Dorothea’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 Drawing for Midnight
Dorothea Tanning American, 1910-2012

Head of a Child
Dorothea Tanning American, 1910-2012

Green Park
Dorothea Tanning American, 1910-2012

Events
Dorothea Tanning American, 1910-2012

Max Ernst & Dorothea Tanning, New York
Irving Penn American, 1917–2009

Migrant Mother, Nipoma, California
Dorothea Lange American, 1895–1965

Dorothea and Francesca
Cecilia Beaux (American, 1855–1942)

Plantation Overseer and his Field Hands, Mississippi Delta
Dorothea Lange American, 1895–1965

Black Maria, Oakland, from the series "Public Defender"
Dorothea Lange (American, 1895–1965) Printed under the artist's supervision by Irwin Welcher

Corner of a Kitchen of a Tobacco Sharecropper
Dorothea Lange American, 1895–1965

Shores of the Mind (Xinling zhi an)
Tan Quanshu Chinese, born 1936

Migrant Mother, Nipomo, California
Dorothea Lange (American, 1895–1965) printed by Irwin Welcher (American, 1907–1991)

Migrant Mother, Nipomo, California
Dorothea Lange (American, 1895–1965) printed commercially under the supervision of Arthur Rothstein (American, 1915–1985)

Migrant Mother, Nipomo, California
Dorothea Lange (American, 1895–1965) printed by the Library of Congress

Migrant Mother, Nipomo, California
Dorothea Lange (American, 1895–1965) printed by the Library of Congress

Drawing Which Makes Itself
Dorothea Rockburne American, born Canada, 1932

Untitled (Drawing Which Makes Itself)
Dorothea Rockburne American, born Canada, 1932

Swallows, Bamboo and Plum Blossoms 花鸟竹柄团扇
Tan Huanzhang Chinese, active 19th century

Repaired Shoes at James Kelly's Shop, Ennis, Ireland
Dorothea Lange American, 1895–1965