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

The Contest for the Bouquet: The Family of Robert Gordon in Their New York Dining-RoomSeymour Joseph Guy, 1866Courtesy of The Metropolitan Museum of Art 
Wild Roses and IrisesJohn La Farge, 1887Courtesy of The Metropolitan Museum of Art 
Untitled (Cracked Watermelon)Charles Ethan Porter, ca. 1890Courtesy of The Metropolitan Museum of Art 
Factory--Study for "Ironworkers, Noontime"/Verso: Still Life with OrangeThomas Anshutz, (1880)Courtesy of the Hirshhorn Museum and Sculpture Garden, Smithsonian Institution
First room, south wall

The Veteran in a New FieldWinslow Homer, 1865Courtesy of The Metropolitan Museum of Art 
The Dancing LessonThomas Eakins, 1878Courtesy 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
Second room, south wall

Arrangement in Flesh Colour and Black: Portrait of Theodore DuretJames McNeill Whistler, 1883Courtesy of The Metropolitan Museum of Art 
Madame X (Virginie Amélie Avegno Gautreau)John Singer Sargent, 1883–84Courtesy of The Metropolitan Museum of Art 
Garden View, BrooklynFidelia Bridges, ca. 1867Courtesy of The Metropolitan Museum of Art
Second room, north wall

The New BonnetFrancis William Edmonds, 1858Courtesy of The Metropolitan Museum of Art 
Pink Note–Shelling PeasJames McNeill Whistler, 1882-1884Courtesy of the National Museum of Asian Art, Smithsonian Institution 
Still Life—Violin and MusicWilliam Michael Harnett, 1888Courtesy of The Metropolitan Museum of Art 
A Village SquareWalter Shirlaw, 1875–80Courtesy of Cooper Hewitt, Smithsonian Design Museum
Third room, north wall

Autumn OaksGeorge Inness, ca. 1878Courtesy of The Metropolitan Museum of Art 
The Belated Party on Mansfield MountainJerome B. Thompson, 1858Courtesy of The Metropolitan Museum of Art