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

George Franklin Archer and the Archer Residence
Charles Spencer Humphreys American, 1818–1880

Lady Charles Spencer
William Dickinson (English, 1746-1823) after Sir Joshua Reynolds (English, 1723-1792)

The Huckster Cart
Robert Spencer (American, 1879–1931)

It Rocks but is Not Sunk
Charles Meryon French, 1821-1868

La Walse, from Le Bon Genre
Unkown French Artist published by Hannah Humphrey (English, died 1818 or 1822)

Lady in Brown
Frederick R. Spencer (American, 1806–1875)

Still Life: Apples and Green Glass
Charles Demuth American, 1883-1935

Hinoki
Charles Ray American, born 1953

Landscape
Jean Charles Cazin (French, 1841–1901)

The Shower
Charles François Daubigny French, 1817-1878

L'Auberge du soleil levant
Charles Joseph Beauverie French, 1839-1923

...And the Home of the Brave
Charles Demuth (American, 1883–1935)

Harvest Talk
Charles White American, 1918-1979

Spencer Tracy, New York
Irving Penn American, 1917–2009

Shoe Buckles
Richard Humphreys (American, 1750–1832) Philadelphia

The Artist Looks at Nature
Charles Sheeler (American, 1883–1965)

Flower Study #1
Charles Demuth American, 1883-1935

Anchor Plate from the Pullman-Jennings Building, Chicago, Illinois
Solon Spencer Beman American, 1853-1914

This, My Brother
Charles White (American, 1918–1979)

Eggplant and Plums
Charles Demuth American, 1883-1935