Paintings from the Smithsonian American Art Museum

American painting from the colonial portraitists to the Hudson River School, the Impressionists and the West, from the nation’s museum of American art.

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Room Paintings shows 400 of its paintings, with works by H. Lyman Saÿen, Thomas Wilmer Dewing, Childe Hassam and Thomas Moran. 395 of them suit a room in our lists.

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High Cliff, Coast of Maine, Winslow Homer, 1894, oil on canvas

Winslow Homer High Cliff, Coast of Maine, 1894 Smithsonian American Art Museum

Aurora Borealis, Frederic Edwin Church, 1865, oil on canvas

Frederic Edwin Church Aurora Borealis, 1865 Smithsonian American Art Museum

Marble Fountain in Italy, John Singer Sargent, ca. 1907, watercolor

John Singer Sargent Marble Fountain in Italy, ca. 1907 Smithsonian American Art Museum

Sara in a Green Bonnet, Mary Cassatt, ca. 1901, oil on canvas

Mary Cassatt Sara in a Green Bonnet, ca. 1901 Smithsonian American Art Museum

Head of a Young Woman, James McNeill Whistler, ca. 1890, oil on canvas mounted on wood panel

James McNeill Whistler Head of a Young Woman, ca. 1890 Smithsonian American Art Museum

Mother (Annie Williams Gandy), Thomas Eakins, ca. 1903, oil on canvas

Thomas Eakins Mother (Annie Williams Gandy), ca. 1903 Smithsonian American Art Museum

Cotopaxi, Frederic Edwin Church, 1855, oil on canvas

Frederic Edwin Church Cotopaxi, 1855 Smithsonian American Art Museum

Alaskan Coast Range, Albert Bierstadt, ca. 1889, oil on paper mounted on paperboard

Albert Bierstadt Alaskan Coast Range, ca. 1889 Smithsonian American Art Museum

Spanish Dancer Wearing a Lace Mantilla, Mary Cassatt, 1873, oil on canvas

Mary Cassatt Spanish Dancer Wearing a Lace Mantilla, 1873 Smithsonian American Art Museum

Among the Sierra Nevada, California, Albert Bierstadt, 1868, oil on canvas

Albert Bierstadt Among the Sierra Nevada, California, 1868 Smithsonian American Art Museum

San Francisco Bay, Albert Bierstadt, 1871-1873, oil on paperboard mounted on paperboard

Albert Bierstadt San Francisco Bay, 1871-1873 Smithsonian American Art Museum

The Subsiding of the Waters of the Deluge, Thomas Cole, 1829, oil on canvas

Thomas Cole The Subsiding of the Waters of the Deluge, 1829 Smithsonian American Art Museum

Indians in Council, California, Albert Bierstadt, ca. 1872, oil on paper on canvas

Albert Bierstadt Indians in Council, California, ca. 1872 Smithsonian American Art Museum

Summertime, Winslow Homer, 1880, watercolor on paper

Winslow Homer Summertime, 1880 Smithsonian American Art Museum

Boys in a Dory, Winslow Homer, 1880, watercolor and graphite on paper

Winslow Homer Boys in a Dory, 1880 Smithsonian American Art Museum

Gates of the Yosemite, Albert Bierstadt, ca. 1882, oil on paper mounted on canvas

Albert Bierstadt Gates of the Yosemite, ca. 1882 Smithsonian American Art Museum

Cathedral Rocks, Yosemite Valley, Albert Bierstadt, ca. 1872, oil on paper mounted on canvas

Albert Bierstadt Cathedral Rocks, Yosemite Valley, ca. 1872 Smithsonian American Art Museum

Stable at Cuenca, John Singer Sargent, 1903, oil on canvas

John Singer Sargent Stable at Cuenca, 1903 Smithsonian American Art Museum

Bear Hunting, Prospect Rock, Winslow Homer, 1892, watercolor and pencil on paper

Winslow Homer Bear Hunting, Prospect Rock, 1892 Smithsonian American Art Museum

Betty Wertheimer, John Singer Sargent, 1908, oil on canvas

John Singer Sargent Betty Wertheimer, 1908 Smithsonian American Art Museum

Sunrise in the Sierras, Albert Bierstadt, ca. 1872, oil on paper mounted on paperboard

Albert Bierstadt Sunrise in the Sierras, ca. 1872 Smithsonian American Art Museum

Elizabeth Winthrop Chanler (Mrs. John Jay Chapman), John Singer Sargent, 1893, oil on canvas

John Singer Sargent Elizabeth Winthrop Chanler (Mrs. John Jay Chapman), 1893 Smithsonian American Art Museum

Valparaiso Harbor, James McNeill Whistler, 1866, oil on canvas

James McNeill Whistler Valparaiso Harbor, 1866 Smithsonian American Art Museum

The Pilgrim of the World at the End of His Journey (study for the series, The Cross and the World), Thomas Cole, ca. 1847, oil on canvas

Thomas Cole The Pilgrim of the World at the End of His Journey (study for the series, The Cross and the World), ca. 1847 Smithsonian American Art Museum

The Caress, Mary Cassatt, 1902, oil on canvas

Mary Cassatt The Caress, 1902 Smithsonian American Art Museum

A Visit from the Old Mistress, Winslow Homer, 1876, oil on canvas

Winslow Homer A Visit from the Old Mistress, 1876 Smithsonian American Art Museum

Shinnecock Hills, William Merritt Chase, ca. 1895, oil on canvas

William Merritt Chase Shinnecock Hills, ca. 1895 Smithsonian American Art Museum

Summer, Thomas Wilmer Dewing, ca. 1890, oil on canvas

Thomas Wilmer Dewing Summer, ca. 1890 Smithsonian American Art Museum

Spring, Navesink Highlands, Childe Hassam, 1908, oil on canvas

Childe Hassam Spring, Navesink Highlands, 1908 Smithsonian American Art Museum

Niagara, George Inness, 1889, oil on canvas

George Inness Niagara, 1889 Smithsonian American Art Museum

Sundown, George Inness, 1884, oil on canvas

George Inness Sundown, 1884 Smithsonian American Art Museum

Georgia Pines, George Inness, 1890, oil on wood

George Inness Georgia Pines, 1890 Smithsonian American Art Museum

November, Dwight William Tryon, 1904-1905, oil on wood

Dwight William Tryon November, 1904-1905 Smithsonian American Art Museum

End of Winter, John Henry Twachtman, after 1889, oil on canvas

John Henry Twachtman End of Winter, after 1889 Smithsonian American Art Museum

The Torrent, John Henry Twachtman, ca. 1900, oil on canvas

John Henry Twachtman The Torrent, ca. 1900 Smithsonian American Art Museum

A Gentlewoman, Julian Alden Weir, 1906, oil on canvas

Julian Alden Weir A Gentlewoman, 1906 Smithsonian American Art Museum

Upland Pasture, Julian Alden Weir, ca. 1905, oil on canvas

Julian Alden Weir Upland Pasture, ca. 1905 Smithsonian American Art Museum

Noon in the Orchard, Worthington Whittredge, 1900, oil on canvas

Worthington Whittredge Noon in the Orchard, 1900 Smithsonian American Art Museum

Fishing Boats at Gloucester, John Henry Twachtman, 1901, oil on canvas

John Henry Twachtman Fishing Boats at Gloucester, 1901 Smithsonian American Art Museum

Villa Malta, Rome, Sanford Robinson Gifford, 1879, oil on canvas

Sanford Robinson Gifford Villa Malta, Rome, 1879 Smithsonian American Art Museum

Portrait of Wyatt Eaton, Julian Alden Weir, ca. 1878, oil on canvas

Julian Alden Weir Portrait of Wyatt Eaton, ca. 1878 Smithsonian American Art Museum

Self-Portrait, Benjamin West, 1819, oil on paperboard

Benjamin West Self-Portrait, 1819 Smithsonian American Art Museum

General Georges Leman, Commander of the Fortified Town of Liege, Edmund Charles Tarbell, 1919-1920, oil on canvas

Edmund Charles Tarbell General Georges Leman, Commander of the Fortified Town of Liege, 1919-1920 Smithsonian American Art Museum

Portrait of a Lady, Gilbert Stuart, ca. 1820-1825, oil on canvas

Gilbert Stuart Portrait of a Lady, ca. 1820-1825 Smithsonian American Art Museum

The Grand Canyon of the Yellowstone, Thomas Moran, 1893-1901, oil on canvas

Thomas Moran The Grand Canyon of the Yellowstone, 1893-1901 Smithsonian American Art Museum

Figure in Sunlight (Artist's Wife), John Henry Twachtman, ca. 1890-1900, oil on canvas

John Henry Twachtman Figure in Sunlight (Artist's Wife), ca. 1890-1900 Smithsonian American Art Museum

Hemlock Pool, John Henry Twachtman, ca. 1890-1900, oil on canvas

John Henry Twachtman Hemlock Pool, ca. 1890-1900 Smithsonian American Art Museum

Misty May Morn, John Henry Twachtman, 1899, oil on canvas

John Henry Twachtman Misty May Morn, 1899 Smithsonian American Art Museum

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