Louis-Désiré’s work is defined by its 19th century sensibility — an enduring influence on generations that followed. Most artists are dead; following is a declaration of love.

Le Thésée de Phidias/ Fragment du Fronton du Parthenon d'Athènes/ Maintenant au Musée Britannique
Louis-Désiré Blanquart-Evrard French, 1802–1872

Eglise de St. Marc à Venise
Louis-Désiré Blanquart-Evrard French, 1802–1872

E-21: French Boudoir of the Louis XV Period, 1740-60
Designed by Narcissa Niblack Thorne American, 1882-1966

E-23: French Dining Room of the Periods of Louis XV and Louis XIV
Designed by Narcissa Niblack Thorne American, 1882-1966

E-24: French Salon of the Louis XVI Period, c. 1780
Designed by Narcissa Niblack Thorne American, 1882-1966

E-18: French Salon of the Louis XIV Period, 1660-1700
Designed by Narcissa Niblack Thorne American, 1882-1966

E-22: French Provincial Bedroom of the Louis XV Period, 18th Century
Designed by Narcissa Niblack Thorne American, 1882-1966

Antony Presents Artavasdes, King of the Armenians, to Cleopatra from The Story of Antony and Cleopatra
Woven at the workshop of Everard III Leyniers (1597–1680) Brussels

E-19: French Dining Room of the Louis XIV Period, 1660-1700
Designed by Narcissa Niblack Thorne American, 1882-1966

E-20: French Library of the Louis XV Period, c. 1720
Designed by Narcissa Niblack Thorne American, 1882-1966

Louis Phélypeaux de la Vrillière
Robert Nanteuil French, 1623-1678

Louis XIV
Robert Nanteuil French, 1623-1678

The Fear of Love
Jean Louis Lemoyne (French, 1665–1755)

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

Uxmal, Indian Bas Relief, Nun's Palace (Uxmal, Bas Relief de l'Indien, Palais des Nonnes), plate 44 from the album "Cités et Ruines Américaines, Gide Paris" (1863)
Désiré Charnay French, 1828-1915 Not printed by the artist.

Swing Music (Louis Armstrong)
Arthur Dove (American, 1880–1946)

Madame de Pastoret and Her Son
Jacques-Louis David (French, 1748–1825)

Approaching Storm
Eugène-Louis Boudin (French, 1824–1898)

Tight-Rope Walker
Jean Louis Forain (French, 1852–1931)

The River
O. Louis Guglielmi (American, born Egypt, 1906–1956)