water under a pale, cloudy sky.

Landscape (trees)

Edward Mitchell Bannister, 1820

Painting of a stream through rocky terrain with a leafless tree, figures, and a stormy sky over distant hills.

Small Landscape

Thomas Barker, 1840

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 shaded forest path with trees, a red fence and building, and water with distant hills beyond.

Untitled (landscape, forest scene with red fence and building)

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

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

Painting of cows drinking from a stream beside trees, with grazing cows in a meadow and a cloudy sky above.

Untitled (landscape with cows in stream near trees)

Edward Mitchell Bannister, 1880

Birch-Clad Hills

Birch-Clad Hills

Ben Foster, 1900

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

Oil sketch of a long wooden pier stretching into calm water beside a wooded shore under a cloudy sky.

Untitled (landscape with pier)

Edward Mitchell Bannister, 1820

Oil painting of a farmhouse and barn beside a curving dirt road, with rolling wooded hills under a pale sky.

Landscape

Edward Bruce, 1930

Painting of sheep grazing in a wooded clearing with boulders, under a sky with sunlight breaking through clouds over hills.

Landscape with Sheep

Robert Seldon Duncanson, 1820

Painting of a riverbank with trees, a cow drinking at the water and two cows in the distance under a cloudy sky.

Untitled (landscape, riverbank, three cows)

Edward Mitchell Bannister, 1820

Expressionist painting of a forest with arching red tree trunks, dark green foliage, and a pale path leading into the trees.

Red Tree

Marsden Hartley, 1910

Dark silhouetted tree under a glowing yellow and green sunset sky, with a dirt road and two small figures below.

River Landscape at Sunset

David Johnson, 1890

Painting of a hilly landscape with dark evergreen trees, scattered rocks in a grassy field, and a cloudy sky.

Untitled (landscape, fields with rocks and trees)

Edward Mitchell Bannister, 1890

Oil landscape of a fisherman by a still pool, a waterfall, trees, and distant snowy mountains under a dramatic sky.

Landscape with Stream and Mountains

Thomas Doughty, 1830

Loose oil landscape of a sunlit meadow, dark trees and distant hills under a pale overcast sky.

Housatonic Valley

Alexander Helwig Wyant, 1880

Dark landscape painting of cows resting in a field beneath a stormy sky, with trees on the left and right.

Untitled (landscape with cows and trees)

Edward Mitchell Bannister, 1880

Oil landscape of a valley with wooded hills, farm buildings, crop rows and a winding dirt road under cloudy sky.

Landscape

n.d R. G. Wilson, 1900

Painting of sheep grazing on a grassy hillside below a line of trees under a cloudy sky, with a pond in the foreground.

A Hillside Pasture

Robert C. Minor, 1900

Oil painting of a cottage among trees beside a lake at sunset, with a distant white sailboat on the water.

Untitled (house in woods near lake)

Edward Mitchell Bannister, 1890

Painting of cattle standing in water beneath dark arching trees, with a glowing cloudy sky and green hill beyond.

Landscape with Trees and Cattle

Albert Pinkham Ryder, 1890

Painting of a river valley with a large tree in the foreground, a stone bridge, a distant town and a mountain under clouds.

Landscape in Italy

Welsh Richard Wilson, 1710

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

Oil painting of an ornate interior with a seated woman in a patterned gown, carved archway, and sunlit window.

De Forest Interior

Walter L. Palmer, 1870

Painting of mountain laurel blossoms spilling from a blue vase onto a table against a muted olive background.

Mountain Laurel

Charles Ethan Porter, 1880

Painting of a dense tree cluster with a lone figure walking a dirt path beside fallen branches under a cloudy sky.

Untitled (landscape, woodcutter on path)

Edward Mitchell Bannister, 1870

Painting of a green river valley with rows of tepees, a fort beside the river, figures on a hill, and streaked clouds above.

Fort Union, Mouth of the Yellowstone River, 2000 Miles above St. Louis

George Catlin, 1830

Landscape painting of a calm river with trees, a rowboat with two figures, a canvas shelter, and a distant steamship.

Landscape with Campsite

Robert Seldon Duncanson, 1820