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Painting of a placid-looking, light-skinned woman in a maroon dress, seated in a chair with yellow upholstery, hands folded.

Madame Cezanne in a Yellow Chair, 1888–90

Paul Cezanne

A work made of oil on canvas.

The Earth Is a Man, 1942

Matta

Painting of a dark-skinned man seated and wearing a red open-necked tunic. He looks up to the right. His wrists are shackled and a large chain rests at his right, running down the bench he sits upon.

The Captive Slave (Ira Aldridge), 1827

John Philip Simpson

Large, dark painting of Jesus sitting with three standing soldiers.

Jesus Mocked by the Soldiers, 1865

Édouard Manet

A brown-toned image of a group of scantily clad young women at left, one holding out her arm toward a group of naked young men standing at right.

Young Spartan Girls Challenging Boys, c. 1860

Hilaire Germain Edgar Degas

Painting in short strokes of pale blue, green, white, yellow, and pink, of a fisherman in one of two small boats on a river, a tree-lined bank and a bridge in the background.

Fishing in Spring, the Pont de Clichy (Asnières), 1887

Vincent van Gogh

In a shaft of light, surrounded by dramatic shadow and numerous sheep, a woman on horseback in a white bonnet and red skirt carries a baby and a basket, a black dog at right. Behind her two men follow, one mounted, one on foot, on a dirt path surrounded by trees.

The Road to Market, 1858–59

Constant Troyon

Shallow and tall painting tightly focused on a black paneled door, a wreath of dying flowers hanging on it and a hand reaching to the doorknob from left.

That Which I Should Have Done I Did Not Do (The Door), 1931–41

Ivan Albright

Earth toned landscape painting of boats and lighthouses composed of geometric shapes.

Little Harbor in Normandy, spring 1909

Georges Braque

A work made of oil on canvas.

Lunch at the Restaurant Fournaise (The Rowers' Lunch), 1875

Pierre-Auguste Renoir

Light-colored snowscape with visible brushstrokes featuring a bridge in front of red and white barns and farmhouses, surrounded by trees.

Sandvika, Norway, 1895

Claude Monet

Painting of two red-and-orange flowers in the bottom half of the frame and beyond them, in the top half, reddish-brown hills.

Red Hills with Flowers, 1937

Georgia O'Keeffe

A work made of oil on canvas.

The Eruption of Vesuvius, 1771

Pierre-Jacques Volaire

Painting of a small stream in the middle of the woods. In the center of the painting, there is a small waterfall over a large boulder. Radiant beams of sunlight penetrate the thick forest of birch and other trees, and a small bird sings from a broken branch over the waterfall.

Mountain Brook, 1863

Albert Bierstadt

Three cavalry scouts—light-skinned men mounted on gleaming brown horses—among light-beige, arid mountains. The figure in the foreground has begun to to slump and seems poised to fall, his rifle on the ground, his horse agitated and alarmed. The others ride off in pursuit.

The Advance-Guard, or The Military Sacrifice (The Ambush), 1890

Frederic Remington

A light-skinned nude woman, center, struggles while a light-skinned nude man, top left, violently pulls white translucent fabric off of her. Dark red and brown textiles, a pillow, dagger, and fallen nude statue complete the scene.

Tarquin and Lucretia, 1578–80

Tintoretto

Small dots of soft color form a woman in a red shirt and brown skirt seen up close, washing her bare feet in a lush brook while seated on a sloping bank.

Woman Bathing Her Feet in a Brook, 1895

Camille Pissarro

Painting of a young woman outdoors in a light purple dress and head covering with a wooden yoke around her neck suspending large bundles of brightly colored flowers. She stands on a path adjacent to a river, facing the wall of a red-brick house at right.

Flower Girl in Holland, 1887

George Hitchcock

A scene in brown and green tones of people dancing indoors. In the foreground, three women stand near boothed tables while a man sits.

Moulin de la Galette, 1889

Henri de Toulouse-Lautrec

A work made of oil on canvas.

The Vase of Tulips, c. 1890

Paul Cezanne

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