Realism





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

Stage Fort across Gloucester HarborFitz Henry Lane, 1862Courtesy of The Metropolitan Museum of Art 
Madame X (Virginie Amélie Avegno Gautreau)John Singer Sargent, 1883–84Courtesy 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 
Young Husband: First MarketingLilly Martin Spencer, 1854Courtesy of The Metropolitan Museum of Art 
Talking It OverEnoch Wood Perry, 1872Courtesy of The Metropolitan Museum of Art
Second room, south wall

NocturneJohn La Farge, ca. 1885Courtesy of The Metropolitan Museum of Art 
Rookwood PotteryGeorge Gibson, 1886Courtesy of Cooper Hewitt, Smithsonian Design Museum 
Spring Blossoms, Montclair, New JerseyGeorge Inness, ca. 1891Courtesy of The Metropolitan Museum of Art 
Roses in a VaseUnrecorded French maker, 1880/1900Courtesy National Gallery of Art, Washington
Second room, north wall

The Yellow RoomJames McNeill Whistler, ca. 1883–84Courtesy of The Metropolitan Museum of Art 
A Village SquareWalter Shirlaw, 1875–80Courtesy of Cooper Hewitt, Smithsonian Design Museum 
Autumn OaksGeorge Inness, ca. 1878Courtesy of The Metropolitan Museum of Art 
The Veteran in a New FieldWinslow Homer, 1865Courtesy of The Metropolitan Museum of Art
Third room, north wall

Harmony in Green and Rose: The Music RoomJames McNeill Whistler, 1860-1861Courtesy of the National Museum of Asian Art, Smithsonian Institution 
PlumsJohn William Hill, 1870Courtesy of The Metropolitan Museum of Art 
The New BonnetFrancis William Edmonds, 1858Courtesy of The Metropolitan Museum of Art