Johann’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.

Forest Scene with Waterfall and Two Figures
Attributed to Johann Samuel Bach German, 1749-1778

Figures in a Rocky Landscape with Waterfall
Attributed to Johann Samuel Bach German, 1749-1778

Untitled
Laurence Bach American, born 1947

Frederick Douglass
Samuel J. Miller American, 1822–1888

The Annunciation
Johann Koerbecke (German, about 1420–1490)

King Vulture
Meissen Porcelain Manufactory (1710–present) Modeled by Johann Joachim Kändler (born Saxony [now Germany], 1706–1775) Meissen, Electorate of Saxony (now Germany)

Emil Bach House, Chicago, Illinois: Window
Frank Lloyd Wright American, 1867-1959

La Maison du Saumon, Chartres, from Vingt Lithographies du Vieux Paris
Samuel Chamberlain American, 1895-1975

Conflagration of the Masonic Hall, Chestnut Street, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania
Samuel Jones (American, 19th century) Possibly John Lewis Krimmel (American, born Germany, 1786–1821)

The Early Ploughman
Samuel Palmer English, 1805-1881

Apollo Granting Phaeton Permission to Drive the Chariot of the Sun
Johann Michael Rottmayr (Austrian, 1654–1730)

Diana and Endymion
Johann Michael Rottmayr (Austrian, 1654–1730)

Neues Bild-und Musterbuch (New Picture and Sample Book)
Johann Michael Kirschbaum (German, active c. 1771) Germany

Resurrection of Christ
Samuel van Hoogstraten (Dutch, 1627-1678)

Christmas
Samuel Palmer English, 1805-1881

Old Tower at Avignon
Samuel Colman (American, 1832–1920)

View of The Castello Bracciano, near Rome with Coach and Figures
Johann Wilhelm Baur German 1607-1642

Rue Frédéric-Sauton, from Vingt Lithographies du Vieux Paris
Samuel Chamberlain American, 1895-1975

The Skylark
Samuel Palmer English, 1805-1881

Rue Saint-Séverin, Paris, from Vingt Lithographies du Vieux Paris
Samuel Chamberlain American, 1895-1975