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

A Village SquareWalter Shirlaw, 1875–80Courtesy of Cooper Hewitt, Smithsonian Design Museum 
Approaching Thunder StormMartin Johnson Heade, 1859Courtesy of The Metropolitan Museum of Art 
Roses in a VaseUnrecorded French maker, 1880/1900Courtesy National Gallery of Art, Washington
First room, south wall

The Champion Single Sculls (Max Schmitt in a Single Scull)Thomas Eakins, 1871Courtesy of The Metropolitan Museum of Art 
Dance in a Subterranean Roundhouse at Clear Lake, CaliforniaJules Tavernier, 1878Courtesy of The Metropolitan Museum of Art
Second room, south wall

Arrangement in Flesh Colour and Black: Portrait of Theodore DuretJames McNeill Whistler, 1883Courtesy of The Metropolitan Museum of Art 
The Veteran in a New FieldWinslow Homer, 1865Courtesy of The Metropolitan Museum of Art 
Still Life—Violin and MusicWilliam Michael Harnett, 1888Courtesy of The Metropolitan Museum of Art
Second room, north wall

Spring Blossoms, Montclair, New JerseyGeorge Inness, ca. 1891Courtesy of The Metropolitan Museum of Art 
Spanish LadyLouis M. Eilshemius, 1889Courtesy of the Hirshhorn Museum and Sculpture Garden, Smithsonian Institution 
Garden View, BrooklynFidelia Bridges, ca. 1867Courtesy of The Metropolitan Museum of Art 
PlumsJohn William Hill, 1870Courtesy of The Metropolitan Museum of Art
Third room, north wall

Variations in Violet and Grey—Market Place, DieppeJames McNeill Whistler, 1885Courtesy of The Metropolitan Museum of Art 
At the SeasideWilliam Merritt Chase, ca. 1892Courtesy of The Metropolitan Museum of Art 
John Quincy Adams WardHenry Augustus Loop, 1863Courtesy of The Metropolitan Museum of Art 
The Music LessonJohn George Brown, 1870Courtesy of The Metropolitan Museum of Art