Charles’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.

Mont-Majour, Poterne de la Tour de L'Abbaye
Charles Nègre French, 1820–1880

Paris: Pavillon de l'Horloge, the Louvre
Charles Nègre French, 1820–1880

Portrait de Theophile Gautier d'apres Nadar
Charles Nègre French, 1820–1880

Street Musicians Standing
Charles Nègre French, 1820–1880

The Pope's Palace, Avignon
Charles Nègre French, 1820–1880

Grasse
Charles Nègre French, 1820–1880

Deux arlesiennes dans le cloitre de Saint-Trophime d'Arles
Charles Nègre French, 1820–1880

Kneeling Mason
Charles Nègre French, 1820–1880

Paris, Place de Châtelet
Charles Nègre French, 1820–1880

Le bucheron
Charles Nègre French, 1820–1880

Portrait de Jules Janin d'Apres Nadar
Charles Nègre French, 1820–1880

Portrait du Prince Adam Georges Czartorisky, d'apres Nadar
Charles Nègre French, 1820–1880

The Pope's Palace, Avignon
Charles Nègre (French, 1820–1880) and Joel Snyder (American, born 1940)

Pifferaro debout et paysanne Italienne assise, dans la cour du 21 Quai Bourbon
Charles Nègre French, 1820–1880

The Pope's Palace, Avignon
Charles Nègre (French, 1820–1880) and Joel Snyder (American, born 1940)

The Pope's Palace, Avignon
Charles Nègre (French, 1820–1880) and Joel Snyder (American, born 1940)

Arles: The West Porch of Saint-Trophime
Charles Nègre French, 1820–1880

Cathedrale de Chartres
Charles Nègre French, 1820–1880

Cathedrale de Chartres
Charles Nègre French, 1820–1880

A Street in Sainte-Agnès near Roquebrune
Charles Nègre French, 1820–1880