John’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.

Spanish Peasants Dancing the Bolero
John Frederick Lewis English, 1805-1876

Sketch of Seated Woman in Peasant Costume
After John Frederick Lewis English, 1805-1876

Lights of Other Days
John Frederick Peto (American, 1854–1907)

Near Newport
John Frederick Kensett American, 1816–1872

Rocky Coast
John Frederick Kensett (American, 1816–1872)

Frederick Douglass
Samuel J. Miller American, 1822–1888

Arch, Midnight
Martin Lewis American, born Australia 1881-1962

Margaret Frances Langton Clarke
Lewis Carroll (Reverend Charles Lutwidge Dodgson) English, 1832–1898

The Canyon
Frederick O'Hara (American, 1904-1980) printed by Irwin Hollander (American, born Netherlands 1927) published by Tamarind Lithography Workshop (American, founded 1960)

Elector John Frederick the Magnanimous of Saxony
Georg Pencz German, c.1500-1550

Sadie Pfeifer, a Cotton Mill Spinner, Lancaster, South Carolina
Lewis Wickes Hine American, 1874–1940

Italian Family, Chicago
Lewis Wickes Hine American, 1874–1940

Glow of the City
Martin Lewis American, born Australia 1881-1962

War Bonnet
Frederick O'Hara (American, 1904-1980) printed by Irwin Hollander (American, born Netherlands 1927) published by Tamarind Lithography Workshop (American, founded 1960)

A Lamplight Study: Herr Joachim
George Frederick Watts (English, 1817–1904)

John Lewis in Cairo
Danny Lyon American, born 1942

Bust of a Youth (Saint John the Baptist)
Francesco Mochi (Italian, 1580–1654)