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A rather stark, clean-lined painting shows a fireplace mantle topped with a clock against a bare wall with wood paneling. From the back wall of the fireplace, a black locomotive emerges, belching smoke and riding an unseen track in the the air.

La durée poignardée (Time Transfixed), 1938

René Magritte

Painting of hanging, ripped apart animal carcass with seated man.

Figure with Meat, 1954

Francis Bacon

Painting of a beach on a cloudy day with several sailboats on the water, a few rowboats on the shore, and two groupings of people on the sand.

The Beach at Sainte-Adresse, 1867

Claude Monet

Landscape painting featuring a wavy tree tree in the foreground and a watermill with a red roof adjacent to a river at right. Colors are subdued earth tones, the foliage a dark green and the river a muddy brown. Water flows through the mill wheel under a cloudy sky of gray and blue. Three individuals can be seen in the distance at left.

The Watermill with the Great Red Roof, c. 1665

Meindert Hobbema

A young woman peers out to the right from from a Dutch door whose bottom half is closed. She wears a brown dress with a corset and a red beaded necklace.

Young Woman at an Open Half-Door, 1645

Workshop of Rembrandt van Rijn

Impressionist sea landscape, tan houses, blue ocean, distant mountains.

The Bay of Marseille, Seen from L'Estaque, c. 1885

Paul Cezanne

Painting of several light-skinned people gathered around a table in front of a gilded mirror, playing instruments. At left, seated next to a woman in an off-the-shoulder gown, a man in a plumed hat plays a lute. At center right, another man plays a cello, while a dog and cat eat from a dish underfoot.

The Family Concert, 1666

Jan Steen

Painting mostly in soft yellow, green, purple, blue, and pink of two wheatstacks, the right nearer than the left, in a country landscape at sunset.

Stacks of Wheat (End of Day, Autumn), 1890–91

Claude Monet

Painting resembles a blurry, blue photograph of woman wearing a shiny dress.

Woman Descending the Staircase (Frau die Treppe herabgehend), 1965

Gerhard Richter

Painting of a crowded bar scene where African American people dance and drink together, some sitting at the bar, some at small tables, and many on the dance floor.

Nightlife, 1943

Archibald John Motley Jr.

Painting of close-up cross, mountain, red, yellow sky backdrop.

Black Cross, New Mexico, 1929

Georgia O'Keeffe

Bright landscape painting featuring spindly trees with lush leaves surrounded by light-green foliage, a small town visible between the trees at center, and a calm blue sea in the background.

Bordighera, 1884

Claude Monet

A work made of oil on panel.

Trompe-l'Oeil Still Life with a Flower Garland and a Curtain, 1658

Adriaen van der Spelt

Painting of three male figures, two older men in top hats and a younger man with red hair, standing outdoors around a wooden table with a pitcher on it, drinking from glasses. A much smaller, childlike figure at left peers over the table and drinks from a white cup. The scene is rendered in winding paint strokes in shades of green and blue.

The Drinkers, 1890

Vincent van Gogh

Painting of softly rendered shapes in pale blue, green, and white. A textured green mass at left resembles foliage. Blue and white cloud-like forms fill the rest of the frame.

Branch of the Seine near Giverny (Mist), 1897

Claude Monet

Abstract painting in predominant shades of blue, green, and black, featuring diagonal bands of color and undulating lines.

Blue and Green Music, 1919–21

Georgia O'Keeffe

A boldly painted orange tiger lies on brown, rocky ground, his body nearly filling the canvas, blue water and gray sky in the background.

Tiger Resting, c. 1830

Pierre Andrieu

Painting of Greek landscape, classical architecture, yellow, red robed man reading.

Landscape with Saint John on Patmos, 1640

Nicolas Poussin

A hunched figure on horseback holds a thin shaft as he makes his way through windy, snowy weather suggested by strokes of white, gray, and brown.

Man with Lance Riding through the Snow, c. 1880

Adolphe Schreyer

Impressionist painting of woman wearing green dress trying on hats.

The Millinery Shop, 1879-86

Hilaire Germain Edgar Degas

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