# Realism

Style galleries · hang 749 · 41 works

Ordinary people and working lives, painted as they were, from the 1840s on.

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

## Section 1, north wall

1. [Harmony in Green and Rose: The Music Room](https://www.ochreeditions.com/art/harmony-in-green-and-rose-the-music-room-si-fsg-f1917-234a-b), James McNeill Whistler, 1860-1861. Courtesy of the National Museum of Asian Art, Smithsonian Institution. [Walk to it](https://www.ochreeditions.com/galleries/style/realism/harmony-in-green-and-rose-the-music-room-si-fsg-f1917-234a-b?hang=749)
2. [Plums](https://www.ochreeditions.com/art/plums-met-11096), John William Hill, 1870. Courtesy of The Metropolitan Museum of Art. [Walk to it](https://www.ochreeditions.com/galleries/style/realism/plums-met-11096?hang=749)
3. [Arrangement in Flesh Colour and Black: Portrait of Theodore Duret](https://www.ochreeditions.com/art/arrangement-in-flesh-colour-and-black-portrait-of-theodore-d-met-13211), James McNeill Whistler, 1883. Courtesy of The Metropolitan Museum of Art. [Walk to it](https://www.ochreeditions.com/galleries/style/realism/arrangement-in-flesh-colour-and-black-portrait-of-theodore-d-met-13211?hang=749)
4. [The Pleiades](https://www.ochreeditions.com/art/the-pleiades-met-13070), Elihu Vedder, 1885. Courtesy of The Metropolitan Museum of Art. [Walk to it](https://www.ochreeditions.com/galleries/style/realism/the-pleiades-met-13070?hang=749)

## Section 1, south wall

5. [Newburyport Meadows](https://www.ochreeditions.com/art/newburyport-meadows-met-11053), Martin Johnson Heade, ca. 1876–81. Courtesy of The Metropolitan Museum of Art. [Walk to it](https://www.ochreeditions.com/galleries/style/realism/newburyport-meadows-met-11053?hang=749)
6. [Dance in a Subterranean Roundhouse at Clear Lake, California](https://www.ochreeditions.com/art/dance-in-a-subterranean-roundhouse-at-clear-lake-california-met-698529), Jules Tavernier, 1878. Courtesy of The Metropolitan Museum of Art. [Walk to it](https://www.ochreeditions.com/galleries/style/realism/dance-in-a-subterranean-roundhouse-at-clear-lake-california-met-698529?hang=749)
7. [Seventh Regiment on Review, Washington Square, New York](https://www.ochreeditions.com/art/seventh-regiment-on-review-washington-square-new-york-met-10194), Otto Boetticher, 1851. Courtesy of The Metropolitan Museum of Art. [Walk to it](https://www.ochreeditions.com/galleries/style/realism/seventh-regiment-on-review-washington-square-new-york-met-10194?hang=749)

## Section 2, south wall

8. [Washington Crossing the Delaware](https://www.ochreeditions.com/art/washington-crossing-the-delaware-met-11417), Emanuel Leutze, 1851. Courtesy of The Metropolitan Museum of Art. [Walk to it](https://www.ochreeditions.com/galleries/style/realism/washington-crossing-the-delaware-met-11417?hang=749)
9. [Still Life—Violin and Music](https://www.ochreeditions.com/art/still-life-violin-and-music-met-10997), William Michael Harnett, 1888. Courtesy of The Metropolitan Museum of Art. [Walk to it](https://www.ochreeditions.com/galleries/style/realism/still-life-violin-and-music-met-10997?hang=749)

## Section 2, north wall

10. [Madame X (Virginie Amélie Avegno Gautreau)](https://www.ochreeditions.com/art/madame-x-virginie-amelie-avegno-gautreau-met-12127), John Singer Sargent, 1883–84. Courtesy of The Metropolitan Museum of Art. [Walk to it](https://www.ochreeditions.com/galleries/style/realism/madame-x-virginie-amelie-avegno-gautreau-met-12127?hang=749)
11. [The Dancing Lesson](https://www.ochreeditions.com/art/the-dancing-lesson-met-10821), Thomas Eakins, 1878. Courtesy of The Metropolitan Museum of Art. [Walk to it](https://www.ochreeditions.com/galleries/style/realism/the-dancing-lesson-met-10821?hang=749)
12. [The Contest for the Bouquet: The Family of Robert Gordon in Their New York Dining-Room](https://www.ochreeditions.com/art/the-contest-for-the-bouquet-the-family-of-robert-gordon-in-t-met-14472), Seymour Joseph Guy, 1866. Courtesy of The Metropolitan Museum of Art. [Walk to it](https://www.ochreeditions.com/galleries/style/realism/the-contest-for-the-bouquet-the-family-of-robert-gordon-in-t-met-14472?hang=749)

## Section 3, north wall

13. [Approaching Thunder Storm](https://www.ochreeditions.com/art/approaching-thunder-storm-met-11050), Martin Johnson Heade, 1859. Courtesy of The Metropolitan Museum of Art. [Walk to it](https://www.ochreeditions.com/galleries/style/realism/approaching-thunder-storm-met-11050?hang=749)
14. [Spring Blossoms, Montclair, New Jersey](https://www.ochreeditions.com/art/spring-blossoms-montclair-new-jersey-met-11234), George Inness, ca. 1891. Courtesy of The Metropolitan Museum of Art. [Walk to it](https://www.ochreeditions.com/galleries/style/realism/spring-blossoms-montclair-new-jersey-met-11234?hang=749)

## Section 3, south wall

15. [Variations in Violet and Grey—Market Place, Dieppe](https://www.ochreeditions.com/art/variations-in-violet-and-grey-market-place-dieppe-met-16863), James McNeill Whistler, 1885. Courtesy of The Metropolitan Museum of Art. [Walk to it](https://www.ochreeditions.com/galleries/style/realism/variations-in-violet-and-grey-market-place-dieppe-met-16863?hang=749)
16. [Sunrise](https://www.ochreeditions.com/art/sunrise-met-11235), George Inness, 1887. Courtesy of The Metropolitan Museum of Art. [Walk to it](https://www.ochreeditions.com/galleries/style/realism/sunrise-met-11235?hang=749)

## Doors

- [More by George Inness](https://www.ochreeditions.com/galleries/artist/george-inness?hang=749&via=continue) (5 works)
- [19th-century United States](https://www.ochreeditions.com/galleries/era/19-united-states?hang=749&via=continue) (198 works)
- [Realism, room 2](https://www.ochreeditions.com/galleries/style/realism?hang=749&cursor=eyJvIjoxNiwiaCI6NzQ5LCJpIjpudWxsLCJnIjoiMGhjUjFhOUcifQ)