Cornelius Krieghoff

In the case of Cornelius Krieghoff (1815-1872), I'm stretching the meaning of my blog's title to mean "North American" - Krieghoff was one of the most prominent Canadian painters of the 19th century. His scenes of outdoor life are reminiscent of the work of the Hudson River School painters, though I am unaware of any contact between them.

 A Winter Incident (ca. 1860)

 After the Ball, Chez Jolifou (1856)

 After the Kill (1861)

 Bargaining for a Load of Wood (1860)

 Breaking Lent (1847)

 Bringing in the Deer (ca. 1859)

 Canadian Autumn, View on the Road to Lake St. John (1862)

 Caughnawaga Indian Encampment at a Portage (ca. 1844)

 Chippewas on Lake Superior (1860)

Death of the Moose at Sunset, Lake Famine, South of Quebec (1859)

Winslow Homer

Winslow Homer (1836-1910) is one of my favorite American artists. He got his start as an illustrator for Harper's Weekly during the Civil War. While it could be argued that he just cashed in on nostalgia, his canvases offer magical depictions of the minutiae of bygone lifeways. A versatile artist, he was equally at home with woodcuts, oils and watercolors.

The National Gallery of Art and the Metropolitan Museum of New York both have nice features on Winslow.

Breezing Up (A Fair Wind) (1873-76)

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 A Fisherwoman (ca. 1882)

 A Good One

 A Good Shot, Adirondacks (1892)

 A Rainy Day in Camp (1871)

 A Summer Night (1890)

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 A Temperance Meeting (Noon Time) (1874)

 A Visit from the Old Mistress (1876)

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 After the Hunt (1892)

After the Hurricane (1899)

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Thomas Waterman Wood

Thomas Waterman Wood (1823-1903) was an American genre painter.

 A Bit of War History: The Contraband (1866)

 A Bit of War History: The Recruit (1866)

 A Bit of War History: The Veteran (1866)

 Fresh Eggs (1881)

 Neglecting Trade (1883)

 Not an Egg (1887)

 Sherry, Sir? (1880)

 Shining Shoes (1865)

 Spelling it Out (1879)

 There's One - Catch 'Em! (1857)

When We Were Boys Together (1881)

Civil War

Here is another set of paintings of the American Civil War.

 Alonzo Chappel: The Last Hours of Lincoln (1868)

 Dennis Malone Carter: Lincoln's Drive Through Richmond (1866)

 Fletcher C. Ransom: Lincoln at Gettysburg

 Frances Flora Bond Palmer: The Mississippi in Time of War (1862)

 George Cochran Lambdin: Portrait of General Ulysses S. Grant (1867)

 George Cochran Lambdin: The Consecration (1865)

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 Jean Leon Gerome Ferris: Let Us Have Peace (1920)

Jean Leon Gerome Ferris: Lincoln and the Contrabands, 1863 (1921)

Eastman Johnson

Eastman Johnson (1824-1906) was a prominent American genre painter. Among other things he co-founded the Metropolitan Museum of Art in New York City.

 An Earnest Pupil (1881)

 At the Camp, Spinning Yarns and Whittling (1864)

 Babes in the  Woods (1882)

 Catching the Bee (1872)

 Christmas-Time, the Blodgett Family (1864)

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 Corn Husking (1860)

 Cranberry Pickers (1879)

Dinah, Portrait of a Negress (1866)

 Fiddling His Way (1866)

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 Gathering Lilies (1865)

Henry Wadsworth Longfellow (1846)