Jacques’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.

Monumental Vase with Anthropomorphic Figures
Attributed to or after Jacques-François-Joseph Saly French, 1717-1776

Hyacinth Awaiting His Turn to Throw the Discus
François-Joseph Bosio (French, 1768-1845)

Day (Truth)
Ferdinand Hodler Swiss, 1853–1918

Geese in a Farmyard
Jean François Millet French, 1814-1875

The Rapidity of Sleep
Yves Tanguy American, born France, 1900–1955

Christa and Wolfi
Gerhard Richter German, born 1932

Globes
Jacques Gaston Duchamp Villon French, 1875-1963

Reclining Nude
Max Beckmann German, 1884–1950

The Shower
Charles François Daubigny French, 1817-1878

Midday Sorrow
Angel Planells Spanish, 1901–1989

Are They Thinking about the Grape? (Pensent-ils au raisin?)
François Boucher (French, 1703–1770)

La durée poignardée (Time Transfixed)
René Magritte Belgian, 1898–1967

Dead Fowl
Chaim Soutine Born Minsk (Russian Empire, now Belarus), 1893; died Paris, 1943

Madame François Buron
Jacques-Louis David (French, 1748–1825)

Joseph Sold by his Brothers
Master of the Die (Italian, active c. 1530-1560) after Raffaello Sanzio, called Raphael (Italian, 1483-1520)

Champs de Mars: The Red Tower
Robert Delaunay French, 1885–1941

Inventions of the Monsters
Salvador Dalí Spanish, 1904–1989

Madam Pompadour
Amedeo Modigliani Italian, 1884–1920

The Railway Crossing (Sketch)
Fernand Léger French, 1881–1955

Boy with a Carrot
François Boucher French, 1703-1770