Les’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.
Closed Circuit
Les Klug American, 1930–1988
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
Abstract Composition
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
Presentation Flintlock Fowling Piece in the Eastern Fashhion
Gunsmith: Jean Le Clerc (French) Barrel smith: Fatou (French) Paris
The Great Wave, Sète
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
The Dead Christ (recto); Child's Head (verso)
Recto by Charles Le Brun (French, 1619-1690) Verso by Unknown Artist (French, 18th century)
Solar Effect in the Clouds-Ocean
Chalons Encampment: Maneuvers on October 3 (Camp de Châlons: manoeuvres du 3 octobre)