James’s work is defined by its 19th century sensibility — an enduring influence on generations that followed. Most artists are dead; following is a declaration of love.
Untitled (Portrait of Man and Woman)
James Presley Ball & Thomas American, active 1840s-1870s
Daniel Webster
Thomas Ball (American, 1819–1911) Cast by James Tyler Ames (American, 1810–1883) Chicopee, Massachusetts
Feet with Campbell's Soup Can
Andy Warhol American, 1928-1987
Ball Clock
Irving Harper (American, 1916–2015) George Nelson Associates (American, 1955–mid 1980s) Manufactured by Herman Miller Inc. (American, founded 1905)
Saint James the Greater
Master F.P. (Italian, c. 1530-1550) or after Girolamo Francesco Maria Mazzola, called Il Parmigianino (Italian, 1503-1540)
Palace Ball
Jules Pascin American, born Bulgaria, 1885-1930
Whispering Zephyr
Thomas Ball American, 1819–1911
Untitled
James McGarrell American, born 1930
Nocturne: Blue and Gold—Southampton Water
James McNeill Whistler (American, 1834–1903)
At Mouquin's
William Glackens (American, 1870–1938)
Windmill, Veere
James McBey American, born Scotland, 1883-1959
Bottle
F. Carlton Ball (American, 1911–1992) Aaron Bohrod (American, 1907–1992) Madison, Wisconsin
Many Mansions
Kerry James Marshall American, born 1955
Butterfly
James McNeill Whistler American, 1834-1903
Mary (Polly) Lawton Bringhurst
James Peale (American, 1749–1831)
James William Wallack
Charles Robert Leslie American, born England, 1794–1859
Christina Ramberg American, 1946-1995
The Masked Ball
Paul Gavarni French, 1804-1866
Helmet Mask (Kholuka or Mbala)
Yaka Bandundu region, Democratic Republic of the Congo Central Africa
Lady Elizabeth Montagu
James McArdell (Irish, c. 1728-1765) after Sir Joshua Reynolds (English, 1723-1792)