Updated November 2026 · ranked by our popularity score (searches, visits and orders for each work) · 280 works by N.C. Wyeth in our catalogue
In short
The Giant is the N.C. Wyeth painting that draws the most eyes. After it, the eye goes to The Governor, Infuriated by the Attack Upon Him, Thundered Stand Where You Are, or, on My Oath, My Men Shall Cut You Down (1929) and heidi (1940). Among the 280 works of N.C. Wyeth in our catalog, these 100 are the most famous, each a unique original presented with its year, its museum and the reason it endures.
The salt spray hangs in the air as six children gather on the edge of the shore. They stand where the land meets the vast, rhythmic pulse of the ocean, their eyes turned upward toward the heavens. There, the clouds do not merely drift; they take on a colossal, shifting form that mirrors the wild imagination of the youth below. A giant emerges from the vapor, a phantom shape born…
The air in the room feels heavy, thick with the scent of old wood and the metallic tang of unsheathed steel. A long dining table stretches across the center, a wooden stage for a sudden eruption of fury. Figures crowd the space, their bodies leaning into a storm of words and gestures. Shadows stretch long and deep across the stone walls, cast by the flickering light of overhead chandeliers. Every…
In this 1940 work, we find ourselves perched upon a mountain summit, looking out toward a horizon of snowy peaks. The composition centers on a man and a woman, their figures framed by the vastness of the natural world. He wears a red shirt, a deliberate choice that draws the eye amidst the cool tones of the landscape, while she is dressed in white. He points toward something unseen in…
We Must Be in The Dungeons, Dick Remarked is an oil on canvas work by N.C. Wyeth, executed in 1916. This piece functions as a narrative illustration for the novel The Black Arrow: A Tale of the Two Roses. The composition captures a specific moment of tension as Dick Shelton descends into a dungeon via a steep set of stone steps.
The scene unfolds within the quiet, shadowed confines of a gathering space in 1919. In this work, titled In the Council Lodge, N.C. Wyeth captures a moment of profound stillness and communal purpose. The air seems to hold the weight of unspoken words as Native American men occupy the lodge, their presence filling the space with a sense of gravity and tradition.
A lone rider on a white horse moves through an expansive landscape of open plains. The figure wears a red scarf, a singular point of color against the muted tones of the environment. Above, clouds swell around the rider, creating a sense of movement that suggests the horse is ascending through the sky rather than merely traversing the earth. In the distance, another person and a dog appear, grounding the…
Mending Traps, Martinsville, Maine1934
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Thanksgiving with Indians1940 · Brandywine Museum of Art
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I had met my equal
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Beginning of the American Union Washington Salutes the Flag as He Takes Command of the Continental Army at Cambridge, 1775
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The Great Blue Heron
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The Dance Of The Whooping Cranes
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Come, Live With Us, For I Think Thou Art Chosen
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Moving Camp1908 · Museum of Fine Arts
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"The eight miners followed the treacherous trail cautiously, the wind whipping the red and blue into their faces."1906 · Brandywine Museum of Art
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And Sarched For 'em Far And Near
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Attack On The Stockade
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Think What Might Happen If It Was Not Protected By Those Hills
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Illustration For Drums
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untitled (4813)
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untitled (996)
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untitled (6365)
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untitled (8618)
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untitled (7516)
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untitled (1699)
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untitled (4393)
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untitled (6855)
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The Duck Hunt
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Gavotte
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untitled (3048)
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untitled (2963)
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Rubber From The Jungle To The World
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The Youth. Master
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The Frontiersman
39
The Husking Bee
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At First, For Some Time, I Was Not Able To Answer Him One Word
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And Thus I Every Now And Then Took A Little Voyage Upon The Sea
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I Thank Him For The Knowledge That- I Shall Not Tell
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sir launcelot
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untitled (2201)
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Ringing Out Liberty
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untitled (9924)
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Carvers Of The Sphinx
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untitled (2876)
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And Then He Kneeled Down Again, Kissed The Ground, And Taking Me By The Foot, Set My Foot Upon His Head
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One January Afternoon
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It Was Such A Warm Little House, There,' Said She, Huskily
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The Moose Hunters
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Adventurers
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Dawn Of The Open Season
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I Reaped It My Way, For I Cut Nothing Off But The Ears, And Carried It Away In A Great Basket Which I Had Made
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We're On Our Way
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Sure, It's Professor Grid To The Life!
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the white company
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Odysseus And Calypso
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Sweet Land Of Liberty
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They Took Their Wives With Them On Their Cruises
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The Story Of Salt
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Louise Loved To Climb To The Summit On One Of The Barren Hills Flanking The River, And Stand There While The Wind Blew
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Gathering Maple Sap
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Pioneers - The Opening Of The Prairies
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Lumber
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The Man of Wales
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Captain Smollet Defies the Mutineers1911
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two knights dueling1917
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The Boy Columbus on the Wharf at Genoa (The Vision of Columbus)1917
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The Deacon and Parson Skeeters In the tail of a game of Draw (Draw Poker The Poker Players)1912
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pyles barn1921
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Elizabeth and Essex, untitled headpiece illustration1928 · Brandywine Museum of Art
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untitled (6592)
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The Savage Gave the Yell1927
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The Hurricane1935
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River of Sleep1937
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Ramona (Ramona and Alessandro on the narrow trail)1939
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The Lobsterman (The Doryman)1944 · Metropolitan Museum of Art
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buttonwood farm1920 · Reading Public Museum
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Black Spruce Ledge
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Indian Love Call
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Life Mask Of John Keats
85
Smokey FaceBrigham Young University Museum of Art
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untitled (4675)
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untitled (2617)
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untitled (1164)
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untitled (6464)
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untitled (4059)
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untitled (1855)
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untitled (1734)
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The Moose Call
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untitled (5364)
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untitled (8870)
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untitled (3858)
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untitled (6808)
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untitled (894)
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untitled (8195)
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Sea Monster
The four subjects that come back most often in these originals, each with its finest example.
The 6 museums that hold the most of the paintings on this page.
| Museum | City | Works by N.C. Wyeth | Paintings from this list |
|---|---|---|---|
 Brandywine Museum of Art |
Delaware County | 3 | Thanksgiving with Indians, "The eight miners followed the treacherous trail cautiously, the wind whipping the red and blue into their faces.", Elizabeth and Essex, untitled headpiece illustration |
 Museum of Fine Arts |
Houston | 2 | Sheep Herder, Moving Camp |
 Delaware Art Museum |
1 | Stand away from that girl! | |
 Metropolitan Museum of Art |
New York | 1 | The Lobsterman (The Doryman) |
 Reading Public Museum |
Reading | 1 | buttonwood farm |
 Brigham Young University Museum of Art |
Provo | 1 | Smokey Face |
Pick a decade to see the original that defines it.
We Must Be in The Dungeons, Dick Remarked is an oil on canvas work by N.C. Wyeth, executed in 1916. This piece functions as a narrative illustration for the novel The Black Arrow: A Tale of the Two Roses. The composition captures a specific moment of tension as Dick Shelton descends into a dungeon via a steep set of stone steps.
The air in the room feels heavy, thick with the scent of old wood and the metallic tang of unsheathed steel. A long dining table stretches across the center, a wooden stage for a sudden eruption of fury. Figures crowd the space, their bodies leaning into a storm of words and gestures. Shadows stretch long and deep across the stone walls, cast by the flickering light of overhead chandeliers. Every…
A lone rider on a white horse moves through an expansive landscape of open plains. The figure wears a red scarf, a singular point of color against the muted tones of the environment. Above, clouds swell around the rider, creating a sense of movement that suggests the horse is ascending through the sky rather than merely traversing the earth. In the distance, another person and a dog appear, grounding the…
In this 1940 work, we find ourselves perched upon a mountain summit, looking out toward a horizon of snowy peaks. The composition centers on a man and a woman, their figures framed by the vastness of the natural world. He wears a red shirt, a deliberate choice that draws the eye amidst the cool tones of the landscape, while she is dressed in white. He points toward something unseen in…
The Giant. The Governor, Infuriated by the Attack Upon Him, Thundered Stand Where You Are, or, on My Oath, My Men Shall Cut You Down (1929) and heidi (1940) come next.
The Giant, The Governor, Infuriated by the Attack Upon Him, Thundered Stand Where You Are, or, on My Oath, My Men Shall Cut You Down, heidi, We Must Be in The Dungeons, Dick Remarked, In the Council Lodge, The Cowboy's Life, Roping Horses in the Corral, Sheep Herder, Stand away from that girl! and Ayrton's Fight With The Pirates. The ranking above gives each one's year and museum.
Our catalog holds 280 works by N.C. Wyeth, dated from 1904 to 1944.
Mostly in Brandywine Museum of Art (Delaware County), Museum of Fine Arts (Houston) and Delaware Art Museum. The museum table above lists them all.
In 1910s: 8 of the 100 works on this page were made then, We Must Be in The Dungeons, Dick Remarked among them.
On this page, the earliest is Roping Horses in the Corral (1904) and the latest The Lobsterman (The Doryman) (1944).
American west (5), American art (5) and Landscape (5), across the 100 works on this page.
Oil On Canvas, for 4 of the 100 works on this page.
Regionalism and Contemporary realism, judging by the originals on this page.
Thanksgiving with Indians, "The eight miners followed the treacherous trail cautiously, the wind whipping the red and blue into their faces." and Elizabeth and Essex, untitled headpiece illustration: the Brandywine Museum of Art, Delaware County holds 3 of the works on this page.
