Lester’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.

Bust
Lester F. Johnson American, born 1919

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)

Husking Bee, Island of Nantucket
Eastman Johnson (American, 1824–1906)

Magnolias on Light Blue Velvet Cloth
Martin Johnson Heade (American, 1819–1904)

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

Elizabeth Grant Bankson Beatty (Mrs. James Beatty) and Her Daughter Susan
Joshua Johnson (American, c. 1763–after 1825)

Plaster Surrogates
Allan McCollum American, born 1944

York Harbor, Coast of Maine
Martin Johnson Heade (American, 1819–1904)