Charles’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.

Composition with Three Circles
Charles W. Smith American, 20th century
![Untitled [night view, store front with pennants]](https://www.artic.edu/iiif/2/af6e2fb3-0de0-db18-72cc-a996d27f2252/full/400,/0/default.jpg)
Untitled [night view, store front with pennants]
W. Eugene Smith American, 1918–1978

Marine Drinking, Battle for Saipan
W. Eugene Smith American, 1918–1978

World War II
W. Eugene Smith American, 1918–1978

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

Charles W. Hawthorne
Albin Polasek (American, born Czech Republic, 1879–1965)

My Daughter Juanita, 1953
W. Eugene Smith American, 1918–1978

Grandma Moses
W. Eugene Smith American, 1918–1978

This Person
Geng Jianyi Chinese, born 1962

Blood Pool
Kiki Smith American, born Germany, 1954

Madness
W. Eugene Smith American, 1918–1978

Tanktotem I
David Smith American, 1906-1965

Piper Laurie
W. Eugene Smith American, 1918–1978

Street in Pittsburgh: Downhill; houses on either side; church at end of street
W. Eugene Smith American, 1918–1978

Still Life: Apples and Green Glass
Charles Demuth American, 1883-1935

Noah Smith
Ralph Earl American, 1751–1801

Children at Colwell and Pride Streets, Hill District
W. Eugene Smith American, 1918–1978

Three generations of Welsh miners
W. Eugene Smith American, 1918–1978

Reign of Chemistry
W. Eugene Smith American, 1918–1978