Winslow Homer's oil-on-canvas "Sunset", painted in 1875, is one of many pieces chosen by President Barack Obama and his wife, Michelle, to hang in the private rooms and offices at the White House.
The Obamas' choices, described by one dealer as "highly sophisticated", include George Catlin's "Indian Attacking Buffalo", painted between 1861/1869.
The First Couple worked with California decorator Michael Smith and White House curator William Allman to select the works, like "Berkeley No 52", painted by Richard Diebenkorn in 1955.
Another of their choices was Leon Polk Smith's 1961 oil-on-canvas painting "Stretch of Black III".
Edward Corbett's 1963 oil-on-canvas painting "November 1963 III" was among their selection.
The Obamas have chosen a number of works by African-American artists, such as "Children Dance" by William H Johnson, on loan from the Smithsonian American Art Museum.
Johnson's painting of Booker T Washington, the author, orator and freed slave who championed the rights of African-Americans in the 1890s is one of four works by the painter on loan.
The president and his wife began selecting pieces before January's inauguration. This painting is Ed Ruscha's "I think I'll...".
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