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 | Book, Mug, Candlestick and Pipe by John Frederick Peto c. 1890s Butler Institute of American Art Youngstown, OH | Peto, John Frederick |  Aside from this early inspiration of still-life forms, Peto also appears to have taken from Eakins his sense of painting as a meditative, almost psychological, act; and as with so many of Eakins's later portraits of isolated introspective individuals, Book, Mug, Candlestick and Pipe bears a similar mood of quiet closure |
 | Denning's Point by Thomas Doughty c. 1839 Butler Institute of American Art Youngstown, OH | Doughty, Thomas | |
 | Kwannon Meditating on Human Life by John La Farge 1908 Butler Institute of American Art Youngstown, OH | La Farge, John | La Farge's painting of Kwannon can be seen as an offshoot of this statue, now often titled "the Adams Memorial," as well as a reaction to the paintings of Kwannon that he viewed when he was in Japan. |
 | Bash Bish Falls by John Frederick Kensett c. 1855 Butler Institute of American Art Youngstown, OH | Kensett, John Frederick | |
 | View Near Springfield, Massachusetts by Alvan Fisher 1819 Butler Institute of American Art Youngstown, OH | Fisher, Alvan | st houses, rolling hills and cultivated fields, View Near Springfield, Massachusetts could well have been conceived as a companion piece for the Brooklyn Museum canvas. Certainly, both project an image of an idyllic land, an arcadia, that expresses the ideals of Jeffersonian America and speaks eloquently of the promise of the young Republic. |
 | Ship Starlight by Fitz Hugh Lane c. 1860 Butler Institute of American Art Youngstown, OH | Lane, Fitz Hugh | A painter of ships and marine views for all of his life, Fitz Hugh Lane has created, in Ship Starlight, one of the magical images of his late career |
 | The Oregon Trail by Albert Bierstadt 1869. Butler Institute of American Art Youngstown, OH | Bierstadt, Albert | |
 | Watching the Cows by Theodore Robinson 1892 Butler Institute of American Art Youngstown, OH | Robinson, Theodore | On November 29, 1892, he wrote in his diary, presumably referring to Watching the Cows: "Call from Monet & family after breakfast ... he liked the 'cows and Baby[sic]." Several weeks later, following his return to New York, he mentioned the painting again: "The 'Mill' was done in a good spirit of endeavor and ... also the 'Baby and Cows' but how... |
 | Cliff-Scene, Grand Manan by Robert Swain Gifford 1865 Butler Institute of American Art Youngstown, OH | Gifford, Robert Swain | dling of paint. After traveling in Europe and North Africa in the early 1870s, Gifford's style became considerably looser, less detailed, and more painterly. After his death, an admirer noted the artist's preference for the "stern, strong, severe phases of nature," adding that his best works impress the viewer "with an air of nobility and power." |
 | Sailing (The Hudson at Tappan Zee) by Jasper Francis Cropsey 1883 Butler Institute of American Art Youngstown, OH | Cropsey, Jasper Francis | ible through the thin paint. These sketchy strokes, many of which are not part of the final design, give a somewhat unfinished, rough vitality to the work. |
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