Paintings
From late 18th-century portraits to contemporary abstraction, the museum’s American paintings represent such varied artists as Thomas Sully, Lilly Martin Spencer, Winslow Homer, Frederic Remington, Henry Ossawa Tanner, Georgia O’Keeffe, Mark Rothko, Alice Neal, Sean Scully, and Dartmouth artists-in-residence from the 1930s to today.
Jaune Quick-to-See Smith, French Cree / Shoshone / Salish / American, born 1940 | Salish (Flathead) | Plateau | Shoshone | Cree
The Rancher
2002
2005.13
James Bard, American, 1815 - 1897
The Menemon Sanford
1855
2005.41
Dorothea Tanning, American, 1910 - 2012
To The Rescue
1965
2006.15
Sean Scully, American, born 1945
Wall of Light Summer 8.05
2005
2006.16
Jackson Pollock, American, 1912 - 1956
Untitled (Bald Woman with Skeleton)
about 1938-1941
2006.93
Joseph Blackburn, English, active 1752 - 1778, active in North America, 1754 - 176
Jonathan Simpson (1711-1795)
1758
2007.83
Rick Bartow, Wiyot / American, born 1946 | Wiyot | California culture
The Tale that the Crow Told
2006
2008.6.1
Rick Bartow, Wiyot / American, born 1946 | Wiyot | California culture
No Dogs at the Ceremony
2006
2008.6.2
Rick Bartow, Wiyot / American, born 1946 | Wiyot | California culture
The Dancers Arrive
2006
2008.6.3
Rick Bartow, Wiyot / American, born 1946 | Wiyot | California culture
Acquiring a Taste for Crow
2006
2008.6.4
James Peale, American, 1749 - 1831
An Abundance of Fruit
about 1820-1825
2010.61
Leon Polk Smith, Cherokee / American, 1906 - 1996 | Cherokee | Southeast
Inch Squares No. 3
1948-1949
2012.17
Fritz Scholder, Luiseño / American, 1937 - 2005 | Luiseño (Luiseno) | California culture
Untitled (American Portrait Series)
about 1979-1980
2012.20
Marguerite Thompson Zorach, American, 1887 - 1968 | William Zorach, American (born Lithuania), 1889 - 1966
Mountain Stream
about 1917
2012.42
George C. Longfish, Seneca / Tuscorora / American, born 1942 | Seneca (Haudenosaunee) | Tuscarora (Haudenosaunee) | Northeast Woodlands | Woodlands | Haudenosaunee (Iroquois)
Blood Line or Accepted Federal Government Standard for Blood Quantum
2005
2012.5
Washington Allston, American, 1779 - 1843
Eben Flagg (1795-1837)
about 1801
2013.25
Henry Ossawa Tanner, American, 1859 - 1937
Étaples and the Canche River at Dusk
about 1918
2014.76
Attributed to William Hart, American (born Scotland), 1823 - 1894
Tannery in the Catskills
early 1850s
2015.25
Rockwell Kent, American, 1882 - 1971
A New England Landscape (Oak Tree and Evergreen)
1903
p.2000.26
Irving Ramsey Wiles, American, 1861 - 1948
Emily Henderson Cowperthwaite
1902
p.2004.37
Joseph Steward, American, 1753 - 1822
John Phillips (1719-1795), Dartmouth Trustee, 1773-1793
1794-1796
p.793.1
Joseph Steward, American, 1753 - 1822
The Reverend Eleazar Wheelock (1711-1779), 1st President of Dartmouth College (1769-1779)
1793-1796
p.793.2
Francis Alexander, American, 1800 - 1880
Daniel Webster (Black Dan) (1782-1852), Class of 1801
1835
p.836.3
formerly attributed to John Trumbull | Joseph Steward, American, 1753 - 1822
Peter Olcott (1733-1808), Class of 1790H, Dartmouth Trustee
about 1790
p.893.1
George Peter Alexander Healy, American, 1813 - 1894
George Perkins Marsh (1801-1882), Class of 1820
about 1845
p.901.4
Frederic Remington, American, 1861 - 1909
Shotgun Hospitality
1908
p.909.2
Joseph Rodefer DeCamp, American, 1858 - 1923
Edward Tuck (1842-1938), Class of 1862
1919
p.920.4
Thomas Eakins, American, 1844 - 1916
The Architect (Portrait of John Joseph Borie, III, 1869-1926)
1896-1898
p.935.1.19
Max Weber, American (born Russia, now Poland), 1881 - 1961
Portrait (Cubist Portrait; Portrait of a Young Woman)
1911
p.935.1.74
William Merritt Chase, American, 1849 - 1916
The Lone Fisherman
about 1892
p.940.40
Paul Sample, American, 1896 - 1974
Beaver Meadow
1939
p.943.126.1
Thomas Sully, American, 1783 - 1872
George Ticknor (1791-1871), Class of 1807
1831
p.943.130
John Sloan, American, 1871 - 1951
A Roof in Chelsea, New York
about 1941, with additions in 1945 and 1951
p.946.12.2
Ilse Martha Bischoff, American, 1901 - 1990
Harlem Loge
about 1934
p.948.35
Jared French, American, 1905 - 1988
Street Fight
1934
p.950.32.5
Preston Dickinson, American, 1891 - 1930
Industrial Landscape (The Suburbs; Modern Industry)
1919
p.950.64
Maxfield Parrish, American, 1870 - 1966
Hunt Farm (Daybreak)
1948
p.950.73
Lawren Stewart Harris, Canadian, 1885 - 1970
Lake Superior
about 1948
p.951.77
Ernest L. Major, American, 1864 - 1950
The Closed Door
about 1914
p.951.82
John Sloan, American, 1871 - 1951
Self-Portrait, Working
1916
p.952.43
Chester Harding, American, 1792 - 1866
Mrs. Daniel (Grace Fletcher) Webster (1781-1828)
about 1828
p.953.28
Ilse Martha Bischoff, American, 1901 - 1990
Picnic on the River
1937
p.959.108
John Sloan, American, 1871 - 1951
Floyd Dell
1914
p.959.141
Ernest Lawson, American, 1873 - 1939
The Boat House
not dated
p.960.57.4
Mark Rothko, American (born in Latvia), 1903 - 1970
Lilac and Orange over Ivory
1953
p.961.123
Kay Sage, American, 1898 - 1963
The Giants Dance
1944
p.964.127
George Tooker, American, 1920 - 2011
Farewell
1966
p.967.76
Thomas Doughty, American, 1793 - 1856
Rowing on a Mountain Lake
about 1835
p.967.88
Paul Cadmus, American, 1904 - 1999
Francisco
1933 and 1940
p.969.64.4
Norton Bush, American, 1834 - 1894
Lake Nicaragua
1871
p.970.56
Jack Tworkov, American (born Poland), 1900 - 1982
Untitled (R. A. on P. #9)
1972
p.973.116
Fritz Scholder, Luiseño / American, 1937 - 2005 | Luiseño (Luiseno) | California culture
Dartmouth Portrait #17
1973
p.974.11
Alex Katz, American, born 1927
Supper
1974
p.975.70
George L. K. Morris, American, 1905 - 1975
Composition - Times Square (Composition de Broadway)
1945
p.976.201
Edward Joseph Ruscha, American, born 1937
Standard Station, Amarillo, Texas
1963
p.976.281
Alice Neel, American, 1900 - 1984
Daniel Algis Alkaitis, Class of 1965
1967
p.978.155
Adolph Gottlieb, American, 1903 - 1974
Black Enigma
1946
p.978.163
Ben Shahn, American (born Russia, now Lithuania), 1898 - 1969
Photographer’s Window (Contemporary American Photography 1935)
1939-1940
p.978.165
Elihu Vedder, American, 1836 - 1923
The Fisherman and the Mermaid
1879
p.982.53
Paul Sample, American, 1896 - 1974
Waiting
1935-1936
p.983.34.185
John Brewster Jr., American, 1766 - 1854
John Colley
about 1820
p.985.17.5
John Brewster Jr., American, 1766 - 1854
Martha Colley
about 1820
p.985.17.6
Ivan Albright, American, 1897 - 1983
The Vermonter (If Life Were Life There Would Be No Death)
1966-1977
p.985.31
Romare Howard Bearden, American, 1911 - 1988
Palm Sunday Procession
1967-1968
p.986.77.4
Francis Seth Frost, American, 1825 - 1902
Goose Eye Mountain and Mahoosuc Range from Sunday River Valley (Newry, Maine)
about 1860s
p.987.34.17
John Frederick Kensett, American, 1816 - 1872
Mount Washington, New Hampshire
about 1854
p.987.34.30
Levi Wells Prentice, American, 1851 - 1935
Cherries and Raspberries in a Basket
1891
p.987.8
George Cochran Lambdin, American, 1830 - 1896
In the Beech Wood (In the Woods)
1862-1864
p.988.4
Harry Fonseca, Maidu / American, 1946 - 2006 | Maidu | California culture
Coyote Woman in the City
1979
p.989.10
Ralph Earl, American, 1751 - 1801
Portrait of a Lady
1784
p.990.43
Frederick Carl Frieseke, American, 1874 - 1939
In the Library
about 1917
p.991.56
Willard Leroy Metcalf, American, 1858 - 1925
The First Thaw
1913
p.992.14
Gilbert Stuart, American, 1755 - 1828
Daniel Webster (1782-1852), Class of 1801
1817-1820
p.992.21
Benjamin West, American, 1738 - 1820
Hannah Presenting Samuel to Eli
1800
p.993.24
Lilly Martin Spencer, American, 1822 - 1902
The Jolly Washerwoman
1851
p.993.25
Eastman Johnson, American, 1824 - 1906
Back from the Orchard
1876
p.993.26
Georgia O'Keeffe, American, 1887 - 1986
Taos Mountain, New Mexico
1930
p.993.62
Robert Motherwell, American, 1915 - 1991
Chambre d'Amour
1958
p.996.21.1
Abbott Handerson Thayer, American, 1849 - 1921
Below Mount Monadnock
about 1913
p.997.22
Winslow Homer, American, 1836 - 1910
Enchanted
1874
p.997.36
David Smith, American, 1906 - 1965
3/20/52
1952
p.997.42
Maria Oakey Dewing, American, 1845 - 1927
Iris at Dawn (Iris)
1899
p.999.11