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

Trinity
Charles Howard (American, 1899–1978)

Primordial Pool
Howard Dearstyne American, 1903–1979

April Reflection
Howard Dearstyne American, 1903–1979

Abstraction on Concrete
Howard Dearstyne American, 1903–1979
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Untitled [Broken Glass]
Howard Dearstyne American, 1903–1979
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Untitled [Pebbles on Sand]
Howard Dearstyne American, 1903–1979

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

The Return of Odysseus (Homage to Pinturicchio and Benin)
Romare Howard Bearden American, 1911-1988

The Village
Howard Norton Cook American, 1901-1980

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

Mother and Child, from Conspiracy, The Artist as Witness
Romare Howard Bearden (American, 1914-1988) printed at Shorewood Bank Street Atelier, New York

Sandpiper's Mud Lark
Howard Dearstyne American, 1903–1979

Untitled (Packages Wrapped in Brown Paper)
Howard Dearstyne American, 1903–1979

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

The Street
Romare Bearden American, 1911-1988