Jules’s work is defined by its 20th century sensibility — an enduring influence on generations that followed. Most artists are dead; following is a declaration of love.

Proposed Chicago Civic Center, Chicago, Illinois, Perspective
Daniel Hudson Burnham (American, 1846-1912) Edward Herbert Bennett (American, born England, 1874-1954) Jules Valée Guérin (American, 1866-1946)

View Looking West Over the City, 1909 Plan of Chicago
Jules Guerin, delineator American, 1866-1946 Edward Herbert Bennett, architect American, born England, 1874-1954 Daniel Hudson Burnham, architect American, 1846-1912

Flatiron Building, New York, New York, Perspective
D.H. Burnham & Co. (American, 1891-1912) Jules Guerin (American, 1866-1946) Frederick P. Dinkelberg (American, 1861-1935)

Plate 49 from Plan of Chicago 1909: Chicago. View of the City from Jackson Park to Grant Park, Looking Towards the West. The proposed shore treatment as a park enclosing a waterway (or a series of lagoons) is shown, together with the enlarged yacht harbor, recreation piers, and a scheme for Grant Park.
Daniel Hudson Burnham, American, 1846-1912 Edward Herbert Bennett, American, born England, 1874-1954 Jules Guerin, delineator, American, 1866-1946

View of the Proposed Civic Center Plaza and Buildings, The 1909 Plan of Chicago
Daniel Hudson Burnham, American, 1846-1912 Edward Herbert Bennett, American, born England, 1874-1954 Jules Guerin, delineator, American, 1866-1946

Plate 122 from The Plan of Chicago, 1909: Chicago. Railway Station Scheme West of the River Between Canal and Clinton Streets, Showing the Relation With the Civic Center.
Daniel Hudson Burnham, American, 1846-1912 Edward Herbert Bennett, American, born England, 1874-1954 Jules Guerin, delineator, American, 1866-1946

Plate 137 from The Plan of Chicago, 1909: Chicago. View of the Proposed Development in the Center of the City, from Twenty-Second Street to Chicago Avenue, Looking Towards the East Over the Civic Center to Grant Park and Lake Michigan
Daniel Hudson Burnham, American, 1846-1912 Edward Herbert Bennett, American, born England, 1874-1954 Jules Guerin, delineator, American, 1866-1946

Plate 51 from The Plan of Chicago
Daniel Hudson Burnham (American, 1846–1912) Edward Herbert Bennett (American, born England, 1874–1954) Jules Guerin (American, 1866–1946)

The Song of the Lark
Jules Breton (French, 1827–1906)

Mower Honing a Scythe
Jules Bastien-Lepage French, 1848-1884

Barks Fleeing Before the Storm
Jules Dupré (French, 1811–1889)

On the Road
Jules Dupré (French, 1811–1889)

Scene from Voltaire's "La Pucelle d'Orléans"
H. Guérin French, 19th century

The Cottage by the Roadside, Stormy Sky
Jules Dupré (French, 1811–1889)

"The Arts" Ewer and Basin
Jules-Paul Brateau French, 1844-1923 Paris, France

Odalisque
Jules Joseph Lefebvre (French, 1836–1912)

Hermine David
Jules Pascin American, born Bulgaria, 1885-1930

Palace Ball
Jules Pascin American, born Bulgaria, 1885-1930

Idler
Pierre Guérin French, 1774-1833

Born in Snovsk
Jules Olitski American, born Russia (present-day Ukraine), 1922-2007