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

Bamboo and Rock
Xia Hui (Chinese, 1765– after 1829)

Bamboo-Covered Stream in Spring Rain
Xia Chang (Chinese, 1388-1470)

Visiting Dai Kui on a Snowy Night 雪夜訪戴圖
Xia Kui 夏葵 (Chinese, 15th century)

Watching the Waterfall 高士觀瀑圖
Xia Kui 夏葵 (Chinese, 15th century)

Armed Four-Master Sailing Towards a Port, from The Sailing Vessels
Frans Huys (Flemish, c. 1522-1562) after Pieter Bruegel, the elder (Flemish, 1525/30-1569) published by Hieronymus Cock (Flemish, c. 1510–1570)

The Bamboo Slope 竹坡圖
Wang Hui 王翚 (1632-1717) Chinese

Landscape in the Style of Ancient Masters: colophon by Lu Hui, dated 1912
Lu Hui (Chinese, 1851-1920)

Four-Master and Two Three-Masters Anchored near a Fortified Island with a Lighthouse, from The Sailing Vessels
Frans Huys (Flemish, c. 1522-1562) after Pieter Bruegel, the elder (Flemish, 1525/30-1569) published by Hieronymus Cock (Flemish, c. 1510–1570)

Landscape in the Style of Ancient Masters: frontispiece title by Lu Hui
Lu Hui (Chinese, 1851-1920)

Master John Blockhead (the Lute Maker)
Frans Huys Flemish, c. 1522–before 1562

Het Huis te Cleef, near Haarlem, from Views in the Surroundings of Haarlem (Plaisante Plaetsen)
Claes Jansz. Visscher Netherlandish, c. 1550–c. 1612

Self-Portrait
Walter Shirlaw (American, 1838–1909)

Martin Vanden Bogaert Desjardins
Gérard Edelinck (French, born Flanders, 1640-1707) after Hyacinthe Rigaud (French, 1659-1743)

Remembrance of Italy
Jean-Baptiste-Camille Corot (French, 1796-1875) printed by Auguste Delâtre (French, 1822-1907) published by Cadart et Chavalier, Editeurs (French, 1801-1900)

Priest and Boy
Lawrence Carmichael Earle American, 1845-1921

A Sunday on La Grande Jatte — 1884
Georges Seurat (French, 1859–1891)

Fishing Craft near the Cliffs at Collioure
Adolphe Appian French, 1818-1898

Interior of St. Mark's, Venice
David Dalhoff Neal (American, 1838–1915)

Nighthawks
Edward Hopper (American, 1882–1967)

Lion (One of a Pair, South Pedestal)
Edward Kemeys (American, 1843–1907) American Bronze Founding Company (American, founded 1886) Chicago