Louis’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.

Reception by the Directory, plate 29 from The Political and Military Life of Napoleon
Louis Boulanger (French, 1806-1867) after Jean François Bosio (French, 1764-1827) printed by Charles Étienne Pierre Motte (French, 1785-1836) A. V. Arnault (French, born 1822)

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

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

Italian Town on a River
Gustave Clarence Rodolphe Boulanger French, 1824-1888

Louis XIV
Robert Nanteuil French, 1623-1678

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

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)

Madame François Buron
Jacques-Louis David (French, 1748–1825)

Fan
France

A Woman at the Élysée Montmartre (Femme à l’Élysée Montmartre)
Louis Anquetin (French, 1861–1932)