Realism







Works in this room
Ordinary people and working lives, painted as they were, from the 1840s on.
First room, north wall

Inside the BarWinslow Homer, 1883Courtesy of The Metropolitan Museum of Art 
The Veteran in a New FieldWinslow Homer, 1865Courtesy of The Metropolitan Museum of Art 
Spring Blossoms, Montclair, New JerseyGeorge Inness, ca. 1891Courtesy of The Metropolitan Museum of Art
First room, south wall

Arrangement in Flesh Colour and Black: Portrait of Theodore DuretJames McNeill Whistler, 1883Courtesy of The Metropolitan Museum of Art 
Spanish LadyLouis M. Eilshemius, 1889Courtesy of the Hirshhorn Museum and Sculpture Garden, Smithsonian Institution 
Pink Note–Shelling PeasJames McNeill Whistler, 1882-1884Courtesy of the National Museum of Asian Art, Smithsonian Institution 
Rookwood PotteryGeorge Gibson, 1886Courtesy of Cooper Hewitt, Smithsonian Design Museum
Second room, south wall

The Yellow RoomJames McNeill Whistler, ca. 1883–84Courtesy of The Metropolitan Museum of Art 
Wild Roses and IrisesJohn La Farge, 1887Courtesy of The Metropolitan Museum of Art 
At the SeasideWilliam Merritt Chase, ca. 1892Courtesy of The Metropolitan Museum of Art 
Untitled (Cracked Watermelon)Charles Ethan Porter, ca. 1890Courtesy of The Metropolitan Museum of Art
Second room, north wall

Madame X (Virginie Amélie Avegno Gautreau)John Singer Sargent, 1883–84Courtesy of The Metropolitan Museum of Art 
Dance in a Subterranean Roundhouse at Clear Lake, CaliforniaJules Tavernier, 1878Courtesy of The Metropolitan Museum of Art 
John Quincy Adams WardHenry Augustus Loop, 1863Courtesy of The Metropolitan Museum of Art
Third room, north wall

Roses in a VaseUnrecorded French maker, 1880/1900Courtesy National Gallery of Art, Washington 
The New BonnetFrancis William Edmonds, 1858Courtesy of The Metropolitan Museum of Art