Early 20th-Century Paintings for the Staircase

Here are 28 early 20th-century paintings for the staircase, painted between 1900 and 1937, with works by Alice Pike Barney, Alfred H. Maurer and Cecilia Beaux; the subjects they return to most are portraits, and work and labor. The stairwell is the one place where paintings should not hang level with each other.

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Polly, George de Forest Brush 18 × 24 in portrait print (46 × 61 cm), centered 58 in above the stair line. Drawn to scale on a 12 × 8 ft wall.

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28 early 20th-century paintings

Polly, George de Forest Brush, 1916, oil on canvas

George de Forest Brush Polly, 1916 Smithsonian American Art Museum

Nancy, George de Forest Brush, ca. 1905, oil on paperboard

George de Forest Brush Nancy, ca. 1905 Smithsonian American Art Museum

Peasant Girl, Alice Pike Barney, 1900, oil on wood

Alice Pike Barney Peasant Girl, 1900 Smithsonian American Art Museum

Ruth St. Denis, Alice Pike Barney, 1910, oil on canvas

Alice Pike Barney Ruth St. Denis, 1910 Smithsonian American Art Museum

Albert Clifford Barney, Ottilie Wilhelmina Roederstein, Swiss, ca. 1900, oil on canvas

Ottilie Wilhelmina Roederstein, Swiss Albert Clifford Barney, ca. 1900 Smithsonian American Art Museum

Portrait of H. Siddons Mowbray, Henry Salem Hubbell, 1910, oil on canvas

Henry Salem Hubbell Portrait of H. Siddons Mowbray, 1910 Smithsonian American Art Museum

Self-Portrait, Malvin Gray Johnson, 1934, oil on canvas

Malvin Gray Johnson Self-Portrait, 1934 Smithsonian American Art Museum

Indian Boy (Joe Archelita), Harriet Blackstone, 1918, oil on paperboard

Harriet Blackstone Indian Boy (Joe Archelita), 1918 Smithsonian American Art Museum

Portrait of a Girl, H. Lyman Saÿen, 1909-1914, oil on canvas

H. Lyman Saÿen Portrait of a Girl, 1909-1914 Smithsonian American Art Museum

Self-Portrait, H. Lyman Saÿen, 1910-1913, encaustic on canvas

H. Lyman Saÿen Self-Portrait, 1910-1913 Smithsonian American Art Museum

Portrait of a Girl, Alfred H. Maurer, 1923, opaque watercolor

Alfred H. Maurer Portrait of a Girl, 1923 Smithsonian American Art Museum

Portrait of a Woman, Alfred H. Maurer, 1920-1925, oil on paperboard

Alfred H. Maurer Portrait of a Woman, 1920-1925 Smithsonian American Art Museum

Natalie Barney, Emile Auguste Carolus-Duran, French, ca. 1900, oil and ink on paper

Emile Auguste Carolus-Duran, French Natalie Barney, ca. 1900 Smithsonian American Art Museum

Portrait of a Young Man, Anne Goldthwaite, 1913, oil on canvas

Anne Goldthwaite Portrait of a Young Man, 1913 Smithsonian American Art Museum

Natalie Barney, Olga Boznanska, Polish, ca. 1900, oil on fiberboard

Olga Boznanska, Polish Natalie Barney, ca. 1900 Smithsonian American Art Museum

Natalie with Necklace, Alice Pike Barney, ca. 1900, oil on fiberboard

Alice Pike Barney Natalie with Necklace, ca. 1900 Smithsonian American Art Museum

Head of a Woman, Alfred H. Maurer, ca. 1929, oil on fiberboard

Alfred H. Maurer Head of a Woman, ca. 1929 Smithsonian American Art Museum

One-star, Elbridge Ayer Burbank, 1903, oil on canvas

Elbridge Ayer Burbank One-star, 1903 Smithsonian American Art Museum

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

John Singer Sargent Betty Wertheimer, 1908 Smithsonian American Art Museum

Admiral Sir David Beatty, Lord Beatty, Cecilia Beaux, ca. 1920, oil on canvas

Cecilia Beaux Admiral Sir David Beatty, Lord Beatty, ca. 1920 Smithsonian American Art Museum

Georges Clemenceau, Cecilia Beaux, 1920, oil on canvas

Cecilia Beaux Georges Clemenceau, 1920 Smithsonian American Art Museum

Cardinal Mercier, Cecilia Beaux, 1919, oil on canvas

Cecilia Beaux Cardinal Mercier, 1919 Smithsonian American Art Museum

Self-Portrait at Spurveskjul, Vilhelm Hammershøi, 1911, oil on canvas

Vilhelm Hammershøi Self-Portrait at Spurveskjul, 1911 The Met

Abundance of Today (mural study, Clarksville, Tennessee Post Office), F. Luis Mora, ca. 1937-1938, tempera on fiberboard

F. Luis Mora Abundance of Today (mural study, Clarksville, Tennessee Post Office), ca. 1937-1938 Smithsonian American Art Museum

A Tuscan Farm, Edward Bruce, ca. 1926-1931, oil on wood

Edward Bruce A Tuscan Farm, ca. 1926-1931 Smithsonian American Art Museum

September, William A. Coffin, ca. 1907, oil on canvas

William A. Coffin September, ca. 1907 Smithsonian American Art Museum

Pansies, Henri Fantin-Latour, 1903, oil on canvas

Henri Fantin-Latour Pansies, 1903 The Met

Study for Mosaic, Wisconsin State Capital, "Justice", Kenyon Cox, ca. 1913, oil on canvas

Kenyon Cox Study for Mosaic, Wisconsin State Capital, "Justice", ca. 1913 Smithsonian American Art Museum

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