American Art

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    Sebastiano del Piombo, Christophorus Columbus

    Sebastiano del Piombo, Christophorus Columbus
  • Robert Walter Weir, Landing of Hendrick Hudson

    Robert Walter Weir, Landing of Hendrick Hudson
  • Unidentified artist, “Nieu Amsterdam”

    Unidentified artist, “Nieu Amsterdam”
    Copper engraving
  • Anoniem, Elisabeth Freake and baby Mary

    Anoniem, Elisabeth Freake and baby Mary
  • Anonymous, John Freake

    Anonymous, John Freake
  • Anonymous, Mrs. Anne Pollard

    Anonymous, Mrs. Anne Pollard
  • Charles Collins, A Still life of Pears, Peaches, and Grapes

    Charles Collins, A Still life of Pears, Peaches, and Grapes
  • Jean-Etienne Liotard, Portrait of Marie Fargues, artist’s wife, in Turkish costume

    Jean-Etienne Liotard, Portrait of Marie Fargues, artist’s wife, in Turkish costume
  • John Singleton Copley, Boy with squirrel

    John Singleton Copley, Boy with squirrel
  • John Singleton Copley, Mrs. Thomas Boylston

    John Singleton Copley, Mrs. Thomas Boylston
  • John Singleton Copley, Nicolas Boylston

    John Singleton Copley, Nicolas Boylston
  • John Singleton Copley, Paul Revere

    John Singleton Copley, Paul Revere
  • John Singleton Copley, Self portrait

    John Singleton Copley, Self portrait
  • Benjamin West, Self-portrait

    Benjamin West, Self-portrait
  • Thomas Jefferson, Monticello, Charlottesville, Virginia

    Thomas Jefferson, Monticello, Charlottesville, Virginia
  • Paul Revere, The bloody massacre in King Street

    Paul Revere, The bloody massacre in King Street
    Engraving colored with watercolor
  • Benjamin West, The Death of General Wolfe

    Benjamin West, The Death of General Wolfe
  • John Singleton Copley, Watson and the shark

    John Singleton Copley, Watson and the shark
  • Jaques-Louis David, Oath of Horatii

    Jaques-Louis David, Oath of Horatii
  • John Trumbull, The death of General Warren at the Battle of Bunker’s Hill

    John Trumbull, The death of General Warren at the Battle of Bunker’s Hill
  • John Trumbull, The death of General Montgomery in the Attack on Quebec

    John Trumbull, The death of General Montgomery in the Attack on Quebec
  • John Trumbull, The Declaration of Independence

    John Trumbull, The Declaration of Independence
  • Thomas Jefferson, State Capitol Virginia, Richmond

    Thomas Jefferson, State Capitol Virginia, Richmond
  • Jean-Antoine Houdon, George Washington

    Jean-Antoine Houdon, George Washington
  • John Trumbull, General George Washington Before the Battle of Trenton

    John Trumbull, General George Washington Before the Battle of Trenton
    Appropriation of Greek style and iconography
  • Gilbert Stuart, George Washington (the Lansdowne Portrait)

    Gilbert Stuart, George Washington (the Lansdowne Portrait)
  • Gilbert Stuart, ‘Athenaeum’, Portrait of George Washington

    Gilbert Stuart, ‘Athenaeum’, Portrait of George Washington
  • San José, Old Laguna Pueblo, New Mexico

    San José, Old Laguna Pueblo, New Mexico
    Unique mix of indigenous and catholic art
  • John Trumbull, Self-portrait

    John Trumbull, Self-portrait
  • Washington Allston, Elija in the Desert

    Washington Allston, Elija in the Desert
  • William Strickland, Second Bank of the U.S., Philadelphia

    William Strickland, Second Bank of the U.S., Philadelphia
  • Samuel F.B. Morse, The Old House of Representatives

    Samuel F.B. Morse, The Old House of Representatives
  • Thomas Cole, Sunny morning on the Hudson River

    Thomas Cole, Sunny morning on the Hudson River
  • Thomas Cole, Expulsion from Paradise

    Thomas Cole, Expulsion from Paradise
  • Thomas Cole, Expulsion (moon and firelight)

    Thomas Cole, Expulsion (moon and firelight)
  • Charles Bird King, The Anatomy of Art Appreciation, ‘The Vanity of the Artist’s Dream’

    Charles Bird King, The Anatomy of Art Appreciation, ‘The Vanity of the Artist’s Dream’
  • Samuel Finlay Morse, Gallery of the Louvre

    Samuel Finlay Morse, Gallery of the Louvre
  • Thomas Cole, View from Mount Holyoke, Northampton Massachusetts, after a Thunderstorm (The Oxbow)

    Thomas Cole, View from Mount Holyoke, Northampton Massachusetts, after a Thunderstorm (The Oxbow)
  • Thomas Cole, View on the Catskill – Early Autumn

    Thomas Cole, View on the Catskill – Early Autumn
  • Horatio Greenough, George Washington

    Horatio Greenough, George Washington
  • Thomas Cole, The Architect's Dream

    Thomas Cole, The Architect's Dream
    Eclecticism
  • Asher B. Durand, The Beeches

    Asher B. Durand, The Beeches
  • Frederic Edwin Church, Above the Clouds at Sunrise

    Frederic Edwin Church, Above the Clouds at Sunrise
  • Gustave Courbet, The Stone Breakers

    Gustave Courbet, The Stone Breakers
    French realism
  • William S. Jewett, The Promised Land - The Grayson Family

    William S. Jewett, The Promised Land - The Grayson Family
  • Emanuel Leutze, Washington crossing the Delaware

    Emanuel Leutze, Washington crossing the Delaware
    One of last traditional history paintings made in the USA
  • George C. Bingham, Daniel Boone Escorting Settlers Through the Cumberland Gap

    George C. Bingham, Daniel Boone Escorting Settlers Through the Cumberland Gap
  • Asher B. Durand, Progress

    Asher B. Durand, Progress
  • Elisha Otis demonstrates elevator security, world exhibition, New York

    Elisha Otis demonstrates elevator security, world exhibition, New York
  • George Caleb Bingham, The Verdict of the People

    George Caleb Bingham, The Verdict of the People
  • Frederic Edwin Church, Niagara Falls

    Frederic Edwin Church, Niagara Falls
  • Eastman Johnson, Negro Life in the South (Old Kentucky Home)

    Eastman Johnson, Negro Life in the South (Old Kentucky Home)
  • Frederic Edwin Church, Twilight in the Wilderness

    Frederic Edwin Church, Twilight in the Wilderness
  • Winslow Homer, The Walking Wounded

    Winslow Homer, The Walking Wounded
  • Emanuel Leutze, Westward the course of the Empire takes its way

    Emanuel Leutze, Westward the course of the Empire takes its way
    Mural
    Invitation to “occupy, settle, and control"
  • Winslow Homer, Union Pickets in the Woods, in Harper's Weekly

    Winslow Homer, Union Pickets in the Woods, in Harper's Weekly
  • Eastman Johnson, A Ride for Liberty: The Fugitive Slaves

    Eastman Johnson, A Ride for Liberty: The Fugitive Slaves
  • Alexander Gardner, Home of a Rebel Sharpshooter, Gettysburg

    Alexander Gardner, Home of a Rebel Sharpshooter, Gettysburg
  • Albert Bierstadt, The Rocky Mountains, Lander’s Peak

    Albert Bierstadt, The Rocky Mountains, Lander’s Peak
  • Mathew Brady, A Harvest of Death, Gettysburg, Pennsylvania

    Mathew Brady, A Harvest of Death, Gettysburg, Pennsylvania
  • A Group of “Contrabands” in Virginia

    A Group of “Contrabands” in Virginia
  • Winslow Homer, The Veteran in a New Field

    Winslow Homer, The Veteran in a New Field
  • Thomas C. Roche, Dead Confederate soldier outside the walls of Fort Mahone, Petersburg, Virginia

    Thomas C. Roche, Dead Confederate soldier outside the walls of Fort Mahone, Petersburg, Virginia
  • Frederic Edwin Church, Aurora Borealis

    Frederic Edwin Church, Aurora Borealis
  • Winslow Homer, The Prisoners from the front

    Winslow Homer, The Prisoners from the front
  • St. Patrick’s Cathedral, New York

    St. Patrick’s Cathedral, New York
    Appropriation of Gothic style
  • Fanny Palmer, Across the continent: Westward the course of Empire takes its way

    Fanny Palmer, Across the continent: Westward the course of Empire takes its way
    Lithograph
  • George Henry Boughton, The Landing of the Pilgrim Fathers 1620

    George Henry Boughton, The Landing of the Pilgrim Fathers 1620
  • Albert Bierstadt, The Oregon Trail

    Albert Bierstadt, The Oregon Trail
  • Eastman Johnson, The Brown Family

    Eastman Johnson, The Brown Family
  • Albert Bierstadt, Wind River, Wyoming

    Albert Bierstadt, Wind River, Wyoming
  • Thomas Eakins, The Champion Single Sculls (Max Schmidt in a Single Scull)

    Thomas Eakins, The Champion Single Sculls (Max Schmidt in a Single Scull)
  • John Gast, American Progress

    John Gast, American Progress
  • Claude Monet, Regatta in Argenteuil

    Claude Monet, Regatta in Argenteuil
    French impressionism
  • Winslow Homer, Snap the Whip

    Winslow Homer, Snap the Whip
  • James Abbott McNeill Whistler, Nocturne: Blue and Gold – Old Battersea Bridge

    James Abbott McNeill Whistler, Nocturne: Blue and Gold – Old Battersea Bridge
  • Multi-level buildings, Timothy O’Sullivan

    Multi-level buildings, Timothy O’Sullivan
    Photograph
    South side of Zuni Pueblo
  • Thomas Eakins, The Gross Clinic

    Thomas Eakins, The Gross Clinic
    Frowned upon
  • Winslow Homer, The Cotton Pickers

    Winslow Homer, The Cotton Pickers
  • Mary Cassatt, Mother combing child’s hair

    Mary Cassatt, Mother combing child’s hair
  • Jean Léon Gérôme, Pygmalion et Galatea

    Jean Léon Gérôme, Pygmalion et Galatea
  • Thomas Eakins, Mending the Net

    Thomas Eakins, Mending the Net
  • Jules-Étienne Marey, Chronophotography of a long jump from a standing position

    Jules-Étienne Marey, Chronophotography of a long jump from a standing position
  • Jules-Étienne Marey, Herons in flight

    Jules-Étienne Marey, Herons in flight
  • Thomas Eakins, Man Pole-Vaunting

    Thomas Eakins, Man Pole-Vaunting
  • Thomas Eakins, History of a jump

    Thomas Eakins, History of a jump
  • Jules-Étienne Marey, Chronophotography of a walking man

    Jules-Étienne Marey, Chronophotography of a walking man
  • Jacob Riis, Bandit’s Roost

    Jacob Riis, Bandit’s Roost
  • Mary Cassatt, Emmy and her Child

    Mary Cassatt, Emmy and her Child
  • Thomas Eakins, The Agnew Clinic

    Thomas Eakins, The Agnew Clinic
    Frowned upon
  • Jacob Riis, A man atop a make-shift bed that consists of a plank across two barrels

    Jacob Riis, A man atop a make-shift bed that consists of a plank across two barrels
  • Louis Sullivan, Wainwright Building, St. Louis, Missouri

    Louis Sullivan, Wainwright Building, St. Louis, Missouri
  • Jacob Riis, A Tenements Room

    Jacob Riis, A Tenements Room
  • Jacob Riis, Five Cents a Spot, Unauthorized Lodgings in a Bayard Street Tenement

    Jacob Riis, Five Cents a Spot, Unauthorized Lodgings in a Bayard Street Tenement
  • Jacob Riis, Home of an Italian Ragpicker

    Jacob Riis, Home of an Italian Ragpicker
  • Alfred Stieglitz, The Terminal

    Alfred Stieglitz, The Terminal
    gelatine silver print
  • Alfred Stieglitz, Winter, 5th Avenue

    Alfred Stieglitz, Winter, 5th Avenue
    carbon print
  • Mary Cassatt, Modern Woman mural

    Mary Cassatt, Modern Woman mural
    Woman’s Building, World’s Columbian Exposition and Fair, Chicago
  • Mary Cassatt, Summertime

    Mary Cassatt, Summertime
  • Gertrude Käsebier, Maternity

    Gertrude Käsebier, Maternity
    gum print
  • Thomas Eakins, Between Rounds

    Thomas Eakins, Between Rounds
  • Lewis W. Hine, Child at Carolina Cotton Mill

    Lewis W. Hine, Child at Carolina Cotton Mill
  • Louis Sullivan, Carson, Pirie and Scott department store, Chicago

    Louis Sullivan, Carson, Pirie and Scott department store, Chicago
  • Eadweard Muybridge, Woman Walking Downstairs, from The Human Figure in Motion

    Eadweard Muybridge, Woman Walking Downstairs, from The Human Figure in Motion
  • William Glackens, Hammerstein's Roof Garden

    William Glackens, Hammerstein's Roof Garden
  • Edward Steichen, Self- Portrait with Brush and Palette

    Edward Steichen, Self- Portrait with Brush and Palette
    gum bichromate photographic print
  • Thomas Eakins, Self Portrait

    Thomas Eakins, Self Portrait
  • Gertrude Käsebier, Alfred Stieglitz

    Gertrude Käsebier, Alfred Stieglitz
  • Alfred Stieglitz, The Hand of Man

    Alfred Stieglitz, The Hand of Man
    photograve
  • Robert Henri, Self Portrait

    Robert Henri, Self Portrait
  • Edward Steichen, The Flatiron

    Edward Steichen, The Flatiron
    platinum print photograph
  • Edward Steichen, The Flatiron

    Edward Steichen, The Flatiron
  • George Luks, Hester Street

    George Luks, Hester Street
  • George Luks, The Spielers

    George Luks, The Spielers
  • George Luks, Allen Street

    George Luks, Allen Street
  • John Sloan, The Picnic Grounds

    John Sloan, The Picnic Grounds
  • John Sloan, Hairdresser's Window

    John Sloan, Hairdresser's Window
  • Henri Matisse, Blue Nude (Memories of Biskra)

    Henri Matisse, Blue Nude (Memories of Biskra)
  • Robert Henri, Eva Green

    Robert Henri, Eva Green
  • Robert Henri, Laughing Child

    Robert Henri, Laughing Child
  • Thomas Eakins, William Rush carving his allegorical figure of the Schuylkill river

    Thomas Eakins, William Rush carving his allegorical figure of the Schuylkill river
  • John Sloan, Sloan South Beach Bathers

    John Sloan, Sloan South Beach Bathers
  • Pablo Picasso, Trois Femmes

    Pablo Picasso, Trois Femmes
  • Lewis W. Hine, Climbing into the Promised Land, Ellis Island

    Lewis W. Hine, Climbing into the Promised Land, Ellis Island
  • Georges Braque, Viaduct at L’Estaque

    Georges Braque, Viaduct at L’Estaque
  • George Bellows, Pennsylvania Station Excavation

    George Bellows, Pennsylvania Station Excavation
  • George Bellows, Stag at Sharkey's

    George Bellows, Stag at Sharkey's
  • George Bellows, Both Members of This Club

    George Bellows, Both Members of This Club
  • John Sloan, Three A.M

    John Sloan, Three A.M
  • Alvin Langdon Coburn, Tunnel Builders

    Alvin Langdon Coburn, Tunnel Builders
  • Robert Henri, John Butler Yeats

    Robert Henri, John Butler Yeats
  • Max Weber, Composition with three figures

    Max Weber, Composition with three figures
  • John Marin, Trinity Church

    John Marin, Trinity Church
  • Everett Shinn, Fifth Avenue

    Everett Shinn, Fifth Avenue
  • George Luks, Thompson and Bleeker Streets

    George Luks, Thompson and Bleeker Streets
  • Alfred Stieglitz, The City of Ambition

    Alfred Stieglitz, The City of Ambition
  • Everett Shinn, Washington Square Park

    Everett Shinn, Washington Square Park
  • Lewis W. Hine, Newsies at Skeeter Branch, St. Louis, Missouri, 11 a.m., May 9, 1910

    Lewis W. Hine, Newsies at Skeeter Branch, St. Louis, Missouri, 11 a.m., May 9, 1910
  • John Sloan, Women’s Work

    John Sloan, Women’s Work
  • Arthur Dove, Nature Symbolized

    Arthur Dove, Nature Symbolized
  • Arthur Dove, Sails

    Arthur Dove, Sails
  • George Bellows, New York

    George Bellows, New York
  • Alfred Stieglitz, The Aeroplane

    Alfred Stieglitz, The Aeroplane
  • Henri Matisse, L’Atelier Rouge

    Henri Matisse, L’Atelier Rouge
  • Wassily Kandinsky, Composition number 4

    Wassily Kandinsky, Composition number 4
  • Pablo Picasso, Stilleven met Rieten Stoel

    Pablo Picasso, Stilleven met Rieten Stoel
  • Marcel Duchamp, Nude descending a Staircase

    Marcel Duchamp, Nude descending a Staircase
  • Wassily Kandinsky, Improvisation #27, Garden of Love

    Wassily Kandinsky, Improvisation #27, Garden of Love
  • Francis Picabia, La Danse a la Source

    Francis Picabia, La Danse a la Source
  • Pablo Picasso, La Jolie

    Pablo Picasso, La Jolie
  • John Marin, Woolworth Building, no. 31, 1912

    John Marin, Woolworth Building, no. 31, 1912
  • Cass Gilbert, The Woolworth Building, New York

    Cass Gilbert, The Woolworth Building, New York
  • George Bellows, Cliff Dwellers

    George Bellows, Cliff Dwellers
  • John Sloan, Spring Planting

    John Sloan, Spring Planting
  • Max Weber, New York

    Max Weber, New York
  • John Sloan, Before Her Makers and Her Judge

    John Sloan, Before Her Makers and Her Judge
  • Robert Henri, Irish Girl (Mary O’Donnell)

    Robert Henri, Irish Girl (Mary O’Donnell)
  • John Sloan, “She’s Got the Point,” The Masses

    John Sloan, “She’s Got the Point,” The Masses
  • John Sloan, Cartoon on cubism at Armory Show

    John Sloan, Cartoon on cubism at Armory Show
  • Marcel Duchamp, Bicycle wheel (replica), 1963 (originally 1913/15)

    Marcel Duchamp, Bicycle wheel (replica), 1963 (originally 1913/15)
  • John Sloan, “Class War in Colorado, June 1914”, The Masses

    John Sloan, “Class War in Colorado, June 1914”, The Masses
  • George Luks, The Brooklyn Bridge

    George Luks, The Brooklyn Bridge
  • Carlo Carrà, Interventionist Celebration (Patriotic Holiday – Free Word Painting)

    Carlo Carrà, Interventionist Celebration (Patriotic Holiday – Free Word Painting)
  • Marcel Duchamp, Bottle Rack (replica), 1963 (originally 1914)

    Marcel Duchamp, Bottle Rack (replica), 1963 (originally 1914)
    Readymade
  • Getrude Käsebier, Silhouette

    Getrude Käsebier, Silhouette
    gum bichromate print
  • Georgia O’Keeffe, Drawing XIII

    Georgia O’Keeffe, Drawing XIII
  • Ernest Graham, Equitable Building

    Ernest Graham, Equitable Building
  • Paul Strand, Wall Street, New York

    Paul Strand, Wall Street, New York
  • Max Weber, Rush Hour, New York

    Max Weber, Rush Hour, New York
  • Umberto Boccioni, Charge of the Lancers

    Umberto Boccioni, Charge of the Lancers
  • Francis Picabia, Le Fiancé

    Francis Picabia, Le Fiancé
  • Francis Picabia, Foi et Amour (Faith and Love)

    Francis Picabia, Foi et Amour (Faith and Love)
  • Georgia O’Keeffe, Evening

    Georgia O’Keeffe, Evening
  • Francis Picabia, Machine Tournez Vite (Machine Turning Quickly)

    Francis Picabia, Machine Tournez Vite (Machine Turning Quickly)
  • Morton Schamberg, Painting VIII (Mechanical Abstraction)

    Morton Schamberg, Painting VIII (Mechanical Abstraction)
  • Paul Strand, Portrait Washington Square Park

    Paul Strand, Portrait Washington Square Park
  • Marcel Duchamp, Fountain, photographed by Alfred Stieglitz

    Marcel Duchamp, Fountain, photographed by Alfred Stieglitz
  • Francis Picabia, Love Parade/Parade Amoureuse

    Francis Picabia, Love Parade/Parade Amoureuse
  • Georgia O’Keeffe, Blue Flower

    Georgia O’Keeffe, Blue Flower
  • Georgia O’Keeffe, Music Pink and Blue

    Georgia O’Keeffe, Music Pink and Blue
  • Joseph Stella, Brooklyn Bridge

    Joseph Stella, Brooklyn Bridge
  • Charles Sheeler, Church Street El

    Charles Sheeler, Church Street El
  • Charles Demuth, Incense of a New Church

    Charles Demuth, Incense of a New Church
  • Eliel Saarinen, Tribune Tower design

    Eliel Saarinen, Tribune Tower design
  • Alfred Stieglitz, Dancing Trees

    Alfred Stieglitz, Dancing Trees
  • Paul Strand, Double Akeley

    Paul Strand, Double Akeley
  • Georgia O’Keeffe, Grey Lines with Black, Blue, and Yellow

    Georgia O’Keeffe, Grey Lines with Black, Blue, and Yellow
  • 1931Charles Sheeler, Self-Portrait

    1931Charles Sheeler, Self-Portrait
  • Arthur Dove, Penetration

    Arthur Dove, Penetration
  • Arthur Dove, Goin’ Fishin

    Arthur Dove, Goin’ Fishin
  • Georgia O’Keeffe, Black Iris

    Georgia O’Keeffe, Black Iris
  • Georgia O’Keeffe, Yellow Calla

    Georgia O’Keeffe, Yellow Calla
  • Georgia O’Keeffe, The Shelton with Sunspots

    Georgia O’Keeffe, The Shelton with Sunspots
  • Georgia O’Keeffe, City Night

    Georgia O’Keeffe, City Night
  • Georgia O’Keeffe, Abstraction White Rose

    Georgia O’Keeffe, Abstraction White Rose
  • Georgia O’Keeffe, Radiator Building – Night, New York

    Georgia O’Keeffe, Radiator Building – Night, New York
  • Elsie Driggs, Pittsburgh

    Elsie Driggs, Pittsburgh
  • Elsie Driggs, Queensborough Bridge

    Elsie Driggs, Queensborough Bridge
  • Charles Sheeler, photography River Rouge Plant, Ford Motor Company

    Charles Sheeler, photography River Rouge Plant, Ford Motor Company
  • Charles Demuth, My Egypt

    Charles Demuth, My Egypt
  • Charles Demuth, I Saw the Figure 5 in Gold

    Charles Demuth, I Saw the Figure 5 in Gold
  • Albert Kahn, Joseph N. French, Fisher Building, Chicago

    Albert Kahn, Joseph N. French, Fisher Building, Chicago
  • Georgia O’Keeffe, East River from the 30th Story of Shelton Hotel

    Georgia O’Keeffe, East River from the 30th Story of Shelton Hotel
  • Georgia O'Keeffe, Black Mesa Landscape, New Mexico / Out Back of Marie's II

    Georgia O'Keeffe, Black Mesa Landscape, New Mexico / Out Back of Marie's II
  • Man Ray, Marcel Duchamp

    Man Ray, Marcel Duchamp
  • Charles Sheeler, American Landscape

    Charles Sheeler, American Landscape
  • Charles Sheeler, Classic Landscape

    Charles Sheeler, Classic Landscape
  • John Marin, Region of the Brooklyn Bridge Fantasy

    John Marin, Region of the Brooklyn Bridge Fantasy
  • Charles Sheeler, Steam Turbine

    Charles Sheeler, Steam Turbine
  • Georgia O’Keeffe, The Beyond

    Georgia O’Keeffe, The Beyond
  • Georgia O’Keeffe, Sky Above Clouds / Yellow Horizon and Clouds

    Georgia O’Keeffe, Sky Above Clouds / Yellow Horizon and Clouds
  • Julie Buffalohead, The Stampede

    Julie Buffalohead, The Stampede
  • Julie Buffalohead, Revisionist History Lesson

    Julie Buffalohead, Revisionist History Lesson
  • Julie Buffalohead, You Are On Indian Land

    Julie Buffalohead, You Are On Indian Land
  • Jaune Quick-to-See Smith, Stolen Map

    Jaune Quick-to-See Smith, Stolen Map
    Beads