Yousuf’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.

Norman Rockwell
Yousuf Karsh Canadian, born Turkish Armenia, 1908–2002

Walt Disney
Yousuf Karsh Canadian, born Turkish Armenia, 1908–2002

Grey Owl (Archibald Belaney)
Yousuf Karsh Canadian, born Turkish Armenia, 1908–2002

Queen Elizabeth
Yousuf Karsh Canadian, born Turkish Armenia, 1908–2002

Frank Lloyd Wright
Yousuf Karsh Canadian, born Turkish Armenia, 1908–2002

George Bernard Shaw
Yousuf Karsh Canadian, born Turkish Armenia, 1908–2002

Marian Anderson
Yousuf Karsh Canadian, born Turkish Armenia, 1908–2002

Albert Einstein
Yousuf Karsh Canadian, born Turkish Armenia, 1908–2002

Audrey Hepburn
Yousuf Karsh Canadian, born Turkish Armenia, 1908–2002

Henry Ford II
Yousuf Karsh Canadian, born Turkish Armenia, 1908–2002

Bertrand Russell
Yousuf Karsh Canadian, born Turkish Armenia, 1908–2002

Sir Winston Churchill
Yousuf Karsh Canadian, born Turkish Armenia, 1908–2002

Adlai Stevenson
Yousuf Karsh Canadian, born Turkish Armenia, 1908–2002

Duke and Duchess of Windsor
Yousuf Karsh Canadian, born Turkish Armenia, 1908–2002

Stuyvesant Peabody
Yousuf Karsh Canadian, born Turkish Armenia, 1908–2002

Martin Luther King, Jr.
Yousuf Karsh Canadian, born Turkish Armenia, 1908–2002

Sir Winston Churchill
Yousuf Karsh Canadian, born Turkish Armenia, 1908–2002

General Eisenhower
Yousuf Karsh Canadian, born Turkish Armenia, 1908–2002

Pandit Nehru
Yousuf Karsh Canadian, born Turkish Armenia, 1908–2002

Jean Sibelius
Yousuf Karsh Canadian, born Turkish Armenia, 1908–2002