# Realism

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

- [Dance in a Subterranean Roundhouse at Clear Lake, California](https://www.ochreeditions.com/art/dance-in-a-subterranean-roundhouse-at-clear-lake-california-met-698529), Jules Tavernier, 1878. Courtesy of The Metropolitan Museum of Art.
- [Seventh Regiment on Review, Washington Square, New York](https://www.ochreeditions.com/art/seventh-regiment-on-review-washington-square-new-york-met-10194), Otto Boetticher, 1851. Courtesy of The Metropolitan Museum of Art.
- [The Music Lesson](https://www.ochreeditions.com/art/the-music-lesson-met-10240), John George Brown, 1870. Courtesy of The Metropolitan Museum of Art.
- [At the Seaside](https://www.ochreeditions.com/art/at-the-seaside-met-10464), William Merritt Chase, ca. 1892. Courtesy of The Metropolitan Museum of Art.
- [The Champion Single Sculls (Max Schmitt in a Single Scull)](https://www.ochreeditions.com/art/the-champion-single-sculls-max-schmitt-in-a-single-scull-met-10819), Thomas Eakins, 1871. Courtesy of The Metropolitan Museum of Art.
- [The New Bonnet](https://www.ochreeditions.com/art/the-new-bonnet-met-10843), Francis William Edmonds, 1858. Courtesy of The Metropolitan Museum of Art.
- [Still Life—Violin and Music](https://www.ochreeditions.com/art/still-life-violin-and-music-met-10997), William Michael Harnett, 1888. Courtesy of The Metropolitan Museum of Art.
- [Approaching Thunder Storm](https://www.ochreeditions.com/art/approaching-thunder-storm-met-11050), Martin Johnson Heade, 1859. Courtesy of The Metropolitan Museum of Art.
- [Newburyport Meadows](https://www.ochreeditions.com/art/newburyport-meadows-met-11053), Martin Johnson Heade, ca. 1876–81. Courtesy of The Metropolitan Museum of Art.
- [The Veteran in a New Field](https://www.ochreeditions.com/art/the-veteran-in-a-new-field-met-11145), Winslow Homer, 1865. Courtesy of The Metropolitan Museum of Art.
- [Autumn Oaks](https://www.ochreeditions.com/art/autumn-oaks-met-11227), George Inness, ca. 1878. Courtesy of The Metropolitan Museum of Art.
- [Spring Blossoms, Montclair, New Jersey](https://www.ochreeditions.com/art/spring-blossoms-montclair-new-jersey-met-11234), George Inness, ca. 1891. Courtesy of The Metropolitan Museum of Art.
- [Sunrise](https://www.ochreeditions.com/art/sunrise-met-11235), George Inness, 1887. Courtesy of The Metropolitan Museum of Art.
- [Stage Fort across Gloucester Harbor](https://www.ochreeditions.com/art/stage-fort-across-gloucester-harbor-met-11396), Fitz Henry Lane, 1862. Courtesy of The Metropolitan Museum of Art.
- [Washington Crossing the Delaware](https://www.ochreeditions.com/art/washington-crossing-the-delaware-met-11417), Emanuel Leutze, 1851. Courtesy of The Metropolitan Museum of Art.
- [John Quincy Adams Ward](https://www.ochreeditions.com/art/john-quincy-adams-ward-met-11448), Henry Augustus Loop, 1863. Courtesy of The Metropolitan Museum of Art.
- [Talking It Over](https://www.ochreeditions.com/art/talking-it-over-met-11758), Enoch Wood Perry, 1872. Courtesy of The Metropolitan Museum of Art.
- [Madame X (Virginie Amélie Avegno Gautreau)](https://www.ochreeditions.com/art/madame-x-virginie-amelie-avegno-gautreau-met-12127), John Singer Sargent, 1883–84. Courtesy of The Metropolitan Museum of Art.
- [Reapers Resting in a Wheat Field](https://www.ochreeditions.com/art/reapers-resting-in-a-wheat-field-met-12162), John Singer Sargent, 1885. Courtesy of The Metropolitan Museum of Art.
- [The Belated Party on Mansfield Mountain](https://www.ochreeditions.com/art/the-belated-party-on-mansfield-mountain-met-12800), Jerome B. Thompson, 1858. Courtesy of The Metropolitan Museum of Art.
- [The Pleiades](https://www.ochreeditions.com/art/the-pleiades-met-13070), Elihu Vedder, 1885. Courtesy of The Metropolitan Museum of Art.
- [Arrangement in Flesh Colour and Black: Portrait of Theodore Duret](https://www.ochreeditions.com/art/arrangement-in-flesh-colour-and-black-portrait-of-theodore-d-met-13211), James McNeill Whistler, 1883. Courtesy of The Metropolitan Museum of Art.
- [The Contest for the Bouquet: The Family of Robert Gordon in Their New York Dining-Room](https://www.ochreeditions.com/art/the-contest-for-the-bouquet-the-family-of-robert-gordon-in-t-met-14472), Seymour Joseph Guy, 1866. Courtesy of The Metropolitan Museum of Art.
- [Young Husband: First Marketing](https://www.ochreeditions.com/art/young-husband-first-marketing-met-21126), Lilly Martin Spencer, 1854. Courtesy of The Metropolitan Museum of Art.
- [Untitled (Cracked Watermelon)](https://www.ochreeditions.com/art/untitled-cracked-watermelon-met-677910), Charles Ethan Porter, ca. 1890. Courtesy of The Metropolitan Museum of Art.
- [Roses in a Vase](https://www.ochreeditions.com/art/roses-in-a-vase-nga-52260), 1880/1900. Courtesy of National Gallery of Art, Washington.
- [Pink Note–Shelling Peas](https://www.ochreeditions.com/art/pink-note-shelling-peas-si-fsg-f1902-166a-c), James McNeill Whistler, 1882-1884. Courtesy of Smithsonian Institution.
- [An Orange Note: Sweet Shop](https://www.ochreeditions.com/art/an-orange-note-sweet-shop-si-fsg-f1904-315a-c), James McNeill Whistler, 1883 or 1884. Courtesy of Smithsonian Institution.
- [Harmony in Green and Rose: The Music Room](https://www.ochreeditions.com/art/harmony-in-green-and-rose-the-music-room-si-fsg-f1917-234a-b), James McNeill Whistler, 1860-1861. Courtesy of Smithsonian Institution.
- [Spanish Lady](https://www.ochreeditions.com/art/spanish-lady-si-hmsg-66-1745), Louis M. Eilshemius, 1889. Courtesy of Smithsonian Institution.
- [Factory--Study for "Ironworkers, Noontime"/Verso: Still Life with Orange](https://www.ochreeditions.com/art/factory-study-for-ironworkers-noontime-verso-still-life-with-si-hmsg-66-55-a-b), Thomas Anshutz, (1880). Courtesy of Smithsonian Institution.
- [The Dancing Lesson](https://www.ochreeditions.com/art/the-dancing-lesson-met-10821), Thomas Eakins, 1878. Courtesy of The Metropolitan Museum of Art.
- [Plums](https://www.ochreeditions.com/art/plums-met-11096), John William Hill, 1870. Courtesy of The Metropolitan Museum of Art.
- [Inside the Bar](https://www.ochreeditions.com/art/inside-the-bar-met-11125), Winslow Homer, 1883. Courtesy of The Metropolitan Museum of Art.
- [Wild Roses and Irises](https://www.ochreeditions.com/art/wild-roses-and-irises-met-11376), John La Farge, 1887. Courtesy of The Metropolitan Museum of Art.
- [Nocturne](https://www.ochreeditions.com/art/nocturne-met-11380), John La Farge, ca. 1885. Courtesy of The Metropolitan Museum of Art.
- [Variations in Violet and Grey—Market Place, Dieppe](https://www.ochreeditions.com/art/variations-in-violet-and-grey-market-place-dieppe-met-16863), James McNeill Whistler, 1885. Courtesy of The Metropolitan Museum of Art.
- [The Yellow Room](https://www.ochreeditions.com/art/the-yellow-room-met-760942), James McNeill Whistler, ca. 1883–84. Courtesy of The Metropolitan Museum of Art.
- [Garden View, Brooklyn](https://www.ochreeditions.com/art/garden-view-brooklyn-met-853646), Fidelia Bridges, ca. 1867. Courtesy of The Metropolitan Museum of Art.
- [A Village Square](https://www.ochreeditions.com/art/a-village-square-si-chndm-1912-16-118), Walter Shirlaw, 1875–80. Courtesy of Smithsonian Institution.
- [Rookwood Pottery](https://www.ochreeditions.com/art/rookwood-pottery-si-chndm-1950-56-2), George Gibson, 1886. Courtesy of Smithsonian Institution.