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

The PleiadesElihu Vedder, 1885Courtesy of The Metropolitan Museum of Art 
The Music LessonJohn George Brown, 1870Courtesy of The Metropolitan Museum of Art 
The Champion Single Sculls (Max Schmitt in a Single Scull)Thomas Eakins, 1871Courtesy of The Metropolitan Museum of Art
First room, south wall

Dance in a Subterranean Roundhouse at Clear Lake, CaliforniaJules Tavernier, 1878Courtesy of The Metropolitan Museum of Art 
Untitled (Cracked Watermelon)Charles Ethan Porter, ca. 1890Courtesy of The Metropolitan Museum of Art
Second room, south wall

The Belated Party on Mansfield MountainJerome B. Thompson, 1858Courtesy of The Metropolitan Museum of Art 
Spring Blossoms, Montclair, New JerseyGeorge Inness, ca. 1891Courtesy of The Metropolitan Museum of Art
Second room, north wall

Young Husband: First MarketingLilly Martin Spencer, 1854Courtesy of The Metropolitan Museum of Art 
A Village SquareWalter Shirlaw, 1875–80Courtesy of Cooper Hewitt, Smithsonian Design Museum 
John Quincy Adams WardHenry Augustus Loop, 1863Courtesy of The Metropolitan Museum of Art 
Spanish LadyLouis M. Eilshemius, 1889Courtesy of the Hirshhorn Museum and Sculpture Garden, Smithsonian Institution
Third room, north wall

NocturneJohn La Farge, ca. 1885Courtesy of The Metropolitan Museum of Art 
The Dancing LessonThomas Eakins, 1878Courtesy of The Metropolitan Museum of Art 
Garden View, BrooklynFidelia Bridges, ca. 1867Courtesy of The Metropolitan Museum of Art
Third room, south wall

Washington Crossing the DelawareEmanuel Leutze, 1851Courtesy of The Metropolitan Museum of Art 
Seventh Regiment on Review, Washington Square, New YorkOtto Boetticher, 1851Courtesy of The Metropolitan Museum of Art