United States Paintings

Browse free public domain artworks from United States — paintings, illustrations, and museum pieces.

Summer Landscape at Sunset by Arthur Hoeber, impressionism, depicting trees and a sunset.

Summer Landscape at Sunset

Arthur Hoeber

Summer Landscape by Hugh Henry Breckenridge, oil on canvas depicting greenery and a cobalt sky

Summer Landscape (Langhorne, Pennsylvania)

Hugh Henry Breckenridge

A young girl stands at a window, gazing thoughtfully outside.

Young Girl at a Window

Mary Cassatt

A young girl named Simone sits in a blue bonnet, her gaze lowered, capturing a moment of quiet introspection.

Simone in a Blue Bonnet (No. 1)

Mary Cassatt

A river scene by James Abbott McNeill Whistler, oil on canvas, depicting tranquil water reflections.

A river scene

James Abbott McNeill Whistler

Summer on Lake George by Asher Brown Durand, oil painting of a serene lake and hills.

Summer on Lake George

Asher Brown Durand

Thomas Moran's 'Summit of the Sierras, Nevada' captures the grandeur of the Sierra Nevada mountains.

Summit of the Sierras, Nevada

Thomas Moran

Sunrise over Porcupine Islands, oil painting by Frederic Edwin Church

Sun or Moon Rising over Porcupine Islands, Bar Harbor

Frederic Edwin Church

Marine scene of Summer Winds by Francis Augustus Silva, oil painting depicting beach and ocean.

Summer Winds, Long Branch Beach, New Jersey

Francis Augustus Silva

A satirical drawing depicting elegantly dressed men and women engaged in animated conversation, capturing the essence of social gossip.

The latest scandal

Charles Dana Gibson

Realism artwork by Mail & Express depicting a bustling New York street scene with horse-drawn carriages.

Broadway, East Side. 17th to 20th St.

Mail & Express

Thomas Moran's painting captures the majestic beauty of the Sierra Nevada mountains.

Summit of the Sierras, Nevada

Thomas Moran

Daniel Ridgway Knight's 'Springtime' captures a serene moment in nature.

Springtime

Daniel Ridgway Knight

Thomas Moran's painting captures the majestic beauty of the Sierra Nevada mountains.

Summit of the Sierras, Nevada

Thomas Moran

Sunday on the Marne by William James Glackens, oil on canvas depicting a riverside picnic.

Sunday on the Marne

William James Glackens

Bronze sculpture by Dwight William Tryon depicting a tranquil landscape at sunset

Sunset

Dwight William Tryon

Oil on canvas by Albert Bierstadt depicting a landscape with sunlight and shadow.

Sunlight and Shadow

Albert Bierstadt

Sunlight and Shadow, oil on canvas by Willard Leroy Metcalf, depicting sunlight filtering through trees.

Sunlight and Shadow

Willard Leroy Metcalf

Sunlit Wall Under a Tree, oil painting by John Singer Sargent showing sunlight on a wall and tree.

Sunlit Wall Under a Tree

John Singer Sargent

Trout Stream in the Tyrol by John Singer Sargent, oil on canvas depicting a tranquil stream and lush landscape.

Trout Stream in the Tyrol

John Singer Sargent

Genre scene depicting urban life on Broadway, oil painting by Mail & Express

Broadway, East Side. Howard to Grand St.

Mail & Express

Figurative oil painting by James Abbott McNeill Whistler depicting a woman on a balcony.

The Balcony

James Abbott McNeill Whistler

Portrait of Madame Paul Escudier in a flowing dress, oil on canvas by John Singer Sargent

Madame Paul Escudier (Louise Lefevre)

John Singer Sargent

A depiction of children picking blackberries in a lush setting.

Blackberry Picking

John George Brown

Watercolour by Ernest Haskell depicting a fisherman’s home with golden light and shadows.

Fish House Idyll

Ernest Haskell

Sunrise Over the Hudson Valley, oil on canvas by John Williamson

Sunrise Over the Hudson Valley

John Williamson

Sunrise on the Matterhorn, oil painting by Albert Bierstadt, showing dawn light on a mountain.

Sunrise on the Matterhorn

Albert Bierstadt

Sunset In The Catskills by Dewitt Clinton Boutelle, oil painting depicting a vibrant sunset over mountains.

Sunset In The Catskills

Dewitt Clinton Boutelle

Sunset Across the Hudson Valley, Winter by Frederic Edwin Church, oil painting

Sunset Across the Hudson Valley, Winter

Frederic Edwin Church

Two fishermen in oil on canvas by Louis Kinney Harlow, set against gentle rippling water.

Two fishermen

Louis Kinney Harlow

The Empire by Joseph Pennell, modernism, skyline with shadows and light.

The Empire

Joseph Pennell

Sunset by Frederic Edwin Church, oil painting depicting a vibrant twilight landscape.

Sunset

Frederic Edwin Church

Sunset on the Tiber, Rome by George Loring Brown, oil on canvas depicting a vibrant sunset over the river.

Sunset on the Tiber, Rome

George Loring Brown

Exterior view of a red brick building, watercolor on paper by Edwin Austin Abbey

Study of exterior of a red brick building

Edwin Austin Abbey

Sunset across the Hudson Valley, oil painting by Frederic Edwin Church

Sunset across the Hudson Valley, New York

Frederic Edwin Church

Frederic Edwin Church's 'Landscape' captures a vibrant natural scene.

Landscape

Frederic Edwin Church

Sunset II by Frederic Edwin Church, oil painting depicting a vibrant sunset with swirling clouds.

Sunset II

Frederic Edwin Church

Frederic Edwin Church's painting 'Sunset, Hudson, New York' captures a serene landscape at dusk.

Sunset, Hudson, New York

Frederic Edwin Church

Sunset in the Woods, oil on canvas by George Inness, depicting a tranquil forest at sunset.

Sunset in the Woods

George Inness

Sunset, Newburyport Meadows by Martin Johnson Heade, oil painting depicting a vibrant landscape.

Sunset, Newburyport Meadows

Martin Johnson Heade

Sunset with Man Standing on Shore by Louis Michel Eilshemius, oil painting depicting a solitary figure at the shore.

Sunset with Man Standing on Shore

Louis Michel Eilshemius

Architecture of Jumel Mansion, New York by Ernest Peixotto, oil painting

Jumel Mansion, New York

Ernest Peixotto

A Scene in Tours by Frederick G. Hall, oil on canvas depicting figures dancing under sunlight.

A Scene in Tours

Frederick G. Hall

Oil painting by John Frederick Kensett depicting a sunset over the sea with clouds.

Sunset on the Sea

John Frederick Kensett

Snow Weather by John La Farge, oil painting depicting a serene winter landscape.

Snow Weather

John La Farge

The Coming Storm by George Inness, oil on canvas depicting a turbulent sky and landscape.

The Coming Storm

George Inness

Large Live Oak by Ernest Haskell, watercolor on paper, depicting a gnarled oak tree with sunlight and shadows.

Large Live Oak

Ernest Haskell

Oil painting by Winslow Homer showing figures on a stormy shore with crashing waves.

On a Lee Shore

Winslow Homer

Frederic Edwin Church's 'Sunset over the Catskills' captures a vibrant landscape at dusk.

Sunset over the Catskills

Frederic Edwin Church

Self-Portrait in the Costume Worn by Him at the Twelfth Night Celebration at the Country Club by Eastman Johnson.

Self-Portrait in the Costume Worn by Him at the Twelfth Night Celebration at the Country Club

Eastman Johnson

Stamboul by John Singer Sargent, oil on canvas, featuring light filtering through arches.

Stamboul

John Singer Sargent

Sunset over broad landscape, oil painting by Frederic Edwin Church

Sunset over broad landscape

Frederic Edwin Church

Portrait of Letitia Wilson Jordan by Thomas Eakins.

Letitia Wilson Jordan

Thomas Eakins

Sunset over the marsh, oil on canvas by Martin Johnson Heade

Sunset over the Marsh

Martin Johnson Heade

Sunset over Silver Lake Cottonwood Canyon, Utah, oil painting by Alfred Lambourne

Sunset, Silver Lake Cottonwood Canyon, Utah

Alfred Lambourne

A portrait of Mrs. Fiske Warren and her daughter Rachel by John Singer Sargent.

Mrs. Fiske Warren (Gretchen Osgood) And Her Daughter Rachel

John Singer Sargent

Cadets’ monument at West Point, engraving by John Rubens Smith, featuring a tall monument surrounded by trees.

Cadets’ monument at West Point

John Rubens Smith

A Side Canyon, Grand Canyon of Arizona by Thomas Moran, oil on canvas depicting canyon light and shadow.

A Side Canyon, Grand Canyon of Arizona

Thomas Moran

Thomas Eakins' painting 'A Singer (Mrs. W.H. Bowden)' captures a woman in a moment of song.

A Singer (Mrs. W.H. Bowden)

Thomas Eakins

A Sketch at the Camp on the La Bonté, oil on canvas by Sanford Robinson Gifford

A Sketch at the Camp on the La Bonté, Wyoming Territory

Sanford Robinson Gifford

Mountain landscape with stream by Dewitt Clinton Boutelle, oil painting

Mountain Landscape with Stream

Dewitt Clinton Boutelle

Surveyor’s Wagon in the Rockies by Albert Bierstadt, oil on canvas, featuring a wagon in a mountain landscape.

Surveyor’s Wagon in the Rockies

Albert Bierstadt

Impressionist landscape with trees beside a stream by Eliphalet Fraser Andrews

Trees beside a Stream

Eliphalet Fraser Andrews

River’s Edge by Charles Henry Eaton, impressionism, depicting a tranquil river landscape.

River’s Edge

Charles Henry Eaton

Taking on Wet Provisions by Winslow Homer, oil painting depicting a schooner at sea

Taking on Wet Provisions (Schooner Marked Newport, K. W.)

Winslow Homer

Oil painting by Abbott Fuller Graves depicting a terrace with flowers and sunlight.

From the Terrace

Abbott Fuller Graves

New England Landscape by Herman Hartwich, oil painting depicting a somber horizon and tangled trees.

New England Landscape

Herman Hartwich

Theatre of Dionysus by Henry Bacon, oil on canvas, depicting ancient ruins and architecture

Theatre of Dionysus

Henry Bacon

Ruins of buildings in a landscape, oil painting by Theodore J. Richardson

Buildings Going To Ruin, Alaska, 1884

Theodore J. Richardson

Historical scene with soldiers in varied uniforms, ink on paper by James Fuller Queen

Sketches with Co. B, 8th Reg. Pa. Ma. under the officers of the old ‘Southwark Gaurd’ on the road to Greencastle

James Fuller Queen

An aging patriarch leans towards a younger woman, expressing both reassurance and tension.

Skinflint; ‘If anything should happen to me, you will be all right’

Charles Dana Gibson

A Street in Saint Louis by Henry Lewis, realism, depicting a lively urban scene

A Street in Saint Louis

Henry Lewis

Landscape with Cottages by John Henry Twachtman, oil on canvas, depicting cottages surrounded by lush greenery

Landscape with Cottages

John Henry Twachtman

Marine landscape with ocean waves and sky, oil on canvas by John La Farge

Lesson Study on Jersey Coast

John La Farge

A husband and wife sit apart in a Victorian parlor, each stubbornly awake as the clock nears midnight.

Let not the sun go down upon your wrath

Charles Dana Gibson

Lexington by Ernest Peixotto, oil on canvas, a horse in a golden landscape

Lexington

Ernest Peixotto

Etching by Charles Frederick William Mielatz depicting an old house with sunlight

Old house, Broadway at Great Jones Street

Charles Frederick William Mielatz

Landscape depicting the Weber River with foliage, oil painting by Sarah E. Sill

Along Weber River, Utah

Sarah E. Sill

Genre scene depicting urban life in New York City, 1899, by Mail & Express

Broadway, West Side. Houston to Bleecker St.

Mail & Express

A group of elegantly dressed young women offering encouragement to one another.

Cheer up, girls!

Charles Dana Gibson

Near Villa Ansidei Perugia, Sunset by Elihu Vedder, oil painting depicting a sunset over distant hills.

Near Villa Ansidei Perugia, Sunset

Elihu Vedder

Long Branch Beach by Francis Augustus Silva, oil on canvas depicting gentle waves and sunlight on the shore.

Long Branch Beach

Francis Augustus Silva

Landscape with hills and greenery, oil painting by Elihu Vedder

Fiesole

Elihu Vedder

Taku Glacier, Evening by Theodore J. Richardson, oil on canvas depicting a sunset over a glacier.

Taku Glacier, Evening

Theodore J. Richardson

A historical painting depicting a ride for liberty.

A Ride for Liberty

Eastman Johnson

Landscape oil painting by Thomas Eakins featuring figures and golden light

Arcadia

Thomas Eakins

A depiction of a young boy confidently aiming a slingshot.

A Sure Shot

John George Brown

A Tent in the Rockies by John Singer Sargent, oil on canvas depicting a colorful tent in the mountains.

A Tent in the Rockies

John Singer Sargent

Landscape of The Vale of Ambleside, oil on canvas by Edwin Austin Abbey

The Vale of Ambleside, Wansfell

Edwin Austin Abbey

A lively scene depicting a moment from 'Taming of the Shrew' with vibrant colors and dynamic figures.

Taming of the Shrew, throwing the pillows & bedclothes about the room, so that she was forced to sit down in a chair

Louis Rhead