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Snowy winter landscape with bare trees framing a stream and a snow-covered farmhouse in the distance.

Winter Magic

C. Jac Young, 1933

Painting of a curved stone spillway and arched bridge with green hills and a cloudy sky behind them.

Spillway, Ashokan Dam

Arnold Wiltz, 1933

Painting of uniformed officers in a plain room, one bearded man writing at a table while others stand with swords nearby.

Lee Surrendering to Grant at Appomattox

Alonzo Chappel, 1861

Painting of a large black bear and two cubs beside a pale birch tree with golden autumn leaves and snowy rocks.

Fall in the Foothills

W. Herbert Dunton, 1933

Naive painting of a rustic camp with cabins, an American flag, a watchtower, eucalyptus trees, and firefighters with a hose t

CCC Camp Balboa Park

Josephine Joy, 1933

Painting of a snowy field with four leafy trees, small farm buildings, a figure pulling a sled, and evergreens in the foregro

May Snow

Torvald Arnst Hoyer, 1933

Painting of women and children in a garden with grapes, fruit, a red table and a blue vase.

Decoration

Florence Standish Whiting, 1933

Painting of a mother holding an infant before a industrial city with smokestacks, with two women at lower right.

Industry

Arthur Durston, 1933

Naive-style painting of a cream stucco house with red tile roof, garden pond, eucalyptus trees, and a woman playing harp by a

Irish Cottage

Josephine Joy, 1933

Painting of a man in a blue coat pointing across a river to settlers, a woman, children and a sailing ship on a hillside.

Arrival of Colonel John Donaldson (design for mural)

F. Luis Mora, 1700

Painting of a crowded street market with striped umbrellas, vendors, children and a red brick building behind.

Italians in Jefferson Park

Jerome Myers, 1933

Painting of the Ashokan Reservoir with stone gatehouses, an arched bridge over water, and brown hills under a cloudy sky.

Ashokan Reservoir

Charles Rosen, 1933

Painting of Native American riders and seated figures on horses near tipis on an open plain, in loose warm brushwork.

Jicarilla Apache Fiesta

Laverne Nelson Black, 1933

Horses harnessed to a fishing boat on a sandy beach, with two men resting beside them under a cloudy sky.

A Moment's Rest

William E. Norton, 1890

Oil portrait of a woman with dark curled hair, white floral lace collar, black bow and red shawl against a dark background.

Portrait of a Woman

George Catlin, 1820

Painting of three figures in a wood-paneled room: a striped-costumed man leaning toward a kneeling man in yellow, a woman in

The Merry Wives of Windsor: Dr. Caius, Simple and Dame Quickly

Robert Walter Weir, 1830

Oil portrait of a young girl with long hair in a white dress, holding a small white cross against her chest.

Portrait of Hiram Powers' Daughter

Miner Kilbourne Kellogg, 1810

Painting of a young girl with auburn hair and a blue ribbon seated on a bench beside a blue cushion and a vase of pink flower

May Flowers

Louise Cox, 1910

Oil portrait of a young woman with braided hair holding a red parrot beside a birdcage, against a brown background.

Miss Satterlee

Charles Bird King, 1830

Oil portrait of a young woman with auburn hair, tilted head, white lace blouse and green bodice against a dark background.

Portrait of a Young Woman

Edward Harrison May, 1860

Painting of a young boy in a yellow jacket reaching toward a tree branch in a dark wooded setting, with a bird above.

Bird Nesting

Emanuel Gottlieb Leutze, 1830

Oil portrait of a young blond boy with bangs and a white collar against a dark background.

Charles Downing Lay, Portrait of the Artist's Son

Oliver Ingraham Lay, 1880

Seated woman in a white dress holding a small brown dog in a dim interior with a chair, flowers and lantern.

Portrait of a Lady with a Dog (Anna Baker Weir)

J. Alden Weir, 1890

Crowded Tudor-era hall with a courting couple at center, courtiers, a jester, a cardinal in red, and children.

The Courtship of Anne Boleyn

Emanuel Gottlieb Leutze, 1840

Monochrome brown sketch of a flag-bearing explorer and armed men landing on a shore as natives gather, with a ship behind.

The Landing of Columbus

John Vanderlyn, 1840

Oval portrait of a young girl with dark hair in a white off-shoulder dress with blue ribbon bows against a dark background.

Mary Louisa Adams

Asher Brown Durand, 1830

A Breton Sunday

Eugene Laurent Vail, 1890

Oil portrait of a seated man in black coat and white cravat, with a gold medal, beside books and a quill pen.

Portrait of General Giles

Joseph Wright of Derby, 1780

Two sailing frigates in battle on rough dark seas, with smoke from cannon fire and American and British flags.

Capture of H.B.M. Frigate Macedonian by U.S. Frigate United States, October 25, 1812

Thomas Chambers, 1850

Painting of a shaded country road with large trees, an arched stone gateway, two walking women, and a hazy plain under cloudy

Near Ariccia, Italy

Sanford Robinson Gifford, 1860