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Yale University Art Gallery

562 works

Oil portrait of an older man with gray hair in a dark coat and white collar against a dark background.

The Honorable James Lanman (1769-1841), B.A. 1788, M.A. 1791

Chester Harding

Brown ink landscape painting of a tall rocky mountain with pines, bare trees, a stone bridge and a distant pagoda.

A Thousand Peaks After Snowfall

Hanging scroll painting of pink peonies and white narcissus beside a rock, with dark ink leaves and branches.

Peonies and Narcissus

Hanging scroll of two figures under a pine tree beside a garden rock, with calligraphy and a red seal at left.

Landscape with Two Figures Standing Under a Pine and Beside a Garden Rock

Oil portrait of a bearded man in a tweed jacket with a pink collar, looking to the side against a dark background.

The Veteran (Portrait of George Reynolds)

Oil painting of a seated woman in a green gown on a red throne facing a man in black, with an attendant holding a parchment.

Christopher Columbus before Queen Isabella

Jean-Paul Laurens

Ink painting of orchids with arching leaves beside a rock, with calligraphy inscription and red seals on the left.

Orchids

Oil portrait of an older bald man in wire spectacles, dark coat and white cravat against a dark brown background.

Timothy Dwight (or Theodore Dwight?)

Seated man in blue coat and red waistcoat beside a standing servant in a turban, with ships in a harbor behind.

Elihu Yale with his Servant

Painting of a seated woman in a green gown on a red dais facing a dark-cloaked man, with an attendant holding a scroll.

Columbus before Isabella

Jean-Paul Laurens

Painting of a barefoot boy in a red vest fishing by a river under dark trees at dusk.

Boy fishing

Narcisse Virgilio Díaz

Ink painting of a wild chrysanthemum on a grassy mound, with cursive Chinese calligraphy and red seals above.

Wild Chrysanthemum

Oil portrait of a young boy in a fur cap holding a wooden flute, with sheet music at his feet and a landscape behind him.

John Gurney Jr., the Little Flute Player

Ink painting of a twisting plum branch with blossoms, with calligraphy and red seals on pale paper.

A Cut Branch of Blossoming Plum

Misty ink landscape of cliffs, pine trees, a pale moon over a river, and a small sailboat near the reeds.

The Second Ode on the Red Cliff

Hashimoto Gahō

Stylized landscape with dark tropical trees, a white factory with a tall smokestack, gray mountains and an orange-yellow sky.

Landscape with Contrasting Tree Forms, II

Viking Eggeling

Hanging scroll of playful brown demons playing music, climbing a ladder, and flying among clouds, with an umbrella at left.

Playful Demons

Kawanabe Kyōsai

Hanging scroll of blue-green mountains, autumn trees, a pavilion and travellers on a path beside a waterfall.

Travellers in Autumn Mountain

Painting of a dark tree, pink bare trunks, pale village buildings with a tower, and green hills under a red sky.

Landscape with Factory by Lake, II

Viking Eggeling

Two hanging scrolls: a figure with umbrella walks past a red torii gate; a mounted rider with attendants passes misty hills.

Ki no Tsurayuki Passing Aritoshi Shrine

Hanabusa Itchō

Hanging scroll of white and red peonies with leaves and buds, a dark butterfly on the red flower, and white butterflies above

Peonies and Butterflie

Hanging scroll of a twisting plum branch in ink with pale blossoms, surrounded by calligraphic inscriptions and red seals.

Ink Plum

Ink painting on silk of a drooping willow above a gnarled trunk with blossoming peach branches, with calligraphy and red seal

Willow Tree and Blossoming Peach

Ink landscape hanging scroll with tall rocky mountains, pine trees, small pavilions and a calligraphic inscription in the upp

Landscape

Hanging scroll with an ink rubbing of a lotus roof tile beside a column of Japanese cursive calligraphy.

Lotus Roof Tile Rubbing with Waka

Ōtagaki Rengetsu

Hanging scroll of a misty cliff, a windswept pine, bare trees, and a seated scholar by water, with calligraphy at upper right

Landscape in the style of Li Tang

Hanging scroll of robed figures gathered in a garden with pine trees, bamboo, banana plants, and a winding stream.

Elegant Gathering in the Western Garden

Abstract painting of overlapping geometric shapes and curved arcs in bold yellow, green, red, blue, black and white.

Agee and Rose, C11

Patrick Henry Bruce

Ink landscape hanging scroll with misty mountains, tree clusters, a small hut, and calligraphy in the upper left.

Landscape in the manner of Mi Fu

Ink painting of a heron standing on a rock beside a slender reed, on a hanging scroll with a blank background.

Cormorant in the style of Miyamoto Musashi