Floor plan

Style galleriesRealism

Realism

Variations in Violet and Grey—Market Place, Dieppe, by James McNeill Whistler, 1885
Sunrise, by George Inness, 1887
Garden View, Brooklyn, by Fidelia Bridges, ca. 1867
Oil painting
Seventh Regiment on Review, Washington Square, New York, by Otto Boetticher, 1851
The Dancing Lesson, by Thomas Eakins, 1878
Stage Fort across Gloucester Harbor, by Fitz Henry Lane, 1862

The works in this room are listed below.

Works in this room

Ordinary people and working lives, painted as they were, from the 1840s on.

Section 1, north wall

  1. Variations in Violet and Grey—Market Place, Dieppe, by James McNeill Whistler, 1885
    Variations in Violet and Grey—Market Place, DieppeJames McNeill Whistler, 1885Courtesy of The Metropolitan Museum of Art
  2. Sunrise, by George Inness, 1887
    SunriseGeorge Inness, 1887Courtesy of The Metropolitan Museum of Art
  3. Garden View, Brooklyn, by Fidelia Bridges, ca. 1867
    Garden View, BrooklynFidelia Bridges, ca. 1867Courtesy of The Metropolitan Museum of Art
  4. Oil painting
    An Orange Note: Sweet ShopJames McNeill Whistler, 1883 or 1884Courtesy of the National Museum of Asian Art, Smithsonian Institution

Section 1, south wall

  1. Seventh Regiment on Review, Washington Square, New York, by Otto Boetticher, 1851
    Seventh Regiment on Review, Washington Square, New YorkOtto Boetticher, 1851Courtesy of The Metropolitan Museum of Art
  2. The Dancing Lesson, by Thomas Eakins, 1878
    The Dancing LessonThomas Eakins, 1878Courtesy of The Metropolitan Museum of Art
  3. Stage Fort across Gloucester Harbor, by Fitz Henry Lane, 1862
    Stage Fort across Gloucester HarborFitz Henry Lane, 1862Courtesy of The Metropolitan Museum of Art

Section 2, south wall

  1. Still Life—Violin and Music, by William Michael Harnett, 1888
    Still Life—Violin and MusicWilliam Michael Harnett, 1888Courtesy of The Metropolitan Museum of Art
  2. The Champion Single Sculls (Max Schmitt in a Single Scull), by Thomas Eakins, 1871
    The Champion Single Sculls (Max Schmitt in a Single Scull)Thomas Eakins, 1871Courtesy of The Metropolitan Museum of Art
  3. The Contest for the Bouquet: The Family of Robert Gordon in Their New York Dining-Room, by Seymour Joseph Guy, 1866
    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
  4. Watercolor
    Pink Note–Shelling PeasJames McNeill Whistler, 1882-1884Courtesy of the National Museum of Asian Art, Smithsonian Institution

Section 2, north wall

  1. Inside the Bar, by Winslow Homer, 1883
    Inside the BarWinslow Homer, 1883Courtesy of The Metropolitan Museum of Art
  2. The Pleiades, by Elihu Vedder, 1885
    The PleiadesElihu Vedder, 1885Courtesy of The Metropolitan Museum of Art
  3. Madame X (Virginie Amélie Avegno Gautreau), by John Singer Sargent, 1883–84
    Madame X (Virginie Amélie Avegno Gautreau)John Singer Sargent, 1883–84Courtesy of The Metropolitan Museum of Art

Section 3, north wall

  1. Reapers Resting in a Wheat Field, by John Singer Sargent, 1885
    Reapers Resting in a Wheat FieldJohn Singer Sargent, 1885Courtesy of The Metropolitan Museum of Art
  2. Washington Crossing the Delaware, by Emanuel Leutze, 1851
    Washington Crossing the DelawareEmanuel Leutze, 1851Courtesy of The Metropolitan Museum of Art