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Two women on a stone terrace in an Italian landscape, one sketching, with a black dog and distant hilltop town.

Two Women in an Italian Landscape

Miner Kilbourne Kellogg, 1850

Painting of granite cliffs and pine trees in Yosemite Valley, with a calm river reflecting the dark foliage.

Cathedral Rocks, Yosemite Valley

Albert Bierstadt, 1872

Watercolor landscape of rolling hills and fields with an inset map of Valley Forge and Valley Creek.

Valley Forge

Ernest C. Peixotto, 1890

Painted valley with a calm river, rolling wooded hills, grazing sheep and cattle, and a warm cloudy sky.

Valley Pasture

Robert Seldon Duncanson, 1857

Watercolor of a field of white and pink blossoms under a pale blue sky, with thin tree trunks and green shrubs.

Field of Blossoms

William Henry Holmes, 1927

Painting of a marsh meadow at sunset with glowing red clouds, haystacks, a tree at left, and a small figure in the distance.

Jersey Meadows at Sunset

Martin Johnson Heade, 1860

Painting of a misty valley with a river, rocky cascades, tall trees, and rounded mountains under a warm sky.

Scottish Landscape

Robert Seldon Duncanson, 1871

Watercolor of a green hill at sunset with small figures of children and adults and a pastel cloudy sky.

On the Sunset Hill, 1926

William Henry Holmes, 1926

Painting of a red-roofed farmhouse and church spire among trees, with cattle at a stream under a stormy sky.

The Valley Farm

John Constable, 1820

Panoramic oil landscape of a valley with layered hills, rocky outcrop, storm clouds and a small village beneath trees.

Valley of Cuernavaca

Thomas Moran, 1903

Watercolor of a rocky mountain gorge with a stream, green hillsides, and two small figures on a boulder.

Mountain Gorge, Colorado

William Henry Holmes, 1923

Painting of adobe houses among poplar trees, with snowy purple mountains behind and a dirt road in the foreground.

Valley Spring

Victor Higgins, 1940

Painting of an ancient amphitheatre ruin in the foreground, with sheep grazing and a valley and mountains beyond.

The Amphitheatre of Tusculum and Albano Mountains, Rome

Worthington Whittredge, 1860

Oil painting of a tropical forest at sunset with a thatched house, a rider on a white horse, and distant mountains.

Forest and Native House

Raden Saleh, 1860

Painting of a rocky valley with a cliff, tall trees, a stream, a small wooden shelter, and large clouds in the sky.

Mountain Landscape

William Louis Sonntag, 1850

Loose, feathery painting of a slender tree beside a sunlit path among green foliage and a pale sky.

(Landscape)

Painting of a pastoral valley with a rainbow over wooded hills, grazing cattle, two walking figures, and a calm river.

Landscape with Rainbow

Robert Seldon Duncanson, 1859

Painting of mounted riders in colorful blankets among tall tipis on open prairie, with a wagon and dog in the foreground.

Ceremonial at Black Lake

Laverne Nelson Black, 1930

Painting of a deep rocky gorge with a robed shepherd and sheep on a ledge at lower right, under a pale hazy sky.

The Good Shepherd (Atlas Mountains, Morocco)

Henry Ossawa Tanner, 1930

Painted landscape with a stone castle on a hill, two deer, a kneeling archer, and a winding river under a pale sky.

Landscape with Castles and Deer

M. A. Hall, 1875

Abstract landscape painting with angular houses, a garden path and hills in bold red, green, blue and yellow planes.

Abstract Landscape

H. Lyman Saÿen, 1910

Painting of a glowing butte and red cliffs beneath a dramatic orange sunset sky, with trees and a rocky river in the foregrou

Sunset Cloud, Green River, Wyoming

Thomas Moran, 1917

Painting of a mountain above a calm lake at sunset, with a small rowboat with two people and pink clouds overhead.

Whiteface Mountain from Lake Placid

Sanford Robinson Gifford, 1866

Painting of a city waterfront at sunset with masted ships, billowing clouds, brick buildings and small figures on the street.

Cumulus Clouds, East River

Robert Henri, 1900

Watercolor of red sandstone cliffs and spires above green trees and a winding stream under a pale sky.

Hudson River Landscape, no. 1

Maria Rother Wickey, 1926

Watercolor of a wooden house, clothesline, and a family with children and chickens in a fenced yard beside a blue inlet.

(Landscape)

Ann Brockman, 1943

Painted river landscape with boats, rocky mountains, a windmill on a hill, a castle, and a village under a cloudy sky.

Landscape

Herman Saftleven, 1600

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 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 cows drinking at a stone fountain with a shepherd and seated woman under trees at dusk.

Small Landscape

Thomas Gainsborough, 1800

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

Oil painting of a farmhouse and barn among rolling hills and trees, with a winding dirt road in the foreground.

Landscape

Edward Bruce, 1934

Painting of a dirt road through a field toward autumn trees and a distant farmhouse under a pale sky.

Landscape

John Francis Murphy, 1880

Painting of autumn trees and rocks beside a calm stream under a cloudy sky, with distant figures across the water.

Trees along Stream in Fall

William Trost Richards, 1860

Impressionist painting of a wide river with boats, a distant city shoreline, and rocky cliffs under a pale sky.

Hudson River

Van Dearing Perrine, 1915

Landscape painting of a ruined castle on a hill, a river with two figures on rocks, a wooden bridge, and red-roofed cottages.

Landscape

Thomas Gainsborough, 1770

Painting of a calm forest lake with pine trees on both shores, water lilies, reflections, and a glowing misty sky.

A North Woods Lake

Homer Dodge Martin, 1860

Painting of a large gnarled oak tree in a dense forest, with two small figures near the trunk and a pond in the foreground.

Oak Tree

Henry Ward Ranger, 1890

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

Small Landscape

Welsh Richard Wilson, 1710

Painting of a winding river valley with grazing cattle, a dirt road, rolling hills and trees in warm golden light.

Landscape

Thaddeus Welch, 1900

Painting of a snowy hillside with a lit farmhouse, bare trees and dark evergreens under a pale blue sky.

Shimmering Tree Shadows

Gardner Symons, 1930

Oil landscape of a golden meadow, a cluster of autumn trees, and blue-grey mountains under a pale cloudy sky.

Landscape

Classical landscape with a river, dancing figures, a lyre player, a ruined temple, and distant mountains under a pale sky.

Apollo and the Seasons (Classical Landscape)

Welsh Richard Wilson, 1770

Painting of a calm lake with mountains under a golden sky, dark trees on the right shore, and ducks in the reeds.

Upper Ausable Lake

Homer Dodge Martin, 1860

Painting of a hillside with tall trees, autumn foliage, and a pale low sun over a greenish sky.

Hillside Landscape

Edward S. Siebert, 1900

Painting of a yellow church with a red roof and cross beside a tall dark cedar tree and a yellow path.

Church with Cedar Tree on Left

Carl Newman, 1930

Oil landscape of a calm river through green marshland with trees and a cloudy sky, by Edward Gay, 1900.

The River, Sound Beach, Connecticut

Edward Gay, 1900

Painting of sheep grazing in a sunlit meadow under large shade trees, with a haystack in the distance.

Noon in the Orchard

Worthington Whittredge, 1900

Painting of a blue-branched tree beside a white house with a red roof and a colorful garden.

Blue Trees

H. Lyman Saÿen, 1910

Painting of a rocky forest gorge with a stream flowing over boulders, cliffs on the left, and a waterfall among trees.

The Flume, Opalescent River, Adirondacks

Alexander Helwig Wyant, 1870

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

Landscape

Alfred H. Maurer, 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

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

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

Trees

H. Lyman Saÿen, 1910

Painting of sunlit red cliffs above a river under a stormy sky, with mounted riders on the bank in the foreground.

Cliffs of the Upper Colorado River, Wyoming Territory

Thomas Moran, 1880

Painting of a hazy valley seen between tall tree trunks, with a distant mountain and a split-rail fence in the foreground.

Temple Mountain

Chauncey F. Ryder, 1940

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

Painting of a countryside with dramatic storm clouds over fields, a small white cottage, and a path in the foreground.

Small Landscape

John Constable, 1800

Oil painting of a horseback rider, dog and two women by a river with sailboats and a farmhouse under a hazy sky.

Dutch Landscape with Figures

Jacob van Strij, 1810

Painting of a purple-hued mountain range above a still alpine lake, with conifers and boulders in the foreground.

Fifth Lake

Edgar Payne, 1920

Painting of a dusk river scene with dark farm buildings, tall trees, and a glowing sunset reflected in still water.

Small Landscape

John Francis Murphy, 1880

Oil painting of a rolling green landscape with a winding path through trees, fields and hills under a cloudy sky.

Cornish Landscape

Charles A. Platt, 1910