James’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.
A Child's Garden of Parables
James Phillips American, born 1929
Cornelius Allerton
Ammi Phillips (American, 1788–1865)
Mrs. Reuben Allerton (Lois Atherton)
Untitled
James McGarrell American, born 1930
Custom Print I, from the portfolio "11 Pop Artists, Volume I"
Peter Phillips English, 1939-2025
Saint James the Greater
Master F.P. (Italian, c. 1530-1550) or after Girolamo Francesco Maria Mazzola, called Il Parmigianino (Italian, 1503-1540)
Nocturne: Blue and Gold—Southampton Water
James McNeill Whistler (American, 1834–1903)
Morning
Phillip Otto Runge German, 1777-1810
Day
At Mouquin's
William Glackens (American, 1870–1938)
Rooftops
Phillip Chen American, born 1953
Windmill, Veere
James McBey American, born Scotland, 1883-1959
Many Mansions
Kerry James Marshall American, born 1955
Mary (Polly) Lawton Bringhurst
James Peale (American, 1749–1831)
Butterfly
James McNeill Whistler American, 1834-1903
Lady Elizabeth Montagu
James McArdell (Irish, c. 1728-1765) after Sir Joshua Reynolds (English, 1723-1792)
Title Page, from A select collection of views and ruins in Rome and its vicinity
James Merigot French, active in England, 1760-1824 published by James Merigot and Richard Edwards (English, active c. 1795)
Coverlet
James Cunningham (American, born Scottish, c. 1797-after 1865) United States, New York, Oneida County, New Hartford
Design cover for West Point Song of the Graduates
Nude
James Van Der Zee American, 1886–1983