Floor plan

Style galleriesRealism

Realism

Watercolor
Untitled (Cracked Watermelon), by Charles Ethan Porter, ca. 1890
Wild Roses and Irises, by John La Farge, 1887
Madame X (Virginie Amélie Avegno Gautreau), by John Singer Sargent, 1883–84
Inside the Bar, by Winslow Homer, 1883
Spring Blossoms, Montclair, New Jersey, by George Inness, ca. 1891
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. Watercolor
    Pink Note–Shelling PeasJames McNeill Whistler, 1882-1884Courtesy of the National Museum of Asian Art, Smithsonian Institution
  2. Untitled (Cracked Watermelon), by Charles Ethan Porter, ca. 1890
    Untitled (Cracked Watermelon)Charles Ethan Porter, ca. 1890Courtesy of The Metropolitan Museum of Art
  3. Wild Roses and Irises, by John La Farge, 1887
    Wild Roses and IrisesJohn La Farge, 1887Courtesy of The Metropolitan Museum of Art
  4. 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. Inside the Bar, by Winslow Homer, 1883
    Inside the BarWinslow Homer, 1883Courtesy of The Metropolitan Museum of Art
  2. Spring Blossoms, Montclair, New Jersey, by George Inness, ca. 1891
    Spring Blossoms, Montclair, New JerseyGeorge Inness, ca. 1891Courtesy 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. A VILLAGE SQUARE
    A Village SquareWalter Shirlaw, 1875–80Courtesy of Cooper Hewitt, Smithsonian Design Museum
  2. Sunrise, by George Inness, 1887
    SunriseGeorge Inness, 1887Courtesy 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

Second room, north wall

  1. Oil painting
    An Orange Note: Sweet ShopJames McNeill Whistler, 1883 or 1884Courtesy of the National Museum of Asian Art, Smithsonian Institution
  2. John Quincy Adams Ward, by Henry Augustus Loop, 1863
    John Quincy Adams WardHenry Augustus Loop, 1863Courtesy of The Metropolitan Museum of Art
  3. Louis Eilshemius
    Spanish LadyLouis M. Eilshemius, 1889Courtesy of the Hirshhorn Museum and Sculpture Garden, Smithsonian Institution

Third room, 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. Talking It Over, by Enoch Wood Perry, 1872
    Talking It OverEnoch Wood Perry, 1872Courtesy of The Metropolitan Museum of Art