Artist

Gay Block

1942

132681

Works

Painter

Style

Gay’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.

Selected works

132681 pieces

Aaron & Me

Gay Block American, born 1942

The Commode

Walter Gay (American, 1856–1937)

Under the Wave off Kanagawa (Kanagawa oki nami ura), also known as The Great Wave, from the series "Thirty-Six Views of Mount Fuji (Fugaku sanjūrokkei)"

Katsushika Hokusai 葛飾北斎 Japanese, 1760-1849

House for Mr. S.W. Allerton, Lake Geneva, Wisconsin: West Elevation

Henry Lord Gay American, 1844-1921

House for Mr. S.W. Allerton, Lake Geneva, Wisconsin: South Elevation

Henry Lord Gay American, 1844-1921

Portrait of Mary Block

Ivan Albright (American, 1897–1983)

Lake Chuzenji, Nikko (Nikko Chuzenjiko)

Kawase Hasui 川瀬巴水 Japanese, 1883-1957

Mouchoirs D'Instruction Militarie No. 1 (Handkerchief)

Designed and engraved by Alexandre Buquet (French, 1802–1865) Manufactured by E. Renault France, Rouen

Panel (Furnishing Fabric)

Printed at Bannister Hall Print Works (English, active 1799-1840) Preston, Lancashire, England

Panel

Printed at Bannister Hall Print Works (English, active 1799-1840) Preston, Lancashire, England

The actors Ichikawa Omezo I (R) as Tomita Hyotaro and Otani Oniji III (L) as Kawashima Jibugoro

Toshusai Sharaku 東洲斎写楽 Japanese, active 1794-95 Publisher: Tsutaya Juzaburo Japanese, 1748-1797

Sharecropper

Elizabeth Catlett American, active in Mexico, 1915-2012

Panel (Furnishing Fabric)

Printed at Bannister Hall Print Works (English, active 1799-1840) Preston, Lancashire, England

Mahatma Gandhi (Bapuji) on the Dandi March

Nandalal Bose Indian, 1882-1966

Whaling off the Coast of the Goto Islands (Goto kujira tsuki), from the series "One Thousand Pictures of the Ocean (Chie no umi)"

Katsushika Hokusai 葛飾北斎 Japanese, 1760-1849

Fishing Boats at Choshi in Shimosa (Soshu Choshi) from the series "One Thousand Pictures of the Ocean (Chie no umi)"

Katsushika Hokusai 葛飾北斎 Japanese, 1760-1849

A warrior sits on a block and gestures; two figure are behind him, from Figurine series

Salvator Rosa Italian, 1615-1673

Les Fruits D'Afrique (The Fruits of Africa)

Keys to the Coop

Kara Walker American, born 1969

Gay is NOT OK

Hunter Reynolds American, 1959-2022