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The Most Famous Artworks of Realism

The 60 most celebrated works of the Realism movement, ranked by renown across 23,582 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. The Chess Players
    The Chess Players Thomas Eakins · 1876
  2. The Repose
    The Repose Jean Baptiste Camille Corot · 1860
  3. Lake Lucerne
    Lake Lucerne Albert Bierstadt · 1858
  4. Woman with a Parasol - Madame Monet and Her Son
    Woman with a Parasol - Madame Monet and Her Son Claude Monet · 1875
  5. The Young Bather
    The Young Bather Gustave Courbet · 1866
  6. The Dead Toreador
    The Dead Toreador Édouard Manet · 1864
  7. The New Bonnet
    The New Bonnet Francis William Edmonds · 1858
  8. Bacchante by the Sea
    Bacchante by the Sea Jean Baptiste Camille Corot · 1860
  9. Autumn - On the Hudson River
    Autumn - On the Hudson River Jasper Francis Cropsey · 1860
  10. Mademoiselle V. . . in the Costume of an Espada
    Mademoiselle V. . . in the Costume of an Espada Édouard Manet · 1862
  11. The Contest for the Bouquet: The Family of Robert Gordon in Their New York Dining-Room
    The Contest for the Bouquet: The Family of Robert Gordon in Their New York Dining-Room Seymour Joseph Guy · 1866
  12. The Rocky Mountains, Lander's Peak
    The Rocky Mountains, Lander's Peak Albert Bierstadt · 1863
  13. Marine Landscape
    Marine Landscape Alfred Thompson Bricher · 1895
  14. Young man in Mayo costume
    Young man in Mayo costume Édouard Manet · 1863
  15. The Matador Saluting
    The Matador Saluting Édouard Manet · 1866
  16. The Valley of Wyoming
    The Valley of Wyoming Jasper Francis Cropsey · 1865
  17. The Woman in the Waves
    The Woman in the Waves Gustave Courbet · 1868
  18. The Last of the Buffalo
    The Last of the Buffalo Albert Bierstadt · 1888
  19. The Artist Sketching at Mount Desert, Maine
    The Artist Sketching at Mount Desert, Maine Sanford Robinson Gifford · 1864
  20. Rio de Janeiro Bay
    Rio de Janeiro Bay Martin Johnson Heade · 1864
  21. The Source
    The Source Gustave Courbet · 1862
  22. Washington and Lafayette at Mount Vernon, 1784 (The Home of Washington after the War)
    Washington and Lafayette at Mount Vernon, 1784 (The Home of Washington after the War) Thomas Pritchard Rossiter · 1859
  23. Charing Cross Bridge, London
    Charing Cross Bridge, London Camille Pissarro · 1890
  24. Beach in Normandy
    Beach in Normandy Gustave Courbet · 1874
  25. The New Bonnet
    The New Bonnet Eastman Johnson · 1876
  26. The Horse Fair
    The Horse Fair Rosa Bonheur · 1853
  27. Woman with a Parrot
    Woman with a Parrot Gustave Courbet · 1866
  28. View at Amalfi, Bay of Salerno
    View at Amalfi, Bay of Salerno George Loring Brown · 1857
  29. Emancipation Proclamation
    Emancipation Proclamation A.A. Lamb · 1864
  30. Isola Bella in Lago Maggiore
    Isola Bella in Lago Maggiore Sanford Robinson Gifford · 1871
  31. The Dancer
    The Dancer Pierre-Auguste Renoir · 1874
  32. Lake George
    Lake George John Frederick Kensett · 1869
  33. Indian Summer
    Indian Summer William Trost Richards · 1875
  34. Oarsmen at Chatou
    Oarsmen at Chatou Pierre-Auguste Renoir · 1879
  35. Natural Arch at Capri
    Natural Arch at Capri William Stanley Haseltine · 1871
  36. The Dead Christ with Angels
    The Dead Christ with Angels Édouard Manet · 1864
  37. High Point: Shandaken Mountains
    High Point: Shandaken Mountains Asher Brown Durand · 1853
  38. Conversation Piece
    Conversation Piece Lilly Martin Spencer · 1852
  39. Femme Lisant
    Femme Lisant Jean Baptiste Camille Corot · 1869
  40. Stag at Sharkey's
    Stag at Sharkey's George Bellows · 1909
  41. Paris, rue du Havre
    Paris, rue du Havre Jean Béraud · 1882
  42. Pastoral Landscape
    Pastoral Landscape Asher Brown Durand · 1861
  43. The Spirit of War
    The Spirit of War Jasper Francis Cropsey · 1851
  44. Summer Afternoon
    Summer Afternoon Asher Brown Durand · 1865
  45. A Gorge in the Mountains (Kauterskill Clove)
    A Gorge in the Mountains (Kauterskill Clove) Sanford Robinson Gifford · 1862
  46. A Cosey Corner
    A Cosey Corner Francis Davis Millet · 1884
  47. Finish—First International Race for America's Cup, August 8, 1870
    Finish—First International Race for America's Cup, August 8, 1870 Samuel Colman · 1870
  48. Madame X (Virginie Amélie Avegno Gautreau)
    Madame X (Virginie Amélie Avegno Gautreau) John Singer Sargent · 1892
  49. Mount Corcoran
    Mount Corcoran Albert Bierstadt · 1876
  50. Imitation
    Imitation John Haberle · 1887
  51. Landscape at Les Pâtis, Pontoise
    Landscape at Les Pâtis, Pontoise Camille Pissarro · 1868
  52. A Pastoral Scene
    A Pastoral Scene Asher Brown Durand · 1858
  53. Lake George
    Lake George John William Casilear · 1851
  54. The Last Moments of John Brown
    The Last Moments of John Brown Thomas Hovenden · 1883
  55. A Woman Seated beside a Vase of Flowers
    A Woman Seated beside a Vase of Flowers Edgar Degas · 1865
  56. Santa Maria della Salute, Sunset
    Santa Maria della Salute, Sunset William Stanley Haseltine · 1878
  57. Young Lady in 1866
    Young Lady in 1866 Édouard Manet · 1866
  58. Landscape with a Peasant and His Flock
    Landscape with a Peasant and His Flock Eugène Verboeckhoven · 1854
  59. The Harbor at Lorient
    The Harbor at Lorient Berthe Morisot · 1869
  60. Autumn Landscape, Sugar Loaf Mountain, Orange County, New York
    Autumn Landscape, Sugar Loaf Mountain, Orange County, New York Jasper Francis Cropsey · 1872