Floor plan

East wing: The Nineteenth CenturyRomanticism and Realism

Romanticism and Realism

Oil painting
Madame X (Virginie Amélie Avegno Gautreau), by John Singer Sargent, 1883–84
A work made of oil on paper, laid onto cardboard.
View of South Street, from Maiden Lane, New York City, by William James Bennett, ca. 1827
The Alling Children, by Oliver Tarbell Eddy, ca. 1839
Talking It Over, by Enoch Wood Perry, 1872
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.

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. Oil painting
    An Orange Note: Sweet ShopJames McNeill Whistler, 1883 or 1884Courtesy of the National Museum of Asian Art, Smithsonian Institution
  2. Madame X (Virginie Amélie Avegno Gautreau), by John Singer Sargent, 1883–84
    Madame X (Virginie Amélie Avegno Gautreau)John Singer Sargent, 1883–84Courtesy of The Metropolitan Museum of Art
  3. A work made of oil on paper, laid onto cardboard.
    A Farmhouse in the Bavarian AlpsJohann Georg von Dillis, c. 1825Courtesy of the Art Institute of Chicago
  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 1, south wall

  1. The Alling Children, by Oliver Tarbell Eddy, ca. 1839
    The Alling ChildrenOliver Tarbell Eddy, ca. 1839Courtesy of The Metropolitan Museum of Art
  2. Talking It Over, by Enoch Wood Perry, 1872
    Talking It OverEnoch Wood Perry, 1872Courtesy of The Metropolitan Museum of Art
  3. 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

Section 2, south wall

  1. The New Bonnet, by Francis William Edmonds, 1858
    The New BonnetFrancis William Edmonds, 1858Courtesy of The Metropolitan Museum of Art
  2. Seventh Regiment on Review, Washington Square, New York, by Otto Boetticher, 1851
    Seventh Regiment on Review, Washington Square, New YorkOtto Boetticher, 1851Courtesy 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 2, north wall

  1. The Pleiades, by Elihu Vedder, 1885
    The PleiadesElihu Vedder, 1885Courtesy of The Metropolitan Museum of Art
  2. Plums, by John William Hill, 1870
    PlumsJohn William Hill, 1870Courtesy of The Metropolitan Museum of Art
  3. Basket of Fruit, c. 1830
    Basket of FruitUnrecorded American maker, c. 1830Courtesy National Gallery of Art, Washington
  4. The Falls of Niagara, by Edward Hicks, ca. 1825
    The Falls of NiagaraEdward Hicks, ca. 1825Courtesy of The Metropolitan Museum of Art

Section 3, north wall

  1. Arrangement in Flesh Colour and Black: Portrait of Theodore Duret, by James McNeill Whistler, 1883
    Arrangement in Flesh Colour and Black: Portrait of Theodore DuretJames McNeill Whistler, 1883Courtesy of The Metropolitan Museum of Art
  2. At the Seaside, by William Merritt Chase, ca. 1892
    At the SeasideWilliam Merritt Chase, ca. 1892Courtesy of The Metropolitan Museum of Art