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Painting of hills with a grazing bull by a pond, a figure with a white umbrella, and lush green plants.

Landscape

Yasuo Kuniyoshi, 1920

Painting of a white house with red roofs among dark green cypress trees, a blossoming tree and bold blue and orange hills.

Newman's House

H. Lyman Saÿen, 1910

Watercolor of Adalia's fortified walls, towers and harbor with sailboats on calm blue water.

Adalia, Asia Minor

Miner Kilbourne Kellogg

Painting of a prairie river with tipi camp, a fort, and figures on a green hilltop under a pale sky.

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

George Catlin, 1832

Painting of figures harvesting corn in a golden field with mountains and clouds behind them.

Corn Harvest at Santo Domingo

Carl Moon, 1940

Watercolor of a red barn with a wooden fence, flowering garden, trees and cumulus clouds over a hillside.

Sharon Springs

Elizabeth Boott, 1883

Painting of a woman lying on a cot in a dim room while an older man in a dark suit stands by a stove.

Too Late

Charles Arthur Fries, 1896

Painting of orange-red flamingoes with curved necks against a pale sky and dark brushed ground.

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

Abbott Handerson Thayer, 1900

Painting of a ship in a stormy sea under a glowing sun breaking through swirling clouds, with dark churning waves.

Flying Dutchman

Albert Pinkham Ryder, 1887

Abstract painting in grey, white and black with two stylized white forms and black dots on violet-grey planes.

Black and White

Arthur Dove, 1940

Small landscape painting with a river, boat, ruined building, figures on a path, and distant mountains under clouds.

Small Landscape

Welsh Richard Wilson, 1710

Watercolor of workers shoveling snow near industrial buildings, rail cars, and a multi-arched bridge over a river in winter.

C.W.A. Worker at Key Bridge by Edgar Nye

Painting of a reclining man resting his head on a seated woman in an opulent interior with a leopard rug and a dog.

(Interior Scene with Sultan and Concubine)

Thomas Buchanan Read, 1822

Oil landscape of a clapboard house, horses and a wagon on a dirt road, with forested mountains under large clouds.

Tavern in New Boston, Vermont

James Hope, 1850

Painting of a gathering of riders and seated people in hats and bright clothing beside tipis on dry plains.

Jicarilla Apache Fiesta

Laverne Nelson Black, 1934

Painting of tall pine trees in a dim forest clearing with small figures in white dresses walking and sitting on a bench.

Georgia Pines

George Inness, 1890

Snowy winter landscape with bare trees, a frozen stream, and a hazy low sun over wooded hills.

Morning Haze

Leonard Ochtman, 1900

Painting of eroded hills and ravines under a pale sky, with blue mountains in the distance and a small figure in the foregrou

Volterra

Elihu Vedder, 1860

Painting of an elderly couple seated in a parlor with a green parrot, lace curtains, and an oval portrait on the wall.

Mr. and Mrs. Phillip Wase

George Bellows, 1924

Painting of a river scene with tree-lined quay, two walking figures, a stone bridge, a steamboat, and a yellow and blue sky.

On the Banks of the Seine

H. Lyman Saÿen, 1910

Painting of a large ball game on a grassy field with many players, tipis, spectators and rolling hills under a blue sky.

Ball-play of the Choctaw--Ball Up

George Catlin, 1846

Soft-toned meadow painting with a woman holding a basket of white flowers, a seated figure, and a line of dancers in the dist

Spring

Thomas Dewing, 1890

Horsemen in hats gallop after a stag across grassland, with a volcano and pink sunset sky behind them.

Six Horsemen Chasing Deer

Javanese Raden Saleh, 1860

Painting of pale, wild-haired witches tumbling through a dark sky, lit by a diagonal shaft of light across storm clouds.

Lightning Struck a Flock of Witches

William Holbrook Beard, 1850

Painting of a winter forest with dark tree trunks and sunlit snow on the ground under a teal sky.

Woods in Winter

John F. Carlson, 1912

Painting of a studio interior with two children before a large canvas, a painter at an easel, portraits on walls, and a dog.

Interior with Portraits

Thomas Le Clear, 1860

Painting of a small sailboat on calm water near a rocky point, with hazy green hills and a blue overcast sky.

Pale Blue Landscape

Louis Eilshemius, 1902

Painting of a bearded man behind a bar counter with bottles, shelves of glassware, a mirror, a door and a cat.

M. Baudy Behind his Desk at the Hotel Baudy

John Leslie Breck, 1888

Woman seated on a rug shaping a clay pot in a sunlit adobe courtyard, with painted pottery and hanging red chilies nearby.

Hopi Woman Making Pottery

Carl Moon, 1940

Watercolor of a rocky hillside with blue and green trees and yellow shrubs under a pale sky.

Point Lobos Ernest Haskell