American paintings

New World artworks

Paintings created by American artists or depicting American subjects.

The term typically refers to works from the colonial period through the present, encompassing movements from Hudson River School landscapes to Abstract Expressionism.

In auction houses and museums, American paintings often form a distinct collecting category: The gallery specializes in American paintings from the nineteenth century.

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