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Paintings of the 19th century

Paintings made in the 19th century, from every museum.

432 works · hang 1280 ·

The rooms are imagined; every work on their walls is real.

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First room, north wall

  1. Wheat Field with Cypresses, by Vincent van Gogh, 1889
    Wheat Field with CypressesVincent van Gogh, 1889Courtesy of The Metropolitan Museum of Art
  2. Shown from the chest up, a pale-skinned man in a suit sits in a high-backed chair, looking slightly to our right in this vertical portrait painting. His eyes and head are both turned slightly to our right, with only one ear visible on our left. His shoulder on our right and the right side of the chair are slightly cut off by the edge of the painting. He has a straight nose, high cheekbones, and pale pink closed lips. His eyes are dark, with small shadows beneath them. His black, wavy hair is parted on our right and cropped short on the sides of his head, with thick, defined waves on top. He has a light brown mustache that extends past the edge of his lips and flips up at the ends and a small, thin goatee. Beneath his chin, the collar of his white shirt is visible. The man wears an open suit jacket with a black vest, which folds slightly just below his chest, revealing a glimpse of his white shirt beneath it in a gap between buttons. The chair is only visible from the man’s shoulders up and ends at his forehead. It has a curved, round top back with a red frame and dark green upholstery. The part of the red frame on the right side of the painting has white and yellow highlights. The background is dark gray with visible brushstrokes. The artist signed and dated the painting at the top left, “F. Bazille. 1866.”
    Edouard BlauFrédéric Bazille, probably 1869Courtesy National Gallery of Art, Washington
  3. Melanesian Man, by Antonion Zeno Shindler, ca. 1890-1899
    Melanesian ManAntonion Zeno Shindler, ca. 1890-1899Courtesy of the Smithsonian American Art Museum

First room, south wall

  1. The Valley of Wyoming, by Jasper Francis Cropsey, 1865
    The Valley of WyomingJasper Francis Cropsey, 1865Courtesy of The Metropolitan Museum of Art
  2. Ia Orana Maria (Hail Mary), by Paul Gauguin, 1891
    Ia Orana Maria (Hail Mary)Paul Gauguin, 1891Courtesy of The Metropolitan Museum of Art

Second room, south wall

  1. White Mare, by Winslow Homer, c. 1868
    White MareWinslow Homer, c. 1868Courtesy of the Cleveland Museum of Art
  2. A painting of a large group of people having a picnic on a seaside cliff. It's a clear day, and children climb a tree. Someone holds a drum. A mother sings to her baby, and everyone plays.
    Springtime and LoveFrancesco Paolo Michetti, 1878Courtesy of the Art Institute of Chicago

Second room, north wall

  1. Portrait of Ōzora Buzaemon, by Watanabe Kazan, 1827
    Portrait of Ōzora BuzaemonWatanabe Kazan, 1827Courtesy of the Cleveland Museum of Art
  2. A work made of oil on canvas.
    Mill of Pont MaupuitJean Baptiste Armand Guillaumin, c. 1900Courtesy of the Art Institute of Chicago
  3. A work made of oil on canvas.
    The Song of the LarkJules Breton, 1884Courtesy of the Art Institute of Chicago

Third room, north wall

  1. This is a painting depicting a bare-knuckle boxing match with two fighters in a ring surrounded by a crowd. Both fighters are men with light skin, and they wear no shirts. The fighter on the left wears orange pants with black dots, while the fighter on the right wears red pants with white dots. Behind these men are two other shirtless men wearing the same types of pants, as well as two other men wearing more formal attire, including jackets, vests, and hats. Outside the ring, a semi-circle of light-skinned men in formal attire watch the central fight. The setting is outdoors, with grass around the feet of the spectators and green hills in the background. Above the group, the sky is light gray.
    Bare KnucklesGeorge A. Hayes, c. 1870/1885Courtesy National Gallery of Art, Washington
  2. A Woman Seated beside a Vase of Flowers (Madame Paul Valpinçon?), by Edgar Degas, 1865
    A Woman Seated beside a Vase of Flowers (Madame Paul Valpinçon?)Edgar Degas, 1865Courtesy of The Metropolitan Museum of Art
  3. The Cliff at Étretat, by Gustave Courbet, after 1872
    The Cliff at ÉtretatGustave Courbet, after 1872Courtesy of the Cleveland Museum of Art
  4. "My First Painting", by Mary Vaux Walcott, ca. 1868
    "My First Painting"Mary Vaux Walcott, ca. 1868Courtesy of the Smithsonian American Art Museum

Third room, south wall

  1. Watercolor
    Pink Note–Shelling PeasJames McNeill Whistler, 1882-1884Courtesy of the National Museum of Asian Art, Smithsonian Institution
  2. Artist: Thomas Hicks, Sitter: Samuel Jones Tilden, Current owner: National Portrait Gallery, Smithsonian Institution
    Samuel Jones TildenThomas Hicks, c. 1870Courtesy of the National Portrait Gallery, Smithsonian Institution