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Emblems of the Civil War
Alexander Pope
A masterfully executed trompe-l'oeil still life of American Civil War military equipment arranged against a deep, paneled background.
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Art Versus Law
David Gilmour Blythe
This 19th-century genre painting captures a struggling artist facing eviction from his attic studio.
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Young Franklin at the Press
Enoch Wood Perry, Jr.
A masterful 19th-century depiction of a young Benjamin Franklin at work in a printing shop.
Figure Studies
Keith's Union Square
Everett Shinn
A dramatic theatrical scene featuring a lone figure in white illuminated against a backdrop of deep emerald shadows.
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Prisoners from the Front
Winslow Homer
Winslow Homer’s iconic Civil War scene captures a poignant moment of confrontation between a Union officer and Confederate prisoners.
Traditional Still Lifes
Still Life with Fish
William Merritt Chase
A masterly study in texture and light, this 1912 oil painting captures the luminous, iridescent quality of its subject with bold brushwork.
Moody Landscapes
Elijah in the Desert
Washington Allston
A dramatic Romantic landscape depicting the biblical prophet Elijah in a rugged, storm-swept wilderness.
Contains nudity
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The Gross Clinic
Thomas Eakins
A dramatic and masterful display of 19th-century realism depicting a surgical clinic in progress.
Contains nudity
Figure Studies
Caius Marius Amid the Ruins of Carthage
John Vanderlyn
This dramatic Neoclassical portrait captures a brooding figure in a striking scarlet cloak amidst the weathered stones of ancient Carthage.
Contains disturbing content
Moody Landscapes
Gas Attack, Lievin
A. Y. Jackson
This atmospheric landscape captures an eerie nocturnal scene punctuated by glowing colored lights and heavy, shifting mists.
Contains disturbing content
Moody Landscapes
The Race Track (Death on a Pale Horse)
Albert Pinkham Ryder
An evocative Symbolist masterpiece depicting a spectral horseman on a lonely track.
Contains disturbing content
Moody Landscapes
The Course of Empire: Destruction
Thomas Cole
A dramatic and masterfully detailed masterpiece depicting the catastrophic fall of a classical empire.
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