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

Portrait of Elizabeth Patterson (?)
After Bernhard de Guérard (German, died 1836)

Dying Man Being Consoled by Christ on the Cross, Virgin and Saints
Gottfried Bernhard Goetz German, 1708-1774

Wheellock Gun
Barrel smith: Berhard Albrecht (German, active 1557–87) Augsburg

Whistler's Mother, after Whistler
Henri Charles Guérard (French, 1846-1897) after James McNeill Whistler (American, 1834-1903)

The Assault of the Shoe
Henri Charles Guérard French, 1846-1897

Salomé
Hans von Aachen German, c. 1552-1615

Count Robert de Montesquiou-Fezensac
Henri Charles Guérard (French, 1846-1897) after James McNeill Whistler (American, 1834-1903)

The Assault of the Shoe
Henri Charles Guérard French, 1846-1897

Bernhard Willhelm looking back
Wolfgang Tillmans German, born 1968

Self-Portrait Preparing an Etching
Henri Charles Guérard French, 1846-1897

The Assault of the Shoe
Henri Charles Guérard French, 1846-1897

The Assault of the Shoe
Henri Charles Guérard French, 1846-1897

The Water Drinker
Henri Charles Guérard (French, 1846-1897) after Édouard Manet (French, 1832-1883)

The Amazon
Franz von Stuck (German, 1863–1928)

Poster
Lucian Bernhard American, born Austria, 1883-1972

Portrait of Whistler
Henri Charles Guérard (French, 1846-1897) after William Merritt Chase (American, 1849-1916)

The Four Dead Ravens
Henri Charles Guérard French, 1846-1897

Portrait of Manet
Henri Charles Guérard French, 1846-1897

Prince Otto von Bismarck
Franz Seraph von Lenbach (German, 1836–1904)

Faure in the Role of Hamlet
Henri Charles Guérard (French, 1846-1897) after Édouard Manet (French, 1832-1883)