Yu’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.

Melting the Gold and Predicting the Future
Yu Guiyan 郁桂岩 (Chinese, 1859-1930?)

Street Scenes in Times of Peace 太平風會圖
Zhu Yu (Zhu Junbi) 朱玉(朱君璧) Chinese, 1293-1365

Portrait of Tao Yuanming
Yu Zhiding (禹之鼎, 1647-1709?), attributed Chinese

Floating Music (馀音缭绕)
Yu Qihui 俞启慧 Chinese, born 1934

Hexagonal Cup with Animal Mask Handle and Carved Inscription
Yu Yunwei Chinese

Square Cup with Molded Studs and Carved Inscription
Yu Yunwei Chinese

Gentle (Yu)
Fujinuma Noboru Japanese, born 1945

A Nocturnal Fuji, Lake Ashino (Ashino no yu Fuji)
Kawase Hasui 川瀬 巴水 Japanese, 1883–1957

King Yu Moving a Mountain to Control the Floods
Artist unknown (Chinese, 18th century)

Guan Yu, Liu Bei, and Zhang Fei
Utagawa Kunisada I (Toyokuni III) Japanese, 1786-1864

Yu the Great battling a dragon
Totoya Hokkei Japanese, 1780-1850

Dusk at Itako (Itako no yu)
Kawase Hasui 川瀬 巴水 Japanese, 1883-1957

Dusk at Itako (Itako no yu)
Kawase Hasui 川瀬 巴水 Japanese, 1883–1957

Dusk at Byodo Temple (Byodoin no yu)
Kawase Hasui 川瀬 巴水 Japanese, 1883–1957

Dusk at Itako (Itako no yu)
Kawase Hasui 川瀬 巴水 Japanese, 1883-1957

Dusk at Nakaso (Nakaso no yu)
Kawase Hasui 川瀬 巴水 Japanese, 1883-1957

Dusk at Aso (Outer Crater) (Aso no yu (gairin))
Kawase Hasui 川瀬 巴水 Japanese, 1883-1957

Yu Kinro (Chinese: Yu Qianlou), from the series "Fashionable Japanese Versions of the Twenty-four Paragons of Filial Piety (Furyu Yamato nijushiko)""
Isoda Koryusai Japanese, 1735-1790

Dusk at Aso (Outer Crater) (Aso no yu (gairin))
Kawase Hasui 川瀬 巴水 Japanese, 1883-1957