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

Map of North America (Handkerchief)
Engraved by R. Gray (Scottish, 1811) after Robert Wilkinson (1804) Scotland, Glasgow

Armor for Field and Tournament
Jörg T. Sorg, the Younger, after German, Augsburg, active 1502-1542

Elements of an Armor Garniture for the Field, Joust, and Tourney of a Radziwill Prince of Poland and Lithuania
South German; Augsburg

Picture of Dorian Gray
Ivan Albright (American, 1897–1983)

Brig on the Water
Gustave Le Gray French, 1820–1884

Composition in Brown
R. G. Gillet French, born 1939

Allegory of Balance #6
Hongwei Li Chinese, b. 1980

Waterloo Bridge, Gray Weather
Claude Monet (French, 1840–1926)

Cloudy Sky, Mediterranean Sea
Gustave Le Gray French, 1820–1884

Composition with Black and Gray
Claude Ronald Bentley American, 1915-1990

Composition (No. 1) Gray-Red
Piet Mondrian Dutch, 1872–1944

Mutative Iris
Gray Foy American, born 1922

Man Confronting Woman
Reginald Pannett English, active 1895-1925

Armchair
Designed by William Gray Purcell (American, 1880–1965), George Feick Jr. (American, 1881–1945), and George Grant Elmslie (American, born Scotland, 1869–1952) Purcell, Feick and Elmslie, Architects

Dorian Gray
Ivan Albright (American, 1897–1983)

The Great Wave, Sète
Gustave Le Gray French, 1820–1884

Number 19
Mark Rothko (Marcus Rothkowitz) American, born Russia (Latvia), 1903–1970

Painter Working Outdoors
Lloyd R. Jones American, 1890-1934

Portrait of a Man with Gray Hair
Henry Raeburn (Scottish, 1756–1823)

Tree, Forest of Fontainebleau
Gustave Le Gray French, 1820–1884