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   Painting, Oil on Canvas, North America
Works of Art (138)
A Bird's-Eye View, 1889, Theodore Robinson (American), Oil on canvas (10.64.9) 
 
A Gorge in the Mountains (Kauterskill Clove), 1862, Sanford Robinson Gifford (American), Oil on canvas (15.30.62) 
 
Across the Room, ca. 1899, Edmund Charles Tarbell (American), Oil on canvas (67.187.141) 
 
Alpine Pool, 1907, John Singer Sargent (American), Oil on canvas (50.130.15) 
 
Americana, 1931, Charles Sheeler (American), Oil on canvas (1992.24.8) 
 
Approaching Thunder Storm, 1859, Martin Johnson Heade (American), Oil on canvas (1975.160) 
 
Arques-la-Bataille, 1884, John Henry Twachtman (American), Oil on canvas (1991.130) 
 
Arques-la-Bataille, 1885, John Henry Twachtman (American), Oil on canvas (68.52) 
 
Arrangement in Flesh Colour and Black: Portrait of Théodore Duret, 1883, James Abbott McNeill Whistler (American), Oil on canvas (13.20) 
 
At the Seaside, ca. 1892, William Merritt Chase (American,), Oil on canvas (67.187.123) 
 
Avenue of the Allies, Great Britain, 1918, Childe Hassam (American), Oil on canvas (67.187.127) 
 
Black Iris, 1926, Georgia O'Keeffe (American), Oil on canvas (69.278.1) 
 
Black Place II, 1944, Georgia O'Keeffe (American), Oil on canvas (59.204.1) 
 
Bringing down Marble from the Quarries to Carrara, 1911, John Singer Sargent (American), Oil on canvas (17.97.1) 
 
Captain John Gell, 1785, Gilbert Stuart (American), Oil on canvas (2000.450) 
 
Catherina Elmendorf, 1752, American, Oil on canvas (2006.418)  
 
Celia Thaxter's Garden, Isles of Shoals, Maine, 1890, Childe Hassam (American), Oil on canvas (1994.567) 
 
Children in Woods, 1905, Frank W. Benson (American), Oil on canvas (67.187.210) 
 
Coast Scene, Isles of Shoals, 1901, Childe Hassam (American), Oil on canvas (09.72.6) 
 
Concord, 1949, Barnett Newman (American), Oil and masking tape on canvas (68.178) 
 
Cow's Skull: Red, White, and Blue, 1931, Georgia O'Keeffe (American), Oil on canvas (52.203) 
 
Daniel Crommelin Verplanck, 1771, John Singleton Copley (American), Oil on canvas (49.12) 
 
Denise at Her Dressing Table, ca. 1908–9, Mary Cassatt (American), Oil on canvas (2005.129)  
 
DeWitt Clinton, 1826, Samuel F. B. Morse (American), Oil on canvas (09.18)< 
 
Dressing for the Carnival, 1877, Winslow Homer (American), Oil on canvas (22.220) 
 
Eagle Head, Manchester, Massachusetts (High Tide), 1870, Winslow Homer (American), Oil on canvas (23.77.2) 
 
Eaton's Neck, Long Island, 1872, John F. Kensett (American), Oil on canvas (74.29) 
 
Edward and Sarah Rutter, ca. 1805, Joshua Johnson (American), Oil on canvas (65.254.3) 
 
Egyptians Raising Water from the Nile, 1890–91, John Singer Sargent (American), Oil on canvas (50.130.16) 
 
Elegy to the Spanish Republic, 70, 1961, Robert Motherwell (American), Oil on canvas (65.247) 
 
Elijah Boardman, 1789, Ralph Earl (American), Oil on canvas (1979.395) 
 
Ernesta (Child with Nurse), 1894, Cecilia Beaux (American), Oil on canvas (65.49) 
 
Francis Brinley, 1729, John Smibert (Scottish), American, Oil on canvas (62.79.1) 
 
From the Faraway, Nearby, 1938, Georgia O'Keeffe (American), Oil on canvas (59.204.2) 
 
Fur Traders Descending the Missouri, 1845, George Caleb Bingham (American), Oil on canvas (33.61) 
 
George Washington, 1795, Gilbert Stuart (American), Oil on canvas (07.160) 
 
George Washington, ca. 1779–81, Charles Willson Peale (American), Oil on canvas (97.33) 
 
Girl of the Bangs-Phelps Family, ca. 1848, Erastus Salisbury Field (American), Oil on canvas (63.201.4) 
 
Goat, 1935, Arthur Dove (American), Oil on canvas (49.70.37) 
 
Golden Afternoon, 1908, Childe Hassam (American), Oil on canvas (11.40) 
 
Horatio Gates, ca. 1793–94, Gilbert Stuart (American), Oil on canvas (1977.243) 
 
Idle Hours, 1888, Julian Alden Weir (American), Oil on canvas (88.7) 
 
In the Woods, 1855, Asher B. Durand (American), Oil on canvas (95.13.1) 
 
James Monroe, ca. 1820–22, Gilbert Stuart (American), Oil on canvas (29.89) 
 
John and Louisa Stock, 1845, Joseph Whiting Stock (American), Oil on canvas (66.242.19) 
 
Josef de Jaudenes y Nebot, 1794, Gilbert Stuart (American), Oil on canvas (07.75) 
 
Joseph Anthony, Jr., ca. 1795–98, Gilbert Stuart (American), Oil on canvas (05.40.1) 
 
Joseph Sherburne, ca. 1767–70, John Singleton Copley (American), Oil on canvas (23.143) 
 
July Fourteenth, Rue Daunou, 1910, Childe Hassam (American), Oil on canvas (29.86) 
 
Lady at the Tea Table, 1883–85, Mary Cassatt (American), Oil on canvas (23.101) 
 
Lady with the Rose (Charlotte Louise Burckhardt), 1882, John Singer Sargent (American), Oil on canvas (32.154) 
 
Lake George, 1869, John F. Kensett (American), Oil on canvas (15.30.61) 
 
Louis-Marie, Vicomte de Noailles, 1798, Gilbert Stuart (American), Oil on canvas (1970.262) 
 
Lydia Crocheting in the Garden at Marly, 1880, Mary Cassatt (American), Oil on canvas (65.184) 
 
Madame X (Madame Pierre Gautreau), 1883–84, John Singer Sargent (American), Oil on canvas (16.53) 
 
Matilda Stoughton de Jaudenes, 1794, Gilbert Stuart (American), Oil on canvas (07.76) 
 
Merengue en Boca Chica, 1983, Rafael Ferrer (American, born Puerto Rico), Oil on canvas (1984.2) 
 
Michael Angelo and Emma Clara Peale, ca. 1826, Rembrandt Peale (American,), Oil on canvas (2000.151) 
 
Midshipman Augustus Brine, 1782, John Singleton Copley (American), Oil on canvas (43.86.4) 
 
Mother and Child (Baby Getting Up from His Nap), ca. 1899, Mary Cassatt (American), Oil on canvas (09.27) 
 
Mother and Child (The Oval Mirror), ca. 1889, Mary Cassatt (American), Oil on canvas (29.100.47) 
 
Mother and Son, 1840, Thomas Sully (American), Oil on canvas (14.126.5) 
 
Mr. and Mrs. I. N. Phelps Stokes, 1897, John Singer Sargent (American), Oil on canvas (38.104) 
 
Mrs. Edward Green (Mary Storer), 1765, John Singleton Copley (American), Oil on canvas (08.1b) 
 
Mrs. Hugh Hammersley, 1892, John Singer Sargent (American), Oil on canvas (1998.365) 
 
Mrs. Jerathmael Bowers, ca. 1763, John Singleton Copley (American), Oil on canvas (15.128) 
 
Mrs. John Winthrop, 1773, John Singleton Copley (American), Oil on canvas (31.109) 
 
Mrs. Joseph Anthony, Jr., ca. 1795–98, Gilbert Stuart (American), Oil on canvas (05.40.2) 
 
Mrs. Mayer and Daughter, 1835–40, Ammi Phillips (American), Oil on canvas (62.256.2) 
 
Newburyport Meadows, ca. 1876–81, Martin Johnson Heade (American), Oil on canvas (1985.117) 
 
No. 13 (White, Red, on Yellow), 1958, Mark Rothko (American, born Russia), Oil and acrylic with powdered pigments on canvas (1985.63.5) 
 
Northeaster, 1895, Winslow Homer (American), Oil on canvas (10.64.5) 
 
Office in a Small City, 1953, Edward Hopper (American), Oil on canvas (53.183) 
 
Panoramic view of the the Palace and Gardens of Versailles, 1818–19, John Vanderlyn (American), Oil on canvas (52.184) 
 
Peaceable Kingdom, ca. 1830–32, Edward Hicks (American), Oil on canvas (1970.283.1) 
 
Peach Blossoms—Villiers-le-Bel, ca. 1887–89, Childe Hassam (American), Oil on canvas (1979.490.9) 
 
Portrait of a German Officer, 1914, Marsden Hartley (American), Oil on canvas (49.70.42) 
 
Portrait of an Artist, ca. 1786, Gilbert Stuart (American), Oil on canvas (26.16) 
 
Portrait of the Artist, 1821, Thomas Sully (American), Oil on canvas (94.23.3) 
 
Prisoners from the Front, 1866, Winslow Homer (American), Oil on canvas (22.207) 
 
Queen Victoria, 1838, Thomas Sully (American), Oil on canvas (14.126.1) 
 
Queen Victoria, 1838, Thomas Sully (American), Oil on canvas (L.1993.45) 
 
Reapers Resting in a Wheat Field, 1885, John Singer Sargent (American), Oil on canvas (50.130.14) 
 
Relational Painting No. 64, 1953, Fritz Glarner (American, born Switzerland) Oil on canvas (1983.579) 
 
Repose, 1895, John White Alexander (American), Oil on canvas (1980.224) 
 
Rosa Bonheur, 1898, Anna Elizabeth Klumpke (American), Oil on canvas (22.222) 
 
Second Theme, 1949, Burgoyne Diller (American), Oil on canvas (1991.402.7) 
 
Seventh Regiment on Review, Washington Square, New York, 1851, Otto Boetticher (American), Oil on canvas (54.90.295) 
 
Signora Gomez d'Arza, 1901–2, Thomas Eakins (American), Oil on canvas (27.220) 
 
Snake Charmer at Tangier, Africa, 1872, Louis Comfort Tiffany (American), Oil on canvas (21.170)  
 
Snap the Whip, 1872, Winslow Homer (American), Oil on canvas (50.41) 
 
South of Scranton, 1931, Peter Blume (American, born Russia), Oil on canvas (42.155)  
 
Spring Morning in the Heart of the City, 1890; reworked 1895–99, Childe Hassam (American), Oil on canvas (43.116.1) 
 
Stage Fort across Gloucester Harbor, 1862, Fitz Henry Lane (formerly Fitz Hugh Lane) (American), Oil on canvas (1978.203) 
 
Surf, Isles of Shoals, 1913, Childe Hassam (American), Oil on canvas (1996.382) 
 
Susan Walker Morse (The Muse), ca. 1836–37, Samuel F. B. Morse (American), Oil on canvas (45.62.1) 
 
Symphony No. 1, The Transcendental, 1941–42, Richard Pousette-Dart (American), Oil on canvas (1996.367) 
 
Tables for Ladies, 1930, Edward Hopper (American), Oil on canvas (31.62) 
 
Taking the Census, 1854, Francis William Edmonds (American), Oil on canvas (2006.457)  
 
The Alling Children, ca. 1839, Oliver Tarbell Eddy (American), Oil on canvas (66.242.21) 
 
The American School, 1765, Matthew Pratt (American), Oil on canvas (97.29.3) 
 
The Arab Jeweler, ca. 1882, Charles Sprague Pearce (American), Oil on canvas, (22.69) 
 
The Artist's Wife and His Setter Dog, ca. 1884–89, Thomas Eakins (American), Oil on canvas (23.139) 
 
The Beeches, 1845, Asher B. Durand (American), Oil on canvas (15.30.59) 
 
The Champion Single Sculls (Max Schmitt in a Single Scull), 1871, Thomas Eakins (American), Oil on canvas (34.92) 
 
The Church at Gloucester, 1918, Childe Hassam (American), Oil on canvas (25.206) 
 
The Cup of Tea, ca. 1879, Mary Cassatt (American), Oil on canvas (22.16.17) 
 
The Falls of Niagara, ca. 1825, Edward Hicks (American), Oil on canvas (62.256.3) 
 
The Flesh Eaters, 1952, William Baziotes (American), Oil and charcoal on canvas (1995.234) 
 
The Gulf Stream, 1899, Winslow Homer (American), Oil on canvas (06.1234) 
 
The Heart of the Andes, 1859, Frederic Edwin Church (American), Oil on canvas (09.95) 
 
The Knapp Children, ca. 1833–34, Samuel Lovett Waldo (American); William Jewett (American), Oil on canvas (59.114) 
 
The Lighthouse at Two Lights, 1929, Edward Hopper (American), Oil on canvas (62.95) 
 
The North Country, 1923, Willard Metcalf (American), Oil on canvas (24.60) 
 
The Pleiades, 1885, Elihu Vedder (American), Oil on canvas (10.64.13) 
 
The Raymond Children, ca. 1838, Robert Peckham (American), Oil on canvas (66.242.27) 
 
The Red Bridge, 1895, Julian Alden Weir (American), Oil on canvas (14.141) 
 
The Return of Neptune, ca. 1754, John Singleton Copley (American), Oil on canvas (59.198) 
 
The Rocky Mountains, Lander's Peak, 1863, Albert Bierstadt (American), Oil on canvas (07.123) 
 
The Satin Tuning Fork, 1940, Yves Tanguy (American, born France), Oil on canvas (1999.363.80) 
 
The Sortie Made by the Garrison of Gibraltar, 1789, John Trumbull (American), Oil on canvas (1976.332) 
 
The Spanish Girl in Reverie, 1831, Washington Allston (American), Oil on canvas (01.7.2) 
 
The Thinker: Portrait of Louis N. Kenton, 1900, Thomas Eakins (American), Oil on canvas (17.172) 
 
The Titian's Goblet, 1833, Thomas Cole (American), Oil on canvas (04.29.2) 
 
The Trout Pool, 1870, Worthington Whittredge (American), Oil on canvas (21.115.4) 
 
The Valley of Wyoming, 1865, Jasper Francis Cropsey (American), Oil on canvas (66.113) 
 
The Veteran in a New Field, 1865, Winslow Homer (American), Oil on canvas (67.187.131) 
 
The Water Garden, 1909, Childe Hassam (American), Oil on canvas (1994.450) 
 
The Williamson Family, ca. 1841–42, John Mix Stanley (American), Oil on canvas (1976.338) 
 
The Writing Master, 1882, Thomas Eakins (American), Oil on canvas (17.173) 
 
View from Mount Holyoke, Northampton, Massachusetts, after a Thunderstorm—The Oxbow, 1836, Thomas Cole (American), Oil on canvas (08.228) 
 
Water of the Flowery Mill, 1944, Arshile Gorky (American, born Armenia), Oil on canvas (56.205.1) 
 
Water, 1945, Charles Sheeler (American), Oil on canvas (49.128)  
 
White Canadian Barn II, 1932, Georgia O'Keeffe (American), Oil on canvas (64.310) 
 
White Flag, 1955, Jasper Johns (American), Encaustic, oil, newsprint, and charcoal on canvas (1998.329)  
 
Winter in Union Square, 1889–90, Childe Hassam (American), Oil on canvas (43.116.2) 
 
Young Mother Sewing, 1900, Mary Cassatt (American), Oil on canvas (29.100.48) 
 
Thematic Essays (24)