Realism
Ordinary people and working lives, painted as they were, from the 1840s on.
Section 1, north wall

Approaching Thunder StormMartin Johnson Heade, 1859Courtesy 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 
The Veteran in a New FieldWinslow Homer, 1865Courtesy of The Metropolitan Museum of Art 
John Quincy Adams WardHenry Augustus Loop, 1863Courtesy of The Metropolitan Museum of Art
Section 1, south wall

At the SeasideWilliam Merritt Chase, ca. 1892Courtesy of The Metropolitan Museum of Art 
Autumn OaksGeorge Inness, ca. 1878Courtesy of The Metropolitan Museum of Art 
Spring Blossoms, Montclair, New JerseyGeorge Inness, ca. 1891Courtesy of The Metropolitan Museum of Art
Section 2, south wall

SunriseGeorge Inness, 1887Courtesy of The Metropolitan Museum of Art 
An Orange Note: Sweet ShopJames McNeill Whistler, 1883 or 1884Courtesy of the National Museum of Asian Art, Smithsonian Institution 
Washington Crossing the DelawareEmanuel Leutze, 1851Courtesy of The Metropolitan Museum of Art
Section 2, north wall

Talking It OverEnoch Wood Perry, 1872Courtesy of The Metropolitan Museum of Art 
The Belated Party on Mansfield MountainJerome B. Thompson, 1858Courtesy of The Metropolitan Museum of Art 
Young Husband: First MarketingLilly Martin Spencer, 1854Courtesy of The Metropolitan Museum of Art
Section 3, north wall

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