Realism





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

The Yellow RoomJames McNeill Whistler, ca. 1883–84Courtesy of The Metropolitan Museum of Art 
Pink Note–Shelling PeasJames McNeill Whistler, 1882-1884Courtesy of the National Museum of Asian Art, Smithsonian Institution 
Stage Fort across Gloucester HarborFitz Henry Lane, 1862Courtesy of The Metropolitan Museum of Art
First room, south wall

Washington Crossing the DelawareEmanuel Leutze, 1851Courtesy of The Metropolitan Museum of Art 
Autumn OaksGeorge Inness, ca. 1878Courtesy of The Metropolitan Museum of Art
Second room, south wall

The New BonnetFrancis William Edmonds, 1858Courtesy of The Metropolitan Museum of Art 
The Music LessonJohn George Brown, 1870Courtesy of The Metropolitan Museum of Art 
NocturneJohn La Farge, ca. 1885Courtesy of The Metropolitan Museum of Art
Second room, north wall

Dance in a Subterranean Roundhouse at Clear Lake, CaliforniaJules Tavernier, 1878Courtesy of The Metropolitan Museum of Art 
The Dancing LessonThomas Eakins, 1878Courtesy of The Metropolitan Museum of Art 
Inside the BarWinslow Homer, 1883Courtesy of The Metropolitan Museum of Art
Third room, north wall

Talking It OverEnoch Wood Perry, 1872Courtesy of The Metropolitan Museum of Art 
SunriseGeorge Inness, 1887Courtesy of The Metropolitan Museum of Art 
A Village SquareWalter Shirlaw, 1875–80Courtesy of Cooper Hewitt, Smithsonian Design Museum
Third room, south wall

Untitled (Cracked Watermelon)Charles Ethan Porter, ca. 1890Courtesy of The Metropolitan Museum of Art 
The Veteran in a New FieldWinslow Homer, 1865Courtesy of The Metropolitan Museum of Art