Floor plan

Style galleriesRealism

Realism

The Pleiades, by Elihu Vedder, 1885
The Contest for the Bouquet: The Family of Robert Gordon in Their New York Dining-Room, by Seymour Joseph Guy, 1866
Madame X (Virginie Amélie Avegno Gautreau), by John Singer Sargent, 1883–84
Still Life—Violin and Music, by William Michael Harnett, 1888
The Yellow Room, by James McNeill Whistler, ca. 1883–84
Approaching Thunder Storm, by Martin Johnson Heade, 1859

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.

First room, north wall

  1. The Pleiades, by Elihu Vedder, 1885
    The PleiadesElihu Vedder, 1885Courtesy of The Metropolitan Museum of Art
  2. 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
  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

First room, 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 Yellow Room, by James McNeill Whistler, ca. 1883–84
    The Yellow RoomJames McNeill Whistler, ca. 1883–84Courtesy of The Metropolitan Museum of Art
  3. Approaching Thunder Storm, by Martin Johnson Heade, 1859
    Approaching Thunder StormMartin Johnson Heade, 1859Courtesy of The Metropolitan Museum of Art

Second room, south wall

  1. Talking It Over, by Enoch Wood Perry, 1872
    Talking It OverEnoch Wood Perry, 1872Courtesy of The Metropolitan Museum of Art
  2. Nocturne, by John La Farge, ca. 1885
    NocturneJohn La Farge, ca. 1885Courtesy of The Metropolitan Museum of Art
  3. Dance in a Subterranean Roundhouse at Clear Lake, California, by Jules Tavernier, 1878
    Dance in a Subterranean Roundhouse at Clear Lake, CaliforniaJules Tavernier, 1878Courtesy of The Metropolitan Museum of Art

Second room, north wall

  1. Untitled (Cracked Watermelon), by Charles Ethan Porter, ca. 1890
    Untitled (Cracked Watermelon)Charles Ethan Porter, ca. 1890Courtesy of The Metropolitan Museum of Art
  2. Arrangement in Flesh Colour and Black: Portrait of Theodore Duret, by James McNeill Whistler, 1883
    Arrangement in Flesh Colour and Black: Portrait of Theodore DuretJames McNeill Whistler, 1883Courtesy of The Metropolitan Museum of Art
  3. Roses in a Vase, 1880/1900
    Roses in a VaseUnrecorded French maker, 1880/1900Courtesy National Gallery of Art, Washington
  4. Young Husband: First Marketing, by Lilly Martin Spencer, 1854
    Young Husband: First MarketingLilly Martin Spencer, 1854Courtesy of The Metropolitan Museum of Art

Third room, north wall

  1. Inside the Bar, by Winslow Homer, 1883
    Inside the BarWinslow Homer, 1883Courtesy of The Metropolitan Museum of Art
  2. ROOKWOOD POTTERY
    Rookwood PotteryGeorge Gibson, 1886Courtesy of Cooper Hewitt, Smithsonian Design Museum
  3. Washington Crossing the Delaware, by Emanuel Leutze, 1851
    Washington Crossing the DelawareEmanuel Leutze, 1851Courtesy of The Metropolitan Museum of Art