Maximilien’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.

Paul Signac
Maximilien Luce French, 1858-1941

La Sainte-Chapelle
Maximilien Luce (French, 1858–1941)

Her Majesty Famine, Queen of Sicily
Maximilien Luce French, 1858-1941

Study for Mazas
Maximilien Luce French, 1858-1941

Mazas
Maximilien Luce (French, 1858-1941) written by Jule Valles (French, 1832-1885) published by l'estampe originale

Hommage des artistes à Picquart
Lithographs by Pierre Émile Cornillier (French, 19th century); Lucien Perroudon (French, 19th century); Louis Anquetin (French, 1861–1932); Adolphe Ernest Gumery (French, 1861–1943) Herman René Georges Paul (French, 19th century); Maximilien Luce (French, 1858–1941); George Manzana-Pissarro (French, 1871–1961); Hippolyte Petitjean (French, 1854–1929); Louis Armand Rault (French, 19th century); Théo van Rysselberghe (Belgian, 1862–1926); Joaquim Sunyer y Miró (Spanish, 1875–1956); and Félix Edouard Vallotton (French, born Switzerland, 1865–1925) published by Paul Brenet (French, 19th–20th centuries) and Félix Thureau (French, 19th–20th centuries) preface written by Octave Mirbeau (French, 1848–1917)

Clare Boothe Luce
Edward Steichen American, born Luxembourg, 1879–1973

Portrait of Maximillian Luce in 1887
Georges Manzana-Pissarro French, 1871–1961

Portrait of Countess von Voss
Maximilien Villers (French, active 1788–1804)

Louis XIV Pleading with Louise de La Vallière at the Carmelite Convent at Chaillot
Pierre-Maximilien Delafontaine French, 1774-1860

Luce Myrès, in Profile
Henri de Toulouse-Lautrec French, 1864-1901

Luce Myrès, Front View
Henri de Toulouse-Lautrec French, 1864-1901

Les Chats
Original prints by Édouard Manet (French, 1832–1883), Marie Champfleury (French, 19th century) after Burbanck (British, 19th century), Louis Eugène Lambert (French, 1825–1900), Armand Désiré Gautier (French, 1825–1894), and Victor Eugène Géruzez (Crafty) (French, 1840–1906) illustrations by Charles Kreutzberger (French, 1829–1909), M. Mérimée (French, 19th century), Lorédan Larchey (French, 1831–1902), Prisse d'Avennes (French, 1807–1879), and Edmond Morin (French, 1824–1882) some works etched by M. Comte (French, 19th century) and Firmin Gillot (French, 1820–1872) after works by Eugène Delacroix (French, 1798–1863), Gottfried Mind (Swiss, 1768–1814), Utagawa Hiroshige (erroneously attributed to Hokusai) (Japanese, 1797–1858), Pierre-Paul Prud'hon (French, 1758–1823), Théodule Augustin Ribot (French, 1823–1891), Cornelis Visscher (Dutch, c. 1629–1658), Jean Morin (French, 1600–1650), Jean Ignace Isadore Grandville (J.J. Grandville) (French, 1803–1847), Ferdinand van Kessel (Dutch, 1648–1696) (erroneously attributed to Bruegel) and Viollet-Le-Duc (French, 1814–1879) written by Champfleury (Jules-François-Félix Husson-Fleury) (French, 1821–1889) published by J. Rothschild (French, 19th century) and Libraire de la Société Botanique de France (French, 19th century) typography by Gustave Silbermann (French, 1801–1876) printed by Cardart et Luce (French, 19th century)

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