Floor plan

East wing: The Nineteenth CenturyRomanticism and Realism

Romanticism and Realism

Sunrise, by George Inness, 1887
Reapers Resting in a Wheat Field, by John Singer Sargent, 1885
The Contest for the Bouquet: The Family of Robert Gordon in Their New York Dining-Room, by Seymour Joseph Guy, 1866
John Quincy Adams Ward, by Henry Augustus Loop, 1863
Watercolor
Four women with musical instruments lounge in a massive garden courtyard.
The Alling Children, by Oliver Tarbell Eddy, ca. 1839

The works in this room are listed below.

Works in this room

Storms, ruins and feeling from about 1780, then ordinary people and working lives painted as they were, from the 1840s on.

Section 1, north wall

  1. Sunrise, by George Inness, 1887
    SunriseGeorge Inness, 1887Courtesy of The Metropolitan Museum of Art
  2. Reapers Resting in a Wheat Field, by John Singer Sargent, 1885
    Reapers Resting in a Wheat FieldJohn Singer Sargent, 1885Courtesy of The Metropolitan Museum of Art
  3. The Contest for the Bouquet: The Family of Robert Gordon in Their New York Dining-Room, by Seymour Joseph Guy, 1866
    The Contest for the Bouquet: The Family of Robert Gordon in Their New York Dining-RoomSeymour Joseph Guy, 1866Courtesy of The Metropolitan Museum of Art
  4. John Quincy Adams Ward, by Henry Augustus Loop, 1863
    John Quincy Adams WardHenry Augustus Loop, 1863Courtesy of The Metropolitan Museum of Art

Section 1, south wall

  1. Watercolor
    Pink Note–Shelling PeasJames McNeill Whistler, 1882-1884Courtesy of the National Museum of Asian Art, Smithsonian Institution
  2. Four women with musical instruments lounge in a massive garden courtyard.
    The Interior of the Palm House on the Pfaueninsel Near PotsdamCarl Blechen, 1834Courtesy of the Art Institute of Chicago
  3. The Alling Children, by Oliver Tarbell Eddy, ca. 1839
    The Alling ChildrenOliver Tarbell Eddy, ca. 1839Courtesy of The Metropolitan Museum of Art

Section 2, south wall

  1. A VILLAGE SQUARE
    A Village SquareWalter Shirlaw, 1875–80Courtesy of Cooper Hewitt, Smithsonian Design Museum
  2. ROOKWOOD POTTERY
    Rookwood PotteryGeorge Gibson, 1886Courtesy of Cooper Hewitt, Smithsonian Design Museum
  3. Spring Blossoms, Montclair, New Jersey, by George Inness, ca. 1891
    Spring Blossoms, Montclair, New JerseyGeorge Inness, ca. 1891Courtesy of The Metropolitan Museum of Art
  4. View of South Street, from Maiden Lane, New York City, by William James Bennett, ca. 1827
    View of South Street, from Maiden Lane, New York CityWilliam James Bennett, ca. 1827Courtesy of The Metropolitan Museum of Art

Section 2, north wall

  1. Basket of Fruit, c. 1830
    Basket of FruitUnrecorded American maker, c. 1830Courtesy National Gallery of Art, Washington
  2. Washington Reviewing the Western Army at Fort Cumberland, Maryland, by Frederick Kemmelmeyer, after 1795
    Washington Reviewing the Western Army at Fort Cumberland, MarylandFrederick Kemmelmeyer, after 1795Courtesy of The Metropolitan Museum of Art
  3. Autumn Oaks, by George Inness, ca. 1878
    Autumn OaksGeorge Inness, ca. 1878Courtesy of The Metropolitan Museum of Art

Section 3, north wall

  1. A work made of oil on canvas.
    Inside the ColosseumFranz Ludwig Catel, c. 1823Courtesy of the Art Institute of Chicago
  2. This painting shows a woman in a tan dress and a tan hat with red flowers, walking on a grassy shoreline, holding a dark purple umbrella. The woman is positioned in the center of the painting, and she faces the left, standing at the edge of the water, looking downward. She has light skin and dark hair put up under her hat. The horizon is high in the painting, where the blue-gray sky and water meet. Small ships are visible in the distance, floating on the horizon. On the right side of the painting, the yellow and green ground curves, sloping slightly downward to meet the water. The painting has loose, visible brushstrokes.
    Woman by the SeasideUnrecorded French maker, 19th centuryCourtesy National Gallery of Art, Washington