American Landscape and Coastal Paintings
May 2026
These works are 19th-century oil paintings depicting natural landscapes and seascapes from the northeastern United States, particularly coastal New England regions and rocky shores.
140 objects · 4 institutions
A Holiday
Art Institute of Chicago
c. 1915
A Ledge on South Mountain, in the Catskills
Harvard Art Museums
c. 1861-1862
A Marine
Art Institute of Chicago
c. 1874–75
A Mountain Stream
Cleveland Museum of Art
1870
A Silver Morning
Art Institute of Chicago
1886
A Winter Sky
Cleveland Museum of Art
1866
Adirondacks Guide
Art Institute of Chicago
1892
After a Summer Shower
Art Institute of Chicago
1894
Afterglow
Art Institute of Chicago
1893
An October Day in the White Mountains
Cleveland Museum of Art
1854
Apple Blossoms
Cleveland Museum of Art
1873
Approaching Storm from the Alban Hills
Cleveland Museum of Art
1871
At the River's Bend (On the River II)
Art Institute of Chicago
1895
Autumn Scene in the Adirondacks
Cleveland Museum of Art
1877
Autumn Woods
Art Institute of Chicago
1891–94
Bailey's Beach, Newport, R.I.
Art Institute of Chicago
1901
Beach Study (verso)
Cleveland Museum of Art
c. 1910
Blasted Tree
Art Institute of Chicago
1850
Boy with Anchor
Cleveland Museum of Art
1873
Breaking Storm, Coast of Maine
Art Institute of Chicago
1894
Cabin in the Cotton
Art Institute of Chicago
c. 1931–37
Campfire, Adirondacks
Art Institute of Chicago
c. 1892
Capture of the Tripoli by the Enterprise
Art Institute of Chicago
1806–12
Catskill Mountains
Art Institute of Chicago
1870
Church Street El
Cleveland Museum of Art
1920
Coast of Maine
Art Institute of Chicago
1893
Coming Squall (Nahant Beach with a Summer Shower)
Art Institute of Chicago
1835
Cows in a Pond at Sunset
Art Institute of Chicago
1860
Crowell Children at Avondale
Cleveland Museum of Art
1885–1890
Distant View of Niagara Falls
Art Institute of Chicago
1830
Early Morning After a Storm at Sea
Cleveland Museum of Art
1900–1903
Early Morning, Tarpon Springs
Art Institute of Chicago
1892
Edge of the Woods
Cleveland Museum of Art
c. 1890s
Fir Trees and Storm Clouds
Cleveland Museum of Art
c. 1870
Fish
Art Institute of Chicago
1842
Flamborough Head, England
Art Institute of Chicago
1882
Fleecy Clouds
Cleveland Museum of Art
1881
Gray Day on the Esopus
Cleveland Museum of Art
1882
Harbor of Boston, with the City in the Distance
Cleveland Museum of Art
c. 1846–1847
Haverstraw Bay
Cleveland Museum of Art
1868
High Tide on the Marshes
Cleveland Museum of Art
1872
Hillside with Trees
Art Institute of Chicago
1872–78
Holiday on the Hudson
Cleveland Museum of Art
c. 1912
Hunter and Indian Guide
Cleveland Museum of Art
1869
Husking Bee, Island of Nantucket
Art Institute of Chicago
1876
Ice-Bound Falls
Art Institute of Chicago
1919
In the Surf (recto); Beach Study (verso)
Cleveland Museum of Art
c. 1910
In the Woods
Cleveland Museum of Art
1866
Indian Camp
Cleveland Museum of Art
c. 1890
Indian Camp, Roberval, P.Q.
Cleveland Museum of Art
1895
Indian Encampment
Art Institute of Chicago
c. 1877–85
Kauterskill Clove, Catskill Mountains
Art Institute of Chicago
1880
Landscape
Cleveland Museum of Art
1888
Landscape No. 3, Cash Entry Mines, New Mexico
Art Institute of Chicago
1920
Landscape, Sunset
Art Institute of Chicago
1887–89
Looking upon the River
Art Institute of Chicago
1880
Magnolias on Light Blue Velvet Cloth
Art Institute of Chicago
1885–95
Maine Coast
Cleveland Museum of Art
1907
Mink Lake, Adirondacks
Cleveland Museum of Art
1892
Mist Rising at Sunset in the Catskills
Art Institute of Chicago
c. 1861
Moonrise
Art Institute of Chicago
1891
Morning Fog
Harvard Art Museums
c. 1854-1855
Mount Washington
Art Institute of Chicago
1869
Mount Washington, New Hampshire
Cleveland Museum of Art
1870
Mountain Brook
Art Institute of Chicago
1863
My First View of the Congo Forest
Cleveland Museum of Art
1930
Nantasket Beach
Art Institute of Chicago
1876
Near Newport
Art Institute of Chicago
1869
Near Newport
Cleveland Museum of Art
New England Headlands
Art Institute of Chicago
1899
New England Scenery
Art Institute of Chicago
1839
New York Street
Art Institute of Chicago
1902
Niagara Falls
Cleveland Museum of Art
1878
Niagara Falls
Cleveland Museum of Art
c. 1906–1909
Niagara Falls by Moonlight
Cleveland Museum of Art
probably 1856
Niagara Falls in Winter
Art Institute of Chicago
1868
Old Tower at Avignon
Art Institute of Chicago
c. 1875
On Bos'n's Hill
Cleveland Museum of Art
1901
On the Harlem River
Cleveland Museum of Art
1855
On the Unadilla, New York
Metropolitan Museum of Art
1884
Orchid Blossoms
Cleveland Museum of Art
1873
Over the Dunes, Cape Cod, Massachusetts
Cleveland Museum of Art
c. 1919
Painted Tipi Curtain: Victory Record of the Elkhorn Scraper Warrior Society
Art Institute of Chicago
c. 1870
Point Breeze, the Estate of Joseph Napoleon Bonaparte at Bordentown, New Jersey
Art Institute of Chicago
1817–20
Point Judith, Rhode Island
Cleveland Museum of Art
1867–68
Prout's Neck, Breakers
Art Institute of Chicago
1883
Prout's Neck, Breaking Wave
Art Institute of Chicago
1887
Prout's Neck, Evening
Art Institute of Chicago
c. 1894
Rock at Sea
Cleveland Museum of Art
1920–1922
Rocky Coast
Art Institute of Chicago
c. 1860
Shipwreck near a Rocky Coast
Art Institute of Chicago
1833
Smelting Works at Denver
Cleveland Museum of Art
1892
Solitude
Art Institute of Chicago
1818
Spring on the Hillside
Cleveland Museum of Art
c. 1920
Storm in the Mountains
Cleveland Museum of Art
1847
Study in a Wood
Metropolitan Museum of Art
1861
Study of Rocks in Pearson's Ravine
Art Institute of Chicago
mid–1850s
Sun Dance Scene
Art Institute of Chicago
c. 1885
Sunlit Valley
Art Institute of Chicago
1893
Sunny Autumn Day
Cleveland Museum of Art
1892
Sunset
Harvard Art Museums
c. 1865-1870
Sunshine and Shadow, Prout's Neck
Art Institute of Chicago
1894
The Biglin Brothers Turning the Stake
Cleveland Museum of Art
1873
The Biglin Brothers Turning the Stake
Cleveland Museum of Art
1873
The Building of the Dam
Cleveland Museum of Art
1908
The Clove - A Storm Scene in the Catskill Mountains
Cleveland Museum of Art
1851
The Coast of Labrador
Art Institute of Chicago
1866
The Essex Canal
Art Institute of Chicago
c. 1896
The Home of the Heron
Art Institute of Chicago
1893
The Last of New England—The Beginning of New Mexico
Art Institute of Chicago
1918–19
The Little Pond, Appledore
Art Institute of Chicago
1890
The Mill Pond
Art Institute of Chicago
1889
The Monastery of San Pedro (Our Lady of the Snows)
Cleveland Museum of Art
1879
The Moon at Night
Art Institute of Chicago
1890
The Old Mill
Art Institute of Chicago
1849
The Old Road to the Sea
Cleveland Museum of Art
c. 1893
The Outlook, Maine Coast
Art Institute of Chicago
1894
The Prairie on Fire
Art Institute of Chicago
1827
The Rapids, Hudson River, Adirondacks
Art Institute of Chicago
1894
The Storm
Art Institute of Chicago
1876
The Stubble Field
Cleveland Museum of Art
c. 1909
The Water Fan
Art Institute of Chicago
1898/99
The Wheat Field
Cleveland Museum of Art
c. 1875–77
The Winter Sun
Art Institute of Chicago
c. 1909
The Wood Chopper
Cleveland Museum of Art
1849
Threatening
Art Institute of Chicago
1891
Trees and a Stream on a Hillside
Cleveland Museum of Art
1853
Twilight in Italy
Art Institute of Chicago
1874
Twilight in the Wilderness
Cleveland Museum of Art
1860
Vale of Kashmir
Cleveland Museum of Art
1867
View near Newport
Cleveland Museum of Art
1860s
View of Cotopaxi
Art Institute of Chicago
1857
View of Lake Pepin, Minnesota
Cleveland Museum of Art
1862
View of Niagara Falls
Cleveland Museum of Art
c. 1851–1852
View of Schroon Mountain, Essex County, New York, After a Storm
Cleveland Museum of Art
1838
White Mare
Cleveland Museum of Art
c. 1868
Wild Coast, Newport
Cleveland Museum of Art
1889
Wind-Swept Sands
Art Institute of Chicago
1894
Wood Interior
Cleveland Museum of Art
c. 1910
York Harbor, Coast of Maine
Art Institute of Chicago
1877