Floor plan

Style galleriesRealism

Realism

Spring Blossoms, Montclair, New Jersey, by George Inness, ca. 1891
Talking It Over, by Enoch Wood Perry, 1872
Louis Eilshemius
Autumn Oaks, by George Inness, ca. 1878
ROOKWOOD POTTERY
The Veteran in a New Field, by Winslow Homer, 1865

The works in this room are listed below.

Works in this room

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

First room, north wall

  1. Spring Blossoms, Montclair, New Jersey, by George Inness, ca. 1891
    Spring Blossoms, Montclair, New JerseyGeorge Inness, ca. 1891Courtesy of The Metropolitan Museum of Art
  2. Talking It Over, by Enoch Wood Perry, 1872
    Talking It OverEnoch Wood Perry, 1872Courtesy of The Metropolitan Museum of Art
  3. Louis Eilshemius
    Spanish LadyLouis M. Eilshemius, 1889Courtesy of the Hirshhorn Museum and Sculpture Garden, Smithsonian Institution

First room, south wall

  1. Autumn Oaks, by George Inness, ca. 1878
    Autumn OaksGeorge Inness, ca. 1878Courtesy of The Metropolitan Museum of Art
  2. ROOKWOOD POTTERY
    Rookwood PotteryGeorge Gibson, 1886Courtesy of Cooper Hewitt, Smithsonian Design Museum
  3. The Veteran in a New Field, by Winslow Homer, 1865
    The Veteran in a New FieldWinslow Homer, 1865Courtesy of The Metropolitan Museum of Art

Second room, south wall

  1. The New Bonnet, by Francis William Edmonds, 1858
    The New BonnetFrancis William Edmonds, 1858Courtesy of The Metropolitan Museum of Art
  2. Oil painting
    Harmony in Green and Rose: The Music RoomJames McNeill Whistler, 1860-1861Courtesy of the National Museum of Asian Art, Smithsonian Institution
  3. The Music Lesson, by John George Brown, 1870
    The Music LessonJohn George Brown, 1870Courtesy of The Metropolitan Museum of Art

Second room, north wall

  1. Dance in a Subterranean Roundhouse at Clear Lake, California, by Jules Tavernier, 1878
    Dance in a Subterranean Roundhouse at Clear Lake, CaliforniaJules Tavernier, 1878Courtesy of The Metropolitan Museum of Art
  2. Garden View, Brooklyn, by Fidelia Bridges, ca. 1867
    Garden View, BrooklynFidelia Bridges, ca. 1867Courtesy of The Metropolitan Museum of Art
  3. The Dancing Lesson, by Thomas Eakins, 1878
    The Dancing LessonThomas Eakins, 1878Courtesy of The Metropolitan Museum of Art

Third room, north wall

  1. Sunrise, by George Inness, 1887
    SunriseGeorge Inness, 1887Courtesy of The Metropolitan Museum of Art
  2. At the Seaside, by William Merritt Chase, ca. 1892
    At the SeasideWilliam Merritt Chase, ca. 1892Courtesy of The Metropolitan Museum of Art

Third room, south wall

  1. A VILLAGE SQUARE
    A Village SquareWalter Shirlaw, 1875–80Courtesy of Cooper Hewitt, Smithsonian Design Museum
  2. Roses in a Vase, 1880/1900
    Roses in a VaseUnrecorded French maker, 1880/1900Courtesy National Gallery of Art, Washington