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Painting of a dim city street with a horse-drawn carriage, pedestrians, and tall building facades under a grey sky.

Porte St. Martin no. I

Frank Edwin Scott, 1920

Painting of a standing woman with beaded jewelry and a child holding a net bag, with domed huts and hills behind them.

Hottentot Woman and Children

Antonion Zeno Shindler, 1890

Painting of a man leading a dark calf down a sunlit street lined with whitewashed buildings and arched doorways.

Street Scene, Tangier (Man Leading Calf)

Henry Ossawa Tanner, 1910

Seated man in feathered headdress paints horseback rider and deer on a hide, beside a decorated pot and paint palette.

Indian Artist

Carl Moon, 1940

Painting of children dancing around a maypole and playing in a city square with market stalls and tenement buildings.

The Field of Joy

Jerome Myers, 1920

Painting of misty sandstone spires rising above a rocky canyon stream, with a small figure and a soaring bird.

Mist in Kanab Canyon, Utah

Thomas Moran, 1890

Oil portrait of a mustached man in a fur-collared coat and white bow tie against a red background.

Albert Clifford Barney

Ottilie Wilhelmina Roederstein, 1900

Painting of a sunlit forest path lined with slender trees, rendered in loose, vivid green, yellow, and blue brushstrokes.

Landscape

Alfred H. Maurer, 1920

Naive painting of fishing schooners, rowboats with fishermen, whales and birds on a dark, turbulent sea under a blue sky.

The Marblehead Fishermen

John Orne Johnson Frost, 1920

Painting of women in traditional bonnets seated in a church, facing a preacher in a raised pulpit beside a window.

The Sermon

Gari Melchers, 1880

Painting of white flamingos with red wing patches blending into a purple and gray background, with cracked paint surface.

White Flamingoes, study for book Concealing Coloration in the Animal Kingdom

Abbott Handerson Thayer, 1900

Painting of a water carrier with jars on his shoulder walking down a shadowed stone street beneath wooden balconies.

Algerian Water Carrier

William Sartain, 1910

Oil landscape of a large tree, two figures with a grey horse on a dirt path, a windmill and cloudy sky.

Spring Plowing near East Burgholt

John Constable, 1800

Oil painting of a standing man in white turban and dark cloak, with a domed building and hilltop town behind him.

Kabyle Algerian

Antonion Zeno Shindler, 1890

Painting of a woman's head turned sideways, with dark hair, a white collar and grey-blue jacket against green.

Head of a Woman in Jerusalem

Henry Ossawa Tanner, 1930

Oil portrait of a man in a feathered headdress, beaded necklaces and fur robe, set against a cloudy sky.

Petelesharro (Generous Chief)

Charles Bird King, 1820

Painting of a headless rider on a black horse chasing a fleeing rider on a white horse through a moonlit autumn forest.

The Headless Horseman Pursuing Ichabod Crane

John Quidor, 1850

Oil portrait of a curly-haired man in a dark coat and white cravat against a red drapery backdrop.

Portrait of Edward Shippen Burd of Philadelphia

Rembrandt Peale, 1800

Portrait of the Artist's Wife

Henry Ossawa Tanner, 1890

Two stylized female figures with elongated necks stand side by side against a dark green background, one in red and one in gr

Duality

Alfred H. Maurer, 1920

Oil painting of a seated man in green robes with women and a winged cupid beside a red curtain under a cloudy sky.

Helen Brought to Paris

Benjamin West, 1770

Painting of tall pale poplar trees, a small figure in blue on a path, and a pale sandy plain under a turquoise sky.

Scene of Algiers

Henry Ossawa Tanner, 1930

Oil portrait of a woman with a red headband, turquoise beads and silver hoop earrings against a golden background.

Hostin Nez

Carl Moon, 1940

Misty painting of a columned classical building beyond a river, with bare trees and a stone embankment in muted browns.

Chambre des Deputes in a Mist

Frank Edwin Scott, 1920

Painting of a tall stem of white, pink, and maroon hollyhocks with buds and green leaves against a dark olive background.

Hollyhocks

Painting of a shirtless man with a spear and woven basket walking past a stilted thatched house by a river.

Diak Man

Antonion Zeno Shindler, 1890

Loose painting of a warm-toned city square with a tall obelisk, classical buildings, lamp posts and small pedestrians.

La Concorde

Frank Edwin Scott, 1920

Painted landscape with bare trees, red and orange foliage, green fields, winding paths, and distant blue hills.

Landscape, Bridge, Huntingdon Valley

H. Lyman Saÿen, 1910

Night painting of a hilltop town with a bright moon glowing over swirling clouds and pale water below.

Magic City

John Noble, 1920

Painting of two Omagua figures, a man with a conical headdress and spears and a seated woman, beside a river and thatched hou

Omagua Indians

Antonion Zeno Shindler, 1890

Painting of children in a garden: a boy digs a hole while girls hold flowers, with a bird perched in a tree nearby.

Children Burying a Bird

J. Alden Weir, 1870

Painting of a robed risen Christ reaching toward a kneeling woman in green drapery beneath a dark tree and glowing sky.

Christ Appearing to Mary

Albert Pinkham Ryder, 1880

Full-length painted portrait of a standing man in fringed hide clothing, beaded belt, and feathered hair ornament, holding a

Mak-phe-ah-luta (Red Cloud)

Antonion Zeno Shindler, 1880

Painting of a seated young woman in a black hat with pink flowers, maroon coat, and blue blouse against a red background.

Portrait of a Girl

H. Lyman Saÿen, 1910

Painting of an elderly white-haired man in a dark suit writing at a desk before a large wall map and bookshelves.

Lloyd George

Douglas Volk, 1920

Painting of a white mansion with a cupola on a wooded bluff overlooking water, with a ship sailing under a pink evening sky.

Mount Vernon

Frances Mary "Jennie" Bellows Millard, 1850

Loose impressionist harbor scene with blue water, moored boats with masts, and three figures on a sandy shore.

Cote aux Environs de Cherbourg

Frank Edwin Scott, 1920

Painting of a reclining man resting his head on a seated woman's lap on a leopard-skin couch, with an attendant and a dog.

(Interior Scene with Sultan and Concubine)

Thomas Buchanan Read, 1820

Oil landscape of a sunlit pasture with grazing cattle and sheep, autumn trees, a dirt path, and distant hills under a glowing

Landscape

Charles H. Moore, 1850

Oil painting of a man in a dark doublet reading a small book beside a red-draped table with a skull.

Shakespeare Reading

William Page, 1870

Misty pale landscape with a rushing stream, bare trees, and a distant house beneath a hazy sky.

End of Winter

John Henry Twachtman, 1900

Dim interior with a seated man at a table, a standing woman in rust dress, and a small figure in a doorway at right.

And He Disappeared out of Their Sight

Henry Ossawa Tanner, 1890

Painting of a seated woman in a ruffled dress holding a red necklace by a sunlit window with green garden views.

The Necklace

Richard E. Miller, 1920

Oil portrait of an elderly Apache man in an orange turban and red blanket, looking over his shoulder against a green backgrou

Geronimo

Elbridge Ayer Burbank, 1890

Oil portrait of a seated man in a black coat and white cravat, arm draped over a pale wooden chair, against a brown backgroun

Portrait of a Gentleman

James Peale, 1810

Oil portrait of a seated woman with gray hair in a black dress and white jabot, in a wicker chair against brown.

Portrait of a Woman

Carl Newman, 1910

Woman with chin in hands beside an older bearded man, with fruit bowl and blue drapery behind them.

Portrait of Mr. and Mrs. Atherton Curtis with Still Life

Henry Ossawa Tanner, 1930

Loose painting of the Place de la Concorde in Paris with an obelisk, colonnaded buildings and small pedestrians under a grey

Place de la Concorde no. II

Frank Edwin Scott, 1920

Painted street scene of Greenwich Village with brick buildings, a lamp post, a mailbox, two dogs, and several figures in 1930

Scenes of New York--Greenwich Village (mural study, Madison Square Postal Station, New York City)

Kindred McLeary, 1930

Oil portrait of a dark-haired man in a black coat and white waistcoat, with a red curtain and bookshelf behind him.

Dr. Ancus Marcius Hoffar

Ancus Marcius Hoffar, 1840

Moonlit seascape with a glowing full moon, a sailboat on dark water, and two slender trees on rocky shore under clouds.

The Lovers' Boat

Albert Pinkham Ryder, 1880

Elderly craftsman carving wood at a workbench in a dim workshop lit by a window, with shavings scattered on the floor.

The Blockmaker

Edgar Melville Ward, 1910

John Adams

Edward Dalton Marchant, 1840

Painting of large yellow trees before colorful buildings with chimneys, red shrubs and blue sky, in bold outlined shapes.

Trees

H. Lyman Saÿen, 1910

Painted study of workers with stone blocks, fruit picking, a woman with a cotton basket, mules, and factory buildings behind.

Abundance of Today (mural study, Clarksville, Tennessee Post Office)

F. Luis Mora, 1930

Still life of grapes, peaches, melon and plums on a stone ledge with carved cherubs, before a cloudy landscape.

The Wealth of Autumn

Andrew John Henry Way, 1860

Painting of a white-robed figure passing through a whitewashed Moorish archway with sunlit steps and a blue sky.

Gateway, Tangier

Henry Ossawa Tanner, 1910

Painting of two seated women making arrows and a standing child beside them in an adobe interior with feathers and a basket.

Arrow Makers

Carl Moon, 1940

Painting of a waterfall cascading into a pool beneath sunlit trees, with dappled light on rocks and foliage.

The Waterfall

Addison Thomas Millar, 1910

Painting of a river valley with storm clouds, a covered bridge, rolling hills, and two walkers with a dog on a rocky bank.

View of Cohoes

J.W. Hill, 1820

Portrait of a seated woman in a blue gown and red shawl beside an arched window with a landscape view.

Catherine Woodyeare

Catherine Woodyeare, 1750

Crowded baroque banquet under classical arches, with reclining women, servants, armed men on a staircase, and smoke rising.

The Banquet of Cleopatra

Sebastiano Mazzoni, 1660

Full-length portrait of a standing man in a white suit holding a cigarette, beside a gilded chair and straw hat.

John Gellatly

Irving R. Wiles, 1930

Two women seated on a rug in an adobe room, painting geometric designs on pottery vessels.

Hopi Pottery Painters

Carl Moon, 1940

Painting of adobe pueblo houses with small windows and a dark doorway on dusty ground under a pale sky.

Walpi Pueblo

Eanger Irving Couse, 1900

Painting of a seated woman with a bob haircut beside a round table holding a flowering cactus, with a green background.

Portrait of a Woman (with Cactus)

Frederick Carl Frieseke, 1930

Oil painting of a standing man in a red fez and embroidered costume holding a rifle, with mountains and a river behind him.

Albanian Man

Antonion Zeno Shindler, 1890

Painting of a rocky coastline with layered ledges, surf breaking on the rocks, and blue sea under a pale sky.

Rockbound Coast, Cape Ann

Cullen Yates, 1900

Painting of a stone village church and cemetery with crosses under a heavy cloudy sky, in muted ochre tones.

Village Church and Cemetery, Brittany

Frank Edwin Scott, 1920

Portrait of a woman with auburn bobbed hair in a white blouse and dark vest against a pink striped background.

The Pearl

Allen Tucker, 1920

Painting of a choppy harbor with a sailboat, a small island, and a distant city skyline under a grey sky.

Untitled (Harbor Scene)

James Hamilton, 1800

Half-length oil portrait of a man with brown hair in a dark coat and high white collar against a dark background.

Self-Portrait

John Goffe Rand, 1800

Full-length portrait of a woman in white satin holding white lilies, with dark drapery and a pale curtain behind her.

Alice Barney in White Satin

Hubert Vos, 1890

Painting of a dense tropical jungle with tall trees, a dirt path, small figures with a dog, and monkeys in branches.

Javanese Jungle

Javanese Raden Saleh, 1860

Oil portrait of a man in a dark blue uniform with gold braid, seated in a red chair holding a leather book.

Colonel William Shakespeare King

William Shakespeare King, 1820

Painted portrait of a young man with dark hair in a dark suit and tie, head bowed, against a brown background.

Portrait de Jeune Homme

Frank Edwin Scott, 1920

Full-length oil portrait of a standing man in red turban and white robes, with domed buildings and palms behind him.

Hindu Man

Antonion Zeno Shindler, 1890

Full-length painting of a standing shirtless Samoan man with a red flower in his hair before a thatched hut and woven mat wal

Samoan Man

Antonion Zeno Shindler, 1880

Painting of a colorful garden with a bending figure, flower beds, cypress trees and bold orange and blue foliage.

Garden

H. Lyman Saÿen, 1910

Robed monks in a pale arched cloister with cypress trees beyond, and a fresco of haloed angels on the wall.

Inspiration Chretienne

Pierre Cécile Puvis de Chavannes, 1880

Bust-length portrait of a white-haired, bearded man in a dark jacket and white collar against a dark background.

Henry Ward Ranger

Albert Neuhuys, 1890

Impressionist painting of a moored sailboat before twin church towers and harbor buildings under a hazy orange sky.

Ships at Anchor, Cherbourg no. II

Frank Edwin Scott, 1920

Woman in blue drape harvesting apples into a basket while a child sits on a white cloth beside her in a garden.

Recolte des Pommes

Pierre Cécile Puvis de Chavannes, 1890

Painting of a Venetian canal with gondolas, a tall brick bell tower, a stone arched bridge and palaces under a blue sky.

Scene on the Grand Canal, Venice

Canaletto, 1700

Muted painting of a tall church tower and spire with small figures and a cart in an open square under a cloudy sky.

Church of St. Germain des Pres

Frank Edwin Scott, 1920

Painting of bare trees on a curving path above rolling hills in bold yellow, orange, green and blue patches.

Valley Falls I

H. Lyman Saÿen, 1910

Oil portrait of a man with long brown hair, white cravat and gray satin cloak against a dark background.

Edward Laurence, Esq.

Gerard Van Soest, 1630

Portrait of a young woman in a gray dress and white lace cap, seated in a red chair against a brown background.

Rachel Bartholomew Davis

James Alexander Simpson, 1810

Small painting of a Venetian canal with gondolas, a brick church with bell tower, and figures on a stone quay under a cloudy

Canal in Venice

Francesco Guardi, 1700

Autumn landscape with a birch tree, a winding stream, two small walking figures, and a cloudy sky over distant hills.

November

Jervis McEntee, 1890

Loose painting of a dark house on a ridge with pale trees, blue mountains, turquoise sky and rust-colored shrubs.

House on the Ridge

Chauncey F. Ryder, 1920

Painted study of a neoclassical chamber with red drapery, gray columns, a vaulted ceiling, and a raised rostrum at left.

Study for The House of Representatives

Samuel Finley Breese Morse, 1820

Painting of a river landscape with a red-clad child in a boat guided by a winged figure, tall trees, and distant mountains.

The Voyage of Life--Youth

Thomas Cole, 1850

Painting of a male wood duck with green head and white neck stripe floating among lily pads on dark water.

Male Wood Duck in a Forest Pool, study for book Concealing Coloration in the Animal Kingdom

Abbott Handerson Thayer, 1900

Painting of red, pink and white anemones in a tall blue vase on a wooden stool against a green-grey background.

Anemones

H. Lyman Saÿen, 1910

Untitled (Head of a Child Looking Down)

Mary Vaux Walcott, 1870