Realism






Works in this room
Ordinary people and working lives, painted as they were, from the 1840s on.
First room, north wall

The Veteran in a New FieldWinslow Homer, 1865Courtesy of The Metropolitan Museum of Art 
A Village SquareWalter Shirlaw, 1875–80Courtesy of Cooper Hewitt, Smithsonian Design Museum 
The Dancing LessonThomas Eakins, 1878Courtesy of The Metropolitan Museum of Art
First room, south wall

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 
Rookwood PotteryGeorge Gibson, 1886Courtesy of Cooper Hewitt, Smithsonian Design Museum 
The PleiadesElihu Vedder, 1885Courtesy of The Metropolitan Museum of Art
Second room, south wall

Stage Fort across Gloucester HarborFitz Henry Lane, 1862Courtesy of The Metropolitan Museum of Art 
Talking It OverEnoch Wood Perry, 1872Courtesy of The Metropolitan Museum of Art 
Variations in Violet and Grey—Market Place, DieppeJames McNeill Whistler, 1885Courtesy of The Metropolitan Museum of Art
Second room, north wall

Young Husband: First MarketingLilly Martin Spencer, 1854Courtesy of The Metropolitan Museum of Art 
An Orange Note: Sweet ShopJames McNeill Whistler, 1883 or 1884Courtesy of the National Museum of Asian Art, Smithsonian Institution 
Still Life—Violin and MusicWilliam Michael Harnett, 1888Courtesy of The Metropolitan Museum of Art 
Seventh Regiment on Review, Washington Square, New YorkOtto Boetticher, 1851Courtesy of The Metropolitan Museum of Art
Third room, north wall

Autumn OaksGeorge Inness, ca. 1878Courtesy of The Metropolitan Museum of Art 
Untitled (Cracked Watermelon)Charles Ethan Porter, ca. 1890Courtesy of The Metropolitan Museum of Art 
Washington Crossing the DelawareEmanuel Leutze, 1851Courtesy of The Metropolitan Museum of Art