Dorothea’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.

Migrant Mother, Nipoma, California
Dorothea Lange American, 1895–1965

Plantation Overseer and his Field Hands, Mississippi Delta
Dorothea Lange American, 1895–1965

Black Maria, Oakland, from the series "Public Defender"
Dorothea Lange (American, 1895–1965) Printed under the artist's supervision by Irwin Welcher

Corner of a Kitchen of a Tobacco Sharecropper
Dorothea Lange American, 1895–1965

Migrant Mother, Nipomo, California
Dorothea Lange (American, 1895–1965) printed by Irwin Welcher (American, 1907–1991)

Migrant Mother, Nipomo, California
Dorothea Lange (American, 1895–1965) printed commercially under the supervision of Arthur Rothstein (American, 1915–1985)

Migrant Mother, Nipomo, California
Dorothea Lange (American, 1895–1965) printed by the Library of Congress

Migrant Mother, Nipomo, California
Dorothea Lange (American, 1895–1965) printed by the Library of Congress

Repaired Shoes at James Kelly's Shop, Ennis, Ireland
Dorothea Lange American, 1895–1965

Gas Station, Kern Co., California
Dorothea Lange American, 1895-1965

A Sign of the Times-Mended Stockings, Stenographer, San Francisco
Dorothea Lange American, 1895-1965

Peach Picker, Muscella, Georgia
Dorothea Lange American, 1895-1965

Migratory Child at the End of the Day. Bean Pickers' Camp Near West Stayton, Marion County Oregon
Dorothea Lange American, 1895-1965

Portrait of Dorothea Lange by Window
Ronald Partridge American, 1917-2015

Dorothea and Francesca
Cecilia Beaux (American, 1855–1942)

A Drawing for Midnight
Dorothea Tanning American, 1910-2012

Head of a Child
Dorothea Tanning American, 1910-2012

Green Park
Dorothea Tanning American, 1910-2012

Events
Dorothea Tanning American, 1910-2012

Max Ernst & Dorothea Tanning, New York
Irving Penn American, 1917–2009