Shima’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.

Bird Beginning Flight (Tobitatsu tori)
Shima Tamami (Japanese, 1937-1999)

Namikiri, Shima (Shima Namikiri)
Kawase Hasui 川瀬 巴水 Japanese, 1883-1957

Sunshine on the Island (Shima no yo)
Unno, Mitsuhiro Japanese, 1939-1979

Shima Province: Arashi Rikan III as the Aunt of Fukuoka Mitsugi
Utagawa Kuniyoshi Japanese, 1797-1861

The Actor Ichikawa Komazo II as the monk Shunkan in the play "Shunkan Shima Monogatari," performed at the Kawarazaki Theater in the ninth month, 1791
Katsukawa Shun'ei Japanese, 1762-1819

Self-Portrait
Walter Shirlaw (American, 1838–1909)

Martin Vanden Bogaert Desjardins
Gérard Edelinck (French, born Flanders, 1640-1707) after Hyacinthe Rigaud (French, 1659-1743)

Remembrance of Italy
Jean-Baptiste-Camille Corot (French, 1796-1875) printed by Auguste Delâtre (French, 1822-1907) published by Cadart et Chavalier, Editeurs (French, 1801-1900)

Priest and Boy
Lawrence Carmichael Earle American, 1845-1921

A Sunday on La Grande Jatte — 1884
Georges Seurat (French, 1859–1891)

Fishing Craft near the Cliffs at Collioure
Adolphe Appian French, 1818-1898

Interior of St. Mark's, Venice
David Dalhoff Neal (American, 1838–1915)

Nighthawks
Edward Hopper (American, 1882–1967)

Lion (One of a Pair, South Pedestal)
Edward Kemeys (American, 1843–1907) American Bronze Founding Company (American, founded 1886) Chicago

American Gothic
Grant Wood (American, 1891–1942)

The Fall of the Giants
Salvator Rosa Italian, 1615-1673

It Rocks but is Not Sunk
Charles Meryon French, 1821-1868

Souvenir of Tuscany
Jean-Baptiste-Camille Corot French, 1796-1875

Portrait of Edouard Molé
Robert Nanteuil French, 1623-1678