Realism







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

Newburyport MeadowsMartin Johnson Heade, ca. 1876–81Courtesy of The Metropolitan Museum of Art 
Harmony in Green and Rose: The Music RoomJames McNeill Whistler, 1860-1861Courtesy of the National Museum of Asian Art, Smithsonian Institution 
Roses in a VaseUnrecorded French maker, 1880/1900Courtesy National Gallery of Art, Washington 
Wild Roses and IrisesJohn La Farge, 1887Courtesy of The Metropolitan Museum of Art
First room, south wall

The Contest for the Bouquet: The Family of Robert Gordon in Their New York Dining-RoomSeymour Joseph Guy, 1866Courtesy of The Metropolitan Museum of Art 
The Belated Party on Mansfield MountainJerome B. Thompson, 1858Courtesy of The Metropolitan Museum of Art 
A Village SquareWalter Shirlaw, 1875–80Courtesy of Cooper Hewitt, Smithsonian Design Museum
Second room, south wall

Garden View, BrooklynFidelia Bridges, ca. 1867Courtesy of The Metropolitan Museum of Art 
Young Husband: First MarketingLilly Martin Spencer, 1854Courtesy of The Metropolitan Museum of Art 
Washington Crossing the DelawareEmanuel Leutze, 1851Courtesy of The Metropolitan Museum of Art
Second room, north wall

Still Life—Violin and MusicWilliam Michael Harnett, 1888Courtesy of The Metropolitan Museum of Art 
John Quincy Adams WardHenry Augustus Loop, 1863Courtesy of The Metropolitan Museum of Art 
Spring Blossoms, Montclair, New JerseyGeorge Inness, ca. 1891Courtesy of The Metropolitan Museum of Art 
The Yellow RoomJames McNeill Whistler, ca. 1883–84Courtesy of The Metropolitan Museum of Art
Third room, north wall

The PleiadesElihu Vedder, 1885Courtesy of The Metropolitan Museum of Art 
Stage Fort across Gloucester HarborFitz Henry Lane, 1862Courtesy of The Metropolitan Museum of Art