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The Most Famous Artworks of American Impressionism

The 60 most celebrated works of the American Impressionism movement, ranked by renown across 2,287 works in the catalog.

A note on the ranking: "fame" here is a measure of renown, not of merit — synthesised from how widely a work is cited and held. It leans toward the Western canon and the best-digitised collections. Read it as a popular index, not a verdict.

  1. Marine Landscape
    Marine Landscape Alfred Thompson Bricher · 1895
  2. Threatening Sky, Bay of New York
    Threatening Sky, Bay of New York Thomas Chambers · 1850
  3. Lake George and the Village of Caldwell
    Lake George and the Village of Caldwell Thomas Chambers · 1850
  4. The Last of the Buffalo
    The Last of the Buffalo Albert Bierstadt · 1888
  5. A Bachelor's Drawer
    A Bachelor's Drawer John Haberle · 1896
  6. The New Bonnet
    The New Bonnet Eastman Johnson · 1876
  7. View at Amalfi, Bay of Salerno
    View at Amalfi, Bay of Salerno George Loring Brown · 1857
  8. Boston Harbor
    Boston Harbor Thomas Chambers · 1850
  9. Bay of New York, Sunset
    Bay of New York, Sunset Thomas Chambers · 1850
  10. Storm-Tossed Frigate
    Storm-Tossed Frigate Thomas Chambers · 1850
  11. Felucca off Gibraltar
    Felucca off Gibraltar Thomas Chambers · 1850
  12. Natural Arch at Capri
    Natural Arch at Capri William Stanley Haseltine · 1871
  13. Mr. and Mrs. Anson Phelps Stokes
    Mr. and Mrs. Anson Phelps Stokes Cecilia Beaux · 1900
  14. Mount Corcoran
    Mount Corcoran Albert Bierstadt · 1876
  15. The Connecticut Valley
    The Connecticut Valley Thomas Chambers · 1850
  16. Imitation
    Imitation John Haberle · 1887
  17. Lake George
    Lake George John William Casilear · 1851
  18. U.S. Thread Company Mills, Willimantic, Connecticut
    U.S. Thread Company Mills, Willimantic, Connecticut Julian Alden Weir · 1895
  19. Glass Blowers of Murano
    Glass Blowers of Murano Charles Frederic Ulrich · 1886
  20. Mother and Son
    Mother and Son Thomas Sully · 1840
  21. Bayside, New Rochelle, New York
    Bayside, New Rochelle, New York David Johnson · 1886
  22. Canadian Rockies (Lake Louise)
    Canadian Rockies (Lake Louise) Albert Bierstadt · 1889
  23. The Seine
    The Seine Henry Ossawa Tanner · 1902
  24. Moonlight
    Moonlight Ralph Albert Blakelock · 1890
  25. Dressing for the Carnival
    Dressing for the Carnival Winslow Homer · 1877
  26. Surf on Rocks
    Surf on Rocks William Trost Richards · 1894
  27. Mrs. Charles Cummings (Rebecca Pittard)
    Mrs. Charles Cummings (Rebecca Pittard) Henry Inman · 1825
  28. Mrs. Mary Arthur
    Mrs. Mary Arthur Thomas Eakins · 1900
  29. From Shifting Shade
    From Shifting Shade James McDougal Hart · 1887
  30. Sunrise on the Matterhorn
    Sunrise on the Matterhorn Albert Bierstadt · 1875
  31. The Artist's Wife and His Setter Dog
    The Artist's Wife and His Setter Dog Thomas Eakins · 1886
  32. Matthew Clarkson
    Matthew Clarkson Gilbert Stuart · 1794
  33. George Washington
    George Washington James Peale · 1782
  34. The Hatch Family
    The Hatch Family Eastman Johnson · 1870
  35. An Arctic Summer: Boring Through the Pack in Melville Bay
    An Arctic Summer: Boring Through the Pack in Melville Bay William Bradford · 1871
  36. Old Bruton Church, Williamsburg, Virginia, in the Time of Lord Dunmore
    Old Bruton Church, Williamsburg, Virginia, in the Time of Lord Dunmore Alfred Wordsworth Thompson · 1893
  37. Portrait of the Artist
    Portrait of the Artist Thomas Sully · 1821
  38. Woman Reading
    Woman Reading Susan Macdowell Eakins · 1891
  39. Newburyport Meadows
    Newburyport Meadows Martin Johnson Heade · 1878
  40. Notre Dame, Paris
    Notre Dame, Paris Samuel Halpert · 1925
  41. Spring Morning in the Heart of the City
    Spring Morning in the Heart of the City Childe Hassam · 1896
  42. View of the Schuylkill County Almshouse Property
    View of the Schuylkill County Almshouse Property Charles C. Hofmann · 1876
  43. The Quadroon
    The Quadroon George Fuller · 1880
  44. The Valley of the Seine, from the Hills of Giverny
    The Valley of the Seine, from the Hills of Giverny Theodore Robinson · 1892
  45. Oyster Sloop, Cos Cob
    Oyster Sloop, Cos Cob Childe Hassam · 1902
  46. Giant Magnolias on a Blue Velvet Cloth
    Giant Magnolias on a Blue Velvet Cloth Martin Johnson Heade · 1890
  47. Horatio Gates
    Horatio Gates Gilbert Stuart · 1794
  48. Approaching Storm
    Approaching Storm William Keith · 1880
  49. Queen Victoria
    Queen Victoria Thomas Sully · 1838
  50. Madonna and Child and Little Saint John
    Madonna and Child and Little Saint John Robert Loftin Newman · 1894
  51. Bessie Moore
    Bessie Moore Virginia Richmond Reynolds · 1899
  52. Early Morning After a Storm at Sea
    Early Morning After a Storm at Sea Winslow Homer · 1900
  53. Christmas-Time, The Blodgett Family
    Christmas-Time, The Blodgett Family Eastman Johnson · 1864
  54. For the Little One
    For the Little One William Merritt Chase · 1896
  55. Pitched It Sheer into the River . . . Where It Still Is Seen in the Summer
    Pitched It Sheer into the River . . . Where It Still Is Seen in the Summer Frederic Remington · 1889
  56. In the Studio (Gari Melchers and Hugo Reisinger)
    In the Studio (Gari Melchers and Hugo Reisinger) Gari Melchers · 1912
  57. George Washington
    George Washington Charles Willson Peale · 1780
  58. "King Lear," Act I, Scene I
    "King Lear," Act I, Scene I Edwin Austin Abbey · 1898
  59. Landscape with Goatherd
    Landscape with Goatherd John Singer Sargent · 1896
  60. Self-Portrait
    Self-Portrait Thomas Sully · 1850