Anonymous’s work is defined by its medieval sensibility — an enduring influence on generations that followed. Most artists are dead; following is a declaration of love.
Figure with Scythe, Illuminated Initials "KL" or "BV" recto, and Fish with Lobster Claws, verso, from a Psalter or Book of Hours
Flemish (probably Liège, possibly Benedictine)
Saint Benedict Presenting his Rule to Benedictine and Cistercian Monks in a Historiated Initial "O" from a Choirbook
Italian (Siena) Martino di Bartolomeo (Italian, 1389-1434/5) 1394/95
"Alfred Stieglitz," Painted Portrait by Robert Barnes
Artist unknown active mid-20th century
Andre Breton, "An Anxious Friend," and Max Ernst
Artist unknown (possibly Julien Levy, American, 1906–1981)
Monk (Mönch)
Katharina Fritsch German, born 1956
San Francisco
Artist unknown, after daguerreotypes attributed to Carleton Watkins American, 19th century
Max Ernst in His Sculpture Garage, Great River, Long Island
A Blindfold Chess Match Between Grandmaster George Koltanowski, Fredrick Kiesler, and Alfred Barr
Arthur Craven
Profile Bust of a Woman with Flowers in Her Hair
Unknown Artist Spanish, 18th-19th centuries
The Hanged Monk
Francisco José de Goya y Lucientes (Spanish, 1746–1828)
The Scribe
Salomon de Koninck Dutch, 1609-1668
Monks Reading
Ernst Barlach German, 1870-1938
My Message Comes in Fighter Planes
Artist Unknown (English, 20th century)
Monk Carrying Woman
Probably after a model by Guillaume Dupré (French, about 1574–1642) Possibly the workshop of Claude Bertélemy (French, 1525–1626) Fontainebleau or Avon, France
We Shoot the Fascists Out of the Sky
The Monk in the Cornfield
Rembrandt van Rijn Dutch, 1606-1669
We Sink the Fascist Pirates
1945, Santa Katarina, Italy - Moses Wloski
Artist unknown printed by Jeffrey Wolin (American, born 1951)
Head of a Monk
Attributed to Francesco Vanni Italian, 1563-1610