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Painting of women and a child at a stone fountain with a jug, an Italian town and hills under a warm sunset sky.

Italian Scene

William Tolman Carlton, 1860

Two women in long dresses in a misty summer meadow, one casting a fishing line toward a pond beside trees.

Summer

Thomas Dewing, 1890

Painting of mounted warriors in combat on a grassy plain under a dramatic stormy sky, with evergreen trees on the hills.

Battle Between Sioux and Sac and Fox

George Catlin, 1840

Dim interior with a woman carrying a tray past seated diners and a kneeling servant, painted in loose brown tones.

Salome Receiving the Head of John the Baptist

Edward Mitchell Bannister, 1890

Impressionist landscape of birch trees in autumn gold above a valley road and small houses, with hills and clouds behind.

Beeches

Ernest Lawson, 1930

Painting of seated men around a central fire in a lodge lit from a roof opening, with skulls and hanging shields.

Interior View of the Medicine Lodge, Mandan O-kee-pa Ceremony

George Catlin, 1830

Painting of a sunset landscape with pink clouds, dark hills, two cows on a ridge, and a lone tree at right.

Romantic Landscape

Robert Seldon Duncanson, 1870

Loose, textured painting of a street lined with bare and autumn-colored trees, a pale house, and a dark stone wall.

View of Melrose Street from the Spiers' Porch

Walt Kuhn, 1910

Painting of Mandan men seated in a council circle on grassland, with shields, feathered headdresses and rolling hills behind.

Foot War Party in Council, Mandan

George Catlin, 1830

Painting of a reclining nude and a standing figure on a shore at sunset, with cliffs, a small boat, and an orange sky.

A Greater Morning

Arthur Bowen Davies, 1900

Loose brushwork painting of a woodland clearing with white wild parsley flowers, violet blooms, and slender bare trees.

Wild Parsley

Sarah Paxton Ball Dodson, 1900

Mounted hunters with bows and lances chase a bison herd across green rolling grassland under a pale sky.

Buffalo Chase with Bows and Lances

George Catlin, 1830

Painting of a dirt path past rocks and trees, with a lake and billowing clouds under a blue sky.

Landscape (trees and rocks by lake)

Edward Mitchell Bannister, 1820

Painting of snow-capped mountains, fishermen in a rowboat, a sailing ship, and a dark rocky arch under a glowing sunset sky.

Landscape

Thomas Chambers, 1820

Painting of a green grassy slope with distant bluffs on the left under a soft, cloudy, tan-toned sky.

Nishnabottana Bluffs, Upper Missouri

George Catlin, 1830

Painting of crashing white surf against dark rocks, with a distant shoreline and a heavy grey stormy sky above.

Newport

Edward Mitchell Bannister, 1880

Dark painted barn interior with a sunlit window, a wooden bucket, and rough timber beams and planks.

Interior

Eliphalet Frazer Andrews, 1910

Painting of domed earth lodges on a high riverbank, with people swimming, running and paddling a canoe on the river.

Hidatsa Village, Earth-covered Lodges, on the Knife River, 1810 Miles above St. Louis

George Catlin, 1830

Small painting of a sailboat on calm water under a glowing orange and gold sunset sky above a rocky shore.

Boat on Sea

Edward Mitchell Bannister, 1820

Painting of a foaming torrent beside a wooden watermill under a dark stormy sky with mountains behind.

Mill on a Torrent

Hermann Herzog, 1870

Painting of a crowded Choctaw ball game on grassland, with teepees, spectators, and rolling green hills under a blue sky.

Ball-play of the Choctaw--Ball Up

George Catlin, 1840

Painting of a man on a white horse with a woman and dog on a forest path under a cloudy sky.

Untitled (man on horse with woman and dog)

Edward Mitchell Bannister, 1820

Painting of white surf breaking over dark rocks along a rugged coastline under a pale lavender sky.

Clearing after September Gale--Maine Coast

Howard Russell Butler, 1920

Painting of painted men in feathered headdresses performing a energetic group dance with spears and bows on pale ground.

Discovery Dance, Sac and Fox

George Catlin, 1830

Painting of a cluster of dark trees in a meadow with grazing cattle under a cloudy sky.

Tree Landscape

Edward Mitchell Bannister, 1870

Painting of a blond boy lying on grass reaching for a marble, with ivy and a wooden fence behind him.

Boy Playing Marbles

David Gilmour Blythe, 1850

Oil sketch of goats: a standing young kid, a horned adult goat eating, two dark swallows, on a brown ground.

Goats

Eliphalet Frazer Andrews, 1910

Dark painting of a forest with tall trees, a fallen log in the foreground, and a small house at right under a cloudy sky.

Untitled (forest scene, fallen tree in foreground and house in background)

Edward Mitchell Bannister, 1870

Night landscape with a moonlit river, dark trees, a teepee camp with horses, and a lone figure by the water.

Moonlight, Indian Encampment

Ralph Albert Blakelock, 1880

Still life painting of grapes, watermelon, peaches, plums and pineapple arranged on stone ledges against a dark background.

Untitled - n.d Everhart Kuhn, 1820

n.d Everhart Kuhn, 1820

Painting of painted dancers racing across a plain before crowds on domed earth lodges, with four tall feathered poles at left

The Last Race, Mandan O-kee-pa Ceremony

George Catlin, 1830

Painting of a rocky bay with a wooded cliff under an overcast sky, dark boulders in the foreground.

Rocks at Newport

Edward Mitchell Bannister, 1880

Hazy seascape with a small sailboat on calm water near a rocky headland under a pale blue sky.

Pale Blue Landscape

Louis Eilshemius, 1940

Loose brushwork painting of tall pines, a sunlit shore, reflective water and a pink building under a pale sky.

In Southern France

Alice Pike Barney, 1900

Painting of a riverbank with tall trees, a dirt path, grass, a small boat on calm water, and hills under clouds.

Untitled (landscape, trees near river)

Edward Mitchell Bannister, 1890

Painting of mounted riders galloping across golden grassland ahead of a large black smoke cloud and fire along the horizon.

Prairie Meadows Burning

George Catlin, 1830

Painting of a castle on a wooded hill above a river, with a small sailboat and figures on the shore at sunset.

Scotch Highlands

Robert Seldon Duncanson, 1840

Painting of a dirt road leading into a dark wooded hillside beneath a cloudy sky with distant mountains.

The Road to the Valley

Edward Mitchell Bannister, 1820

Painting of a hazy river valley seen from a hillside with autumn trees, a winding river, and distant mountains under a pale s

Kanawha River Valley

Samuel Colman, 1880

Painting of a rocky coastal path with driftwood, a walking figure, grazing cattle, and hills under a pale sky.

Lighthouse Beach, Annisquam

H. Bolton Jones, 1880

Painting of two men pushing a white rowboat on a grassy bank while two women with baskets stand nearby under a cloudy sky.

People Near Boat

Edward Mitchell Bannister, 1890

Painting of a bison herd on a grassy plain at sunset, with hunters with rifles stalking near trees at left.

Catlin and Party Stalking Buffalo, Upper Missouri

George Catlin, 1840

Painting of a dusky lake with willow trees on the left, a wooden fence in the foreground, and hills in the distance.

Landscape with Lake

Robert Seldon Duncanson, 1860

Painting of a dodo with macaws, a duck, frog and lizard in a dark, stormy landscape with grasses.

The Dodo and Given

Henrik Gronvold, 1900

Angular painting of a hillside village with dark-roofed houses, rolling green and ochre hills, and a stormy sky.

Quebec

Preston Dickinson, 1920

Small painting of a white sailboat on a river with wooded mountains, trees on the right bank, and cloudy sky.

Untitled (sailboat in river)

Edward Mitchell Bannister, 1870

Sunset over a hazy valley with dark windswept trees on a rocky slope and mountain ridges at right.

From the Shawangunk Mountains

Sanford Robinson Gifford, 1820

Painting of a dark still lake under a stormy sunset sky, with a tall pine tree on the right and a mountain beyond.

Catskill Creek

Jasper Francis Cropsey, 1850

Painting of a red fox and a hawk contesting a dead grouse in a grassy clearing beneath a wooded hillside.

Disputed Game

Thomas Hewes Hinckley, 1850

Painting of a woman in a green dress beside a blue vase, with peacock feathers and a patterned wall behind her.

Woman and Peacock

Alice Pike Barney, 1900

Painting of four cows wading in a pond beneath dark trees, with a stormy sky and open fields beyond.

Untitled (Four Cows Wading in Pond)

Edward Mitchell Bannister, 1820

Painting of heavy ocean waves crashing with white foam over dark rocks under a pale overcast sky.

Heavy Sea

Paul Dougherty, 1910

Painting of a river valley with cattle wading at the shore, a seated figure on a boulder, and mountains under a hazy sky.

Hudson River at Cold Spring

Johann Hermann Carmiencke, 1860

Painting of a dusky hillside with two cows on the crest and a figure in a red shawl under a bright, cloudy sky.

Untitled (cows descending hillside)

Edward Mitchell Bannister, 1880

Still life painting of grapes, peaches, oysters, strawberries and a champagne flute on a marble table against a dark backgrou

Still Life with Fruit, Oysters, and Wine

n.d Everhart Kuhn, 1860

Painting of a shaded garden path with a draped statue on a pedestal, a balustrade, and a distant tower under a hazy sky.

Garden of the Tuileries, Paris

Minerva J. Chapman, 1940

Dusky landscape painting with a pale sun over a hazy sky, dark trees on the left, and a dirt road leading to hills.

The Close of Day

Charles Melville Dewey, 1930

Painting of a sunset over flat marshland with a dark rowboat in the foreground and a distant town silhouetted on the horizon.

Sunset Scene

Edward Mitchell Bannister, 1880

Painting of a Mandan village cemetery: a circle of skulls, feathered poles and bison skulls on a green plain before earthlodg

Back View of Mandan Village, Showing the Cemetery

George Catlin, 1830

Painting of two boats pulled up on a sandy beach beside a red shed, pier and calm sea under a pale sky.

Beach Scene

William Glackens, 1920

Painting of a herdsman with a team of oxen in a green pastoral landscape with trees and hills under a cloudy sky.

Herdsmen with Cows

Edward Mitchell Bannister, 1860

Painting of a crowd of feathered men dancing on open grassland, raising shields, lances, and tomahawks under a pale sky.

Scalp Dance, Mouth of the Teton River

George Catlin, 1830

Oil painting of rocky outcrops, pine trees and a valley with distant mountains under a pale sky.

Western Landscape

John Frederick Kensett, 1870

Small painting of dark hills and a rock beside a stream under a warm, cloudy sky at dusk.

Untitled (mountainous landscape with rock and stream in foreground)

Edward Mitchell Bannister, 1820