Floor plan

Style galleriesRealism

Realism

Approaching Thunder Storm, by Martin Johnson Heade, 1859
Oil painting
The Veteran in a New Field, by Winslow Homer, 1865
John Quincy Adams Ward, by Henry Augustus Loop, 1863
At the Seaside, by William Merritt Chase, ca. 1892
Autumn Oaks, by George Inness, ca. 1878
Spring Blossoms, Montclair, New Jersey, by George Inness, ca. 1891

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.

Section 1, north wall

  1. Approaching Thunder Storm, by Martin Johnson Heade, 1859
    Approaching Thunder StormMartin Johnson Heade, 1859Courtesy 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 Veteran in a New Field, by Winslow Homer, 1865
    The Veteran in a New FieldWinslow Homer, 1865Courtesy of The Metropolitan Museum of Art
  4. John Quincy Adams Ward, by Henry Augustus Loop, 1863
    John Quincy Adams WardHenry Augustus Loop, 1863Courtesy of The Metropolitan Museum of Art

Section 1, south wall

  1. At the Seaside, by William Merritt Chase, ca. 1892
    At the SeasideWilliam Merritt Chase, ca. 1892Courtesy of The Metropolitan Museum of Art
  2. Autumn Oaks, by George Inness, ca. 1878
    Autumn OaksGeorge Inness, ca. 1878Courtesy of The Metropolitan Museum of Art
  3. Spring Blossoms, Montclair, New Jersey, by George Inness, ca. 1891
    Spring Blossoms, Montclair, New JerseyGeorge Inness, ca. 1891Courtesy of The Metropolitan Museum of Art

Section 2, south wall

  1. Sunrise, by George Inness, 1887
    SunriseGeorge Inness, 1887Courtesy of The Metropolitan Museum of Art
  2. Oil painting
    An Orange Note: Sweet ShopJames McNeill Whistler, 1883 or 1884Courtesy of the National Museum of Asian Art, Smithsonian Institution
  3. Washington Crossing the Delaware, by Emanuel Leutze, 1851
    Washington Crossing the DelawareEmanuel Leutze, 1851Courtesy of The Metropolitan Museum of Art

Section 2, north wall

  1. Talking It Over, by Enoch Wood Perry, 1872
    Talking It OverEnoch Wood Perry, 1872Courtesy of The Metropolitan Museum of Art
  2. The Belated Party on Mansfield Mountain, by Jerome B. Thompson, 1858
    The Belated Party on Mansfield MountainJerome B. Thompson, 1858Courtesy of The Metropolitan Museum of Art
  3. Young Husband: First Marketing, by Lilly Martin Spencer, 1854
    Young Husband: First MarketingLilly Martin Spencer, 1854Courtesy of The Metropolitan Museum of Art

Section 3, north wall

  1. Madame X (Virginie Amélie Avegno Gautreau), by John Singer Sargent, 1883–84
    Madame X (Virginie Amélie Avegno Gautreau)John Singer Sargent, 1883–84Courtesy of The Metropolitan Museum of Art
  2. Untitled (Cracked Watermelon), by Charles Ethan Porter, ca. 1890
    Untitled (Cracked Watermelon)Charles Ethan Porter, ca. 1890Courtesy of The Metropolitan Museum of Art
  3. Roses in a Vase, 1880/1900
    Roses in a VaseUnrecorded French maker, 1880/1900Courtesy National Gallery of Art, Washington