Niu’s work is defined by its chinese (culture or style) sensibility — an enduring influence on generations that followed. Most artists are dead; following is a declaration of love.
Drink (Yin)
Niu Wen 牛文 (Chinese, 1922-2009)
Autumn Mountains 秋山圖
Wen Zhengming 文徵明 (Chinese, 1470-1559)
Song of a Fisherman
Wang Wen (1497-1576) Chinese
Landscape
Wen Boren 文伯仁 (Chinese, 1502-1575)
Portrait of Wen Zhengming
Artist unknown Chinese
Snowy Landscape
Wen Zhengming (Chinese, 1470-1559)
Emperor Wen of Han (Kan no Buntei), from the series "Twenty-four Paragons of Filial Piety in China (Morokoshi nijushiko)"
Utagawa Kuniyoshi Japanese, 1797-1861
Self-Portrait
Walter Shirlaw (American, 1838–1909)
Martin Vanden Bogaert Desjardins
Gérard Edelinck (French, born Flanders, 1640-1707) after Hyacinthe Rigaud (French, 1659-1743)
Remembrance of Italy
Jean-Baptiste-Camille Corot (French, 1796-1875) printed by Auguste Delâtre (French, 1822-1907) published by Cadart et Chavalier, Editeurs (French, 1801-1900)
Priest and Boy
Lawrence Carmichael Earle American, 1845-1921
A Sunday on La Grande Jatte — 1884
Georges Seurat (French, 1859–1891)
Fishing Craft near the Cliffs at Collioure
Adolphe Appian French, 1818-1898
Interior of St. Mark's, Venice
David Dalhoff Neal (American, 1838–1915)
Nighthawks
Edward Hopper (American, 1882–1967)
Lion (One of a Pair, South Pedestal)
Edward Kemeys (American, 1843–1907) American Bronze Founding Company (American, founded 1886) Chicago
American Gothic
Grant Wood (American, 1891–1942)
The Fall of the Giants
Salvator Rosa Italian, 1615-1673
It Rocks but is Not Sunk
Charles Meryon French, 1821-1868
Souvenir of Tuscany
Jean-Baptiste-Camille Corot French, 1796-1875