| Preview | Description | Artist | Notes |
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 | Boudoir, Chateau de Chaalis by Walter Gay 1914 Smithsonian American Art Museum Washington, D.C. | Gay, Walter |  This chateau was once the home of an aristocrat who left it to the French Institute in Paris as a museum with all the art objects and furnishings intact. In 1914, its curator invited Walter Gay to visit and allowed him to paint this opulent chamber. A contemporary critic praised Gay’s paintings, saying that “the personality of the people who live... |
 | Novembre, Etaples by Walter Gay ca. 1885 Smithsonian American Art Museum Washington, D.C. | Gay, Walter | |
 | Interior View by Walter Gay Oil on paperboard Smithsonian American Art Museum Washington, D.C. | Gay, Walter | This painting shows the interior of Mrs. George R. Fearing’s apartment in a Paris hotel. Mrs. Fearing was an American who shared Walter Gay’s interest in French decorative arts. In this painting, eighteenth-century tapestries hang on either side of the double doors with Louis XV tapestry-covered chairs underneath. Gay once said, “I had a... |
 | Boats, St. Tropez by Samuel Halpert 1929 Smithsonian American Art Museum Washington, D.C. | Halpert, Samuel | |
 | Farm Interior by Samuel Halpert ca. 1924 Smithsonian American Art Museum Washington, D.C. | Halpert, Samuel | |
 | Village Scene by George Overbury Hart oil on canvas Smithsonian American Art Museum Washington, D.C. | Hart, George Overbury | |
 | The Siren by Louis Loeb 1904 Smithsonian American Art Museum Washington, D.C. | Loeb, Louis | |
 | A Morning in Summer by Leonard Ochtman 1922 Smithsonian American Art Museum Washington, D.C. | Ochtman, Leonard | |
 | Morning Haze by Leonard Ochtman 1909 Smithsonian American Art Museum Washington, D.C. | Ochtman, Leonard | |
 | Beach of Bass Rocks, Gloucester, Massachusetts by Frank Knox Morton Rehn 1881 Smithsonian American Art Museum Washington, D.C. | Rehn, Frank Knox Morton | Frank Knox Morton Rehn was known primarily as a marine painter whose images captured scenes along the Massachusetts coast. This painting depicts a stretch of beach in Gloucester, a popular East Coast tourist destination throughout the nineteenth century. The scene is dominated by sky and sea, yet Rehn avoided using shades of blue and instead chose... |
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