Floor plan

Style galleriesRealism

Realism

Approaching Thunder Storm, by Martin Johnson Heade, 1859
The Music Lesson, by John George Brown, 1870
Garden View, Brooklyn, by Fidelia Bridges, ca. 1867
The Champion Single Sculls (Max Schmitt in a Single Scull), by Thomas Eakins, 1871
The Pleiades, by Elihu Vedder, 1885
Variations in Violet and Grey—Market Place, Dieppe, by James McNeill Whistler, 1885

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. Approaching Thunder Storm, by Martin Johnson Heade, 1859
    Approaching Thunder StormMartin Johnson Heade, 1859Courtesy of The Metropolitan Museum of Art
  2. The Music Lesson, by John George Brown, 1870
    The Music LessonJohn George Brown, 1870Courtesy of The Metropolitan Museum of Art
  3. Garden View, Brooklyn, by Fidelia Bridges, ca. 1867
    Garden View, BrooklynFidelia Bridges, ca. 1867Courtesy of The Metropolitan Museum of Art

First room, south wall

  1. The Champion Single Sculls (Max Schmitt in a Single Scull), by Thomas Eakins, 1871
    The Champion Single Sculls (Max Schmitt in a Single Scull)Thomas Eakins, 1871Courtesy of The Metropolitan Museum of Art
  2. The Pleiades, by Elihu Vedder, 1885
    The PleiadesElihu Vedder, 1885Courtesy of The Metropolitan Museum of Art
  3. Variations in Violet and Grey—Market Place, Dieppe, by James McNeill Whistler, 1885
    Variations in Violet and Grey—Market Place, DieppeJames McNeill Whistler, 1885Courtesy of The Metropolitan Museum of Art

Second room, south 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. Autumn Oaks, by George Inness, ca. 1878
    Autumn OaksGeorge Inness, ca. 1878Courtesy of The Metropolitan Museum of Art
  3. Louis Eilshemius
    Spanish LadyLouis M. Eilshemius, 1889Courtesy of the Hirshhorn Museum and Sculpture Garden, Smithsonian Institution
  4. The Yellow Room, by James McNeill Whistler, ca. 1883–84
    The Yellow RoomJames McNeill Whistler, ca. 1883–84Courtesy of The Metropolitan Museum of Art

Second room, north wall

  1. Nocturne, by John La Farge, ca. 1885
    NocturneJohn La Farge, ca. 1885Courtesy of The Metropolitan Museum of Art
  2. A VILLAGE SQUARE
    A Village SquareWalter Shirlaw, 1875–80Courtesy of Cooper Hewitt, Smithsonian Design Museum
  3. Stage Fort across Gloucester Harbor, by Fitz Henry Lane, 1862
    Stage Fort across Gloucester HarborFitz Henry Lane, 1862Courtesy 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

Third room, north wall

  1. The New Bonnet, by Francis William Edmonds, 1858
    The New BonnetFrancis William Edmonds, 1858Courtesy of The Metropolitan Museum of Art
  2. Plums, by John William Hill, 1870
    PlumsJohn William Hill, 1870Courtesy of The Metropolitan Museum of Art