Sir’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.

Standing Nude Woman
Sir George Clausen English, 1852-1944

Portrait of a Man with Gray Hair
Henry Raeburn (Scottish, 1756–1823)

Lady Sarah Bunbury Sacrificing to the Graces
Sir Joshua Reynolds (English, 1723–1792)

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

Isabella Wolff
Sir Thomas Lawrence (English, 1769-1830)

Anna Maria Dashwood, later Marchioness of Ely
Sir Thomas Lawrence (English, 1769-1830)

Eleanor Margaret Gibson-Carmichael
Henry Raeburn (Scottish, 1756–1823)

A Grey Day, Tangier
Sir John Lavery Irish, 1856-1941

Cupid's Hunting Fields
Sir Edward Burne-Jones English, 1833-1898

Sir Simon George (of Cornwall)
Francesco Bartolozzi (Italian, 1727-1815) after Hans Holbein the younger (German, 1497-1543)

Adam Rolland of Gask II
Henry Raeburn (Scottish, 1756–1823)

Saint George and the Dragon
Bernat Martorell (Spanish, active from 1427–died 1452)

The Festival
Edward John Poynter (English, 1836–1919)

Robert Brown of Newhall
Sir Henry Raeburn (Scottish, 1756–1823)

The Golden Age
Edward John Poynter (English, 1836–1919)

Flower Girl in Holland
George Hitchcock American, 1850–1913

Perseus and Andromeda, study for The Doom Fulfilled
Sir Edward Burne-Jones English, 1833-1898

The Sorrowing Angel
Sir Frank Short (English, 1857-1945) after George Frederic Watts (English, 1817-1904)

Female Nude Bending Toward the Left
Georg Kolbe German, 1877-1947

Norwegian Seacoast During a Storm
Johan Christian Clausen Dahl Norwegian, 1788-1857