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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

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 a blonde woman and a child seated beside a white doe in a shaded forest by a stream.

St. Genevieve of Brabant in the Forest

George Frederick Bensell, 1860

Painting of a shadowed forest with tall trees arching over a stream, autumn foliage and a pale sky above.

Forest Interior with Stream

John Frederick Kensett, 1860

Painting of a nude woman with a dark headband standing in a loose, dense forest of ochre and blue brushwork.

Nude in Forest

Louis Eilshemius, 1910

Expressionist painting of a forest with arching red tree trunks, dark green foliage, and a pale path leading into the trees.

Red Tree

Marsden Hartley, 1910

Oil painting of an ornate interior with a seated woman in a patterned gown, carved archway, and sunlit window.

De Forest Interior

Walter L. Palmer, 1870

Watercolor of a Cucumber Tree branch with a yellow-green magnolia bud and long green leaves on a pale background.

Cucumber Tree (Magnolia scuminata)

Mary Vaux Walcott, 1930

Watercolor of a branch with long green leaves and fluffy white willow catkins with yellow stamens on a pale background.

Drummond Willow (Salix drummondiana)

Mary Vaux Walcott, 1920

Watercolor of a low mound of small green willow leaves with tiny flowers on a pale background.

Snow Willow (Salix nivalis)

Mary Vaux Walcott, 1910

Watercolor of a branching plant with narrow green leaves and small white flowers with yellow stamens.

Yellow Willow-Weed (Epilobium lutem)

Mary Vaux Walcott, 1900

Watercolor of two white forest anemone flowers with serrated green leaves on long stems against a pale background.

Forest Anemone (Anemone deltoidea)

Mary Vaux Walcott, 1920

Pencil and crayon drawing of a tall pine tree with drooping gray branches and blue accents on pale paper.

Pine Tree

Joseph Stella, 1910

Watercolor of a cucumber tree branch with a yellow-green closed bud and long green leaves on a pale background.

Cucumber Tree (Magnolia scuminata)

Mary Vaux Walcott, 1938

Pencil sketch of a tall lone cypress tree among rocky cliffs and a stone building on Mount Sinai.

Oak Tree on Mt. Sinai

Miner Kilbourne Kellogg

Pencil sketch of a leaning, gnarled tree at a river's edge with two people rowing a boat in the distance.

Oak Cliff--Dallas

George Elbert Burr, 1890

Watercolor of a rock willow branch with white fuzzy catkins, yellow stamens and green leaves on a cream background.

Rock Willow (Salix vestita)

Mary Vaux Walcott, 1930

Pencil sketch of a massive tree trunk beside a garden wall with an arched gate and urn finials.

Untitled (Tree Trunk with Gate)

Howard Russell Butler

Pencil and wash drawing of bare trees and branches rising from snow-covered ground in a misty winter woodland.

Untitled (Trees in Snow)

George Elbert Burr, 1880

Watercolor of a Monterey cypress branch with green foliage, brown mature cones, and green young cones on a pale background.

Monterey Cypress (Cupressus macrocarpa)

Mary Vaux Walcott, 1936

Watercolor study of a green oak leaf with tan damaged patches and a caterpillar shelter, labeled Fig. 14.

Oak Leaf Edge Caterpillar, study for book Concealing Coloration in the Animal Kingdom

Gerald H. Thayer

Painting of a young tree with yellow blossoms between red and purple walls, green ground and pale blue sky above.

Young Tree in Red Courtyard

Oscar Bluemner, 1910

Watercolor of two white forest anemone flowers on slender stems above toothed green leaves against a pale background.

Forest Anemone (Anemone deltoidea)

Mary Vaux Walcott, 1925

Painting of a tall pine tree with spreading branches above rocky desert ground, with distant mountains and a cloudy sky.

Pine Tree

n.d Sandow, 1900

Watercolor of slender birch trees rising through misty, muted undergrowth in browns, greens and grey.

A Tree Study

Ross Turner, 1870

Watercolor of a white umbrella magnolia blossom with green leaves and a brown stem, painted by Mary Vaux Walcott in 1932.

Umbrella Tree (Magnolia tripetala)

Mary Vaux Walcott, 1932

Watercolor of white birch trees leaning over a pond with two white ducks swimming in a shadowy woodland.

Untitled (Wood Scene with Birch Trees and Ducks)

Edward Mitchell Bannister, 1820

Watercolor of a Monterey cypress branch with green foliage, brown cones, and a green cone cluster on a pale background.

Monterey Cypress (Cupressus macrocarpa)

Mary Vaux Walcott, 1930

Watercolor of a white umbrella magnolia blossom with broad green leaves and a brown branch.

Umbrella Tree (Magnolia tripetala)

Mary Vaux Walcott, 1930

Watercolor of a willow branch with two magenta-tinged catkin buds and green leaves on pink stems.

Willow (Salix)

Mary Vaux Walcott, 1900