F.’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.

Gas Works
F. Taylor Unknown, 20th Century

Portions of a Field Armor
Jacob Halder (English, 1558–1608) Royal Workshops of Greenwich, England

Candida and Her Mother, Celia, II
Dawoud Bey American, born 1953

Hussar's Armor
Polish

Pikeman Armor for an Officer
English, Greenwich

Display Cabinet
Louis-Désire-Eugène Gaillard French, 1862-1933

After Franz Marc: 1-6
Sherrie Levine American, born 1947

Elements of an Armor for the Joust in the Italian Fashion
South German; Augsburg

Oneika I
Dawoud Bey American, born 1953

Infantry Armor
German, possibly Cologne

Infantry Armor
Northern German, Brunswick

Saint James the Greater
Master F.P. (Italian, c. 1530-1550) or after Girolamo Francesco Maria Mazzola, called Il Parmigianino (Italian, 1503-1540)

Centerpiece and Stand with Pair of Sugar Casters
Meissen Porcelain Manufactory (1710–present) Model by Johann Joachim Kändler (born Saxony [now Germany], 1706–1775) Meissen, Electorate of Saxony (now Germany)

Landscape in the Style of Ancient Masters: Songxuezhai Lan Ying
Lan Ying (Chinese, 1585-c. 1664)

Hunting Trousse (Waidpraxe) with the Coat of Arms and Initials of Christian II, Elector of Saxony
German (Saxony), Dresden Silversmith: Joachim Puttlost, active 1607-1652

Hampton Court by Tram
Fred Taylor (English, 1875-1963) printed by Vincent Brooks, Day and Son Limited Lithographers published by Underground Electric Railways Company of London Limited

Plaster Surrogates
Allan McCollum American, born 1944

Hysteria
Sam Taylor-Wood English, born 1967

Plum Trees and Pheasants (Furnishing Fabric)
Printed at Bannister Hall Print Works (English, 1798-1893) England, Lancashire, Preston

Le Solitaire au Pont du Torrent (The Hermit at the Bridge over the Torrent) (Furnishing Fabric)
Designed by Marius Rollet (French, active c. 1820s) Probably Manufactured by Hartmann et Fils (French, founded 1776) France, Munster