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

Vessel
Les Namingha (Hopi-Tewa and Zuni, born 1967) Orem, Utah

Vessel
Les Namingha (Hopi-Tewa, Zuni, and American, born 1967) Orem, Utah

Meekness
Eustache Le Sueur (French, 1616–1655)

Brig on the Water
Gustave Le Gray French, 1820–1884

Autumn, from The Seasons
After a design by Charles Le Brun (1619–1690) Woven at the workshop of Etienne Le Blond (1652–1727) and Jean de La Croix (1628–1712) at the Manufacture Royale des Gobelins France, Paris

Still Life Filled with Space
Le Corbusier (Charles-Édouard Jeanneret) French, born Switzerland, 1887–1965

Cloudy Sky, Mediterranean Sea
Gustave Le Gray French, 1820–1884

Polychrome Jar
Priscilla Namingha Nampeyo (Hopi-Tewa Corn Clan, 1924–2008) Hopi, First Mesa, Arizona

Abstract Composition
Le Corbusier (Charles-Édouard Jeanneret) French, born Switzerland, 1887–1965

Winter, from The Seasons
After a design by Charles Le Brun (French, 1619–1690) Woven at the workshop of Étienne Le Blond (French, 1652–1727) and Jean de La Croix (French, 1628–1712) at the Manufacture Royale des Gobelins France, Paris

Chaise Longue
Le Corbusier (Charles-Édouard Jeanneret) French, born Switzerland, 1887-1965 Pierre Jeanneret Swiss, 1896-1967 Charlotte Perriand French, 1903-1999 Made by Embru-Werke, A.G. Rüti, Switzerland, founded 1904

Untitled
Le Corbusier (Charles-Édouard Jeanneret) French, born Switzerland, 1887–1965

Presentation Flintlock Fowling Piece in the Eastern Fashhion
Gunsmith: Jean Le Clerc (French) Barrel smith: Fatou (French) Paris

The Great Wave, Sète
Gustave Le Gray French, 1820–1884

Hercules Seated, study for Hercules and Omphale
François Lemoyne French, 1688-1737

Smallsword
Aubry Le Jeune (French, active 1767-1785) Paris

The Park Gateway
Henri-Eugène Le Sidaner (French, 1862–1939)

29 Palms: Night Operations III
An-My Lê Vietnamese, born 1960

Tree, Forest of Fontainebleau
Gustave Le Gray French, 1820–1884

Closed Circuit
Les Klug American, 1930–1988