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Style galleriesPaintings of the 19th century

Paintings of the 19th century

Three light-skinned, dark-haired ballerinas, painted in muted tones, wear off-the-shoulder yellow leotards and tutus as they huddle near each other. One adjusts her costume, while one holds her hands clasped above her head. At left is a painted screen with four pairs of feet visible underneath.
Painting of a performance inside a circus ring. A man wearing a suit holds a whip in his hand and looks towards a woman with red hair riding a gray horse and wearing a green dress. Audience members wearing suits and top hats watch from red and white benches on the side.
The Shepherd's Song, by Pierre Puvis de Chavannes, 1891
Washington Crossing the Delaware, by Emanuel Leutze, 1851
Artist: Thomas Sully, Sitter: John Sergeant, Current owner: National Portrait Gallery, Smithsonian Institution

The works in this room are listed below.

Works in this room

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

First room, north wall

  1. Three light-skinned, dark-haired ballerinas, painted in muted tones, wear off-the-shoulder yellow leotards and tutus as they huddle near each other. One adjusts her costume, while one holds her hands clasped above her head. At left is a painted screen with four pairs of feet visible underneath.
    Yellow Dancers (In the Wings)Edgar Degas, 1874–76Courtesy of the Art Institute of Chicago
  2. Painting of a performance inside a circus ring. A man wearing a suit holds a whip in his hand and looks towards a woman with red hair riding a gray horse and wearing a green dress. Audience members wearing suits and top hats watch from red and white benches on the side.
    Equestrienne (At the Cirque Fernando)Henri de Toulouse-Lautrec, 1887–88Courtesy of the Art Institute of Chicago
  3. The Shepherd's Song, by Pierre Puvis de Chavannes, 1891
    The Shepherd's SongPierre Puvis de Chavannes, 1891Courtesy of The Metropolitan Museum of Art

First room, south wall

  1. Washington Crossing the Delaware, by Emanuel Leutze, 1851
    Washington Crossing the DelawareEmanuel Leutze, 1851Courtesy of The Metropolitan Museum of Art
  2. Artist: Thomas Sully, Sitter: John Sergeant, Current owner: National Portrait Gallery, Smithsonian Institution
    John SergeantThomas Sully, 1811Courtesy of the National Portrait Gallery, Smithsonian Institution

Second room, south wall

  1. A person at the center of this loosely painted horizontal landscape rides a dark horse across a field as a man to the left works the field behind a horse-drawn plow. The field is carpeted with muted and gold-shaded green, and a grove of trees in the right third of the composition are painted in fern, olive, and dark green. A patch of darker green near us and to left of center is dotted with red and yellow to suggest flowers. The men and horses are small in relation to the composition. The people have brown skin and are painted with a few strokes in dark gray and muted green for the man behind the plow to the left and pale yellow and white and a red cap for the person on horseback. A band of houses with tan or light yellow walls and gray or terracotta red roofs line the far side of the field to the left, and an arched bridge crosses what appears to be a shallow, grassy ravine near the center. The horizon comes about a third of the way up this composition and a few smoke-gray clouds line the upper edge of the otherwise milk-white sky. The artist signed the lower left corner, “COROT.”
    View near EpernonJean Baptiste Camille Corot, 1850/1860Courtesy National Gallery of Art, Washington
  2. In this painting, three women are depicted standing and sitting closely together. The women have fair complexions and dark hair in ringlets, and they are smiling slightly. The woman on the left appears to be standing, and her body is turned to the right while her head is turned over her shoulder to face us. She wears a light blue dress with a brown shawl, and she is holding the edge of a red book that rests on a small table in the bottom right corner. The woman in the middle also appears to be standing, and she is wearing a golden-yellow off-the-shoulder garment. One of her hands is on the shoulder of the woman on the left. The woman on the right is seated at the small table, and she wears a pale pink off-the-shoulder dress. She looks directly out at us. The small table is covered in a golden cloth, and on the right is a vase of colorful flowers. The wall behind the woman is a blend of brown, tan, and pale blue tones.
    The Coleman SistersThomas Sully, 1844Courtesy National Gallery of Art, Washington
  3. This painting shows a landscape with a horizon in the lower third of the composition. On the left side of the painting, there are tall trees along a canal. In the center is a dirt path on the other edge of the canal, with a person riding a donkey who looks over their shoulder towards us. On the right side, there are white buildings in the distance, with a grassy field leading towards them. The light blue sky is filled with fluffy clouds, and the water of the canal reflects the sky and trees. The brushstrokes of the painting are thick and visible, especially in the sky.
    The TowpathJohan Barthold Jongkind, 1864Courtesy National Gallery of Art, Washington
  4. Artist: Eastman Johnson, Sitter: Grover Cleveland, Current owner: National Portrait Gallery, Smithsonian Institution
    Grover ClevelandEastman Johnson, 1884Courtesy of the National Portrait Gallery, Smithsonian Institution

Second room, north wall

  1. View of a village surrounded by hills, fields, and trees, shown from a vantage point above the scene. Subtly rolling hills recede into a bluish gray-ish sky punctuated by white clouds. Thick brushstrokes built up atop each other are visible throughout.
    Auvers, Panoramic ViewPaul Cézanne, 1873–75Courtesy of the Art Institute of Chicago
  2. Artist: Abraham Archibald Anderson, Sitter: Thomas Alva Edison, Current owner: National Portrait Gallery, Smithsonian Institution
    Thomas Alva EdisonAbraham Archibald Anderson, 1890Courtesy of the National Portrait Gallery, Smithsonian Institution

Third room, north wall

  1. The Gulf Stream, by Winslow Homer, 1899; reworked by 1906
    The Gulf StreamWinslow Homer, 1899; reworked by 1906Courtesy of The Metropolitan Museum of Art
  2. Berthe Morisot with a Muff, by Édouard Manet, c. 1871–72
    Berthe Morisot with a MuffÉdouard Manet, c. 1871–72Courtesy of the Cleveland Museum of Art
  3. A work made of oil on canvas.
    The ConversationMarcellin Gilbert Desboutin, 1875–79Courtesy of the Art Institute of Chicago

Third room, south wall

  1. The Third-Class Carriage, by Honoré Daumier, 1864
    The Third-Class CarriageHonoré Daumier, 1864Courtesy of The Metropolitan Museum of Art
  2. The Sea, by Edward Moran, 1870
    The SeaEdward Moran, 1870Courtesy of the Smithsonian American Art Museum