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

Still Life—Violin and MusicWilliam Michael Harnett, 1888Courtesy of The Metropolitan Museum of Art 
The New BonnetFrancis William Edmonds, 1858Courtesy of The Metropolitan Museum of Art 
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
First room, south wall

Talking It OverEnoch Wood Perry, 1872Courtesy of The Metropolitan Museum of Art 
PlumsJohn William Hill, 1870Courtesy of The Metropolitan Museum of Art 
Inside the BarWinslow Homer, 1883Courtesy of The Metropolitan Museum of Art 
Newburyport MeadowsMartin Johnson Heade, ca. 1876–81Courtesy of The Metropolitan Museum of Art
Second room, south wall

Variations in Violet and Grey—Market Place, DieppeJames McNeill Whistler, 1885Courtesy of The Metropolitan Museum of Art 
SunriseGeorge Inness, 1887Courtesy of The Metropolitan Museum of Art 
Arrangement in Flesh Colour and Black: Portrait of Theodore DuretJames McNeill Whistler, 1883Courtesy of The Metropolitan Museum of Art 
Garden View, BrooklynFidelia Bridges, ca. 1867Courtesy of The Metropolitan Museum of Art
Second room, north wall

Reapers Resting in a Wheat FieldJohn Singer Sargent, 1885Courtesy of The Metropolitan Museum of Art 
Rookwood PotteryGeorge Gibson, 1886Courtesy of Cooper Hewitt, Smithsonian Design Museum 
Spanish LadyLouis M. Eilshemius, 1889Courtesy of the Hirshhorn Museum and Sculpture Garden, Smithsonian Institution
Third room, north wall

Stage Fort across Gloucester HarborFitz Henry Lane, 1862Courtesy of The Metropolitan Museum of Art 
Wild Roses and IrisesJohn La Farge, 1887Courtesy of The Metropolitan Museum of Art