Christian’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.

Jacob and Rachel
Christian Ernst Stözel (German, 1792–1837) after August Richter (German, 1803–1884)

Forest and Sun
Max Ernst French, born Germany, 1891–1976

Spanish Physician
Max Ernst French, born Germany, 1891–1976

Halleluiah
Max Ernst French, born Germany, 1891–1976

Garden Airplane-Trap
Max Ernst French, born Germany, 1891–1976

Dada Gauguin
Max Ernst French, born Germany, 1891–1976

Summer Night in Arizona
Max Ernst French, born Germany, 1891–1976

Baptism of the Chamberlain of Queen Candace of Ethiopia
Christian Wilhelm Ernst Dietrich German, 1712-1774

An Anxious Friend
Max Ernst French, born Germany, 1891–1976

The Satyr in Peasant's House
Christian Wilhelm Ernst Dietrich German, 1712-1774

The Blue Forest
Max Ernst French, born Germany, 1891–1976

The Massacre of the Innocents
Max Ernst American and French, born Germany, 1891-1976

Landscape
Max Ernst French, born Germany, 1891–1976

Human Figure with Two Birds
Max Ernst French, born Germany, 1891–1976

White Crucifixion
Marc Chagall Born Vitebsk (formerly Russian Empire, now Belarus), 1887; died Saint-Paul, France, 1985

Mattamathics
Max Ernst French, born Germany, 1891–1976

Kummeralp Mountain and Two Sheds
Ernst Ludwig Kirchner German, 1880–1938

The Scissors-Grinder
Christian Wilhelm Ernst Dietrich German, 1712-1774

Nymphs Bathing Near a Cave
Christian Wilhelm Ernst Dietrich German, 1712-1774

The Cornfield (Rembrandt Manner)
Christian Wilhelm Ernst Dietrich (German, 1712-1774) after Rembrandt van Rijn (Dutch, 1606-1669)