Realism






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

PlumsJohn William Hill, 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 
Still Life—Violin and MusicWilliam Michael Harnett, 1888Courtesy of The Metropolitan Museum of Art
First room, south wall

Talking It OverEnoch Wood Perry, 1872Courtesy of The Metropolitan Museum of Art 
Newburyport MeadowsMartin Johnson Heade, ca. 1876–81Courtesy of The Metropolitan Museum of Art 
Stage Fort across Gloucester HarborFitz Henry Lane, 1862Courtesy of The Metropolitan Museum of Art
Second room, south wall

Rookwood PotteryGeorge Gibson, 1886Courtesy of Cooper Hewitt, Smithsonian Design Museum 
Wild Roses and IrisesJohn La Farge, 1887Courtesy of The Metropolitan Museum of Art 
Spring Blossoms, Montclair, New JerseyGeorge Inness, ca. 1891Courtesy of The Metropolitan Museum of Art
Second room, north wall

SunriseGeorge Inness, 1887Courtesy of The Metropolitan Museum of Art 
Autumn OaksGeorge Inness, ca. 1878Courtesy of The Metropolitan Museum of Art 
Untitled (Cracked Watermelon)Charles Ethan Porter, ca. 1890Courtesy of The Metropolitan Museum of Art
Third room, north wall

Inside the BarWinslow Homer, 1883Courtesy of The Metropolitan Museum of Art 
The Dancing LessonThomas Eakins, 1878Courtesy of The Metropolitan Museum of Art
Third room, south wall

An Orange Note: Sweet ShopJames McNeill Whistler, 1883 or 1884Courtesy of the National Museum of Asian Art, Smithsonian Institution 
Dance in a Subterranean Roundhouse at Clear Lake, CaliforniaJules Tavernier, 1878Courtesy of The Metropolitan Museum of Art