Mahdist’s work is defined by its arts of the islamic world sensibility — an enduring influence on generations that followed. Most artists are dead; following is a declaration of love.

Tunic (Jibbeh)
Mahdiyya State, Sudan

Goldweight Depicting a Monkey
Akan-speaking peoples Côte d'Ivoire or Ghana Coastal West Africa

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

Goldweight Depicting a Monkey
Akan-speaking peoples Côte d'Ivoire or Ghana Coastal West Africa

The Lost Pleiade
Randolph Rogers (American, 1825–1892)

Nighthawks
Edward Hopper (American, 1882–1967)

Sin Mi (Woman's Funerary Skirt)
Tai Neua Laos, Ban Neua

A Face from Georgia
Ivan Albright (American, 1897–1983)

Winged Figure
Abbott Handerson Thayer (American, 1849–1921)

Poncho
Ranquel Argentina, probably La Pampa

Skirt (Pa Sin)
T'ai Hun Laos, Phong Saly Province, Muang Hun

A Boy Named Alligator
Kathleen Blackshear (American, 1897–1988)

Elaine
Toby Edward Rosenthal (American, 1848–1917)

Weaving
Diego Rivera (Mexican, 1886–1957)

The End of the Trail
James Earle Fraser (American, 1876–1953) Cast by Gorham Co. Founders

Rip Van Winkle
John Quidor American, 1801–1881

The Solitude of the Soul
Lorado Taft (American, 1860–1936)

A Holiday
Edward Henry Potthast (American, 1857–1927)

Tetradrachm (Coin) Portraying Queen Cleopatra VII
Roman; minted in Eastern Mediterranean (possibly Antioch, Syria)