Master’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.

Ship with Sails Furled and Arrow Pointing to the Right
Master W with the Key Netherlandish, active 1464-1485

Three-Masted Ship Steering to the Right
Master W with the Key Netherlandish, active 1465-1490

The Key
Jackson Pollock American, 1912-1956

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

The Garden of Love
Master W. A. H. German, active c. 1480-90

Assemblage
Paul Joostens Belgian, 1889–1960

Bishop at Mass in a Historiated Initial "P" from a Choirbook
French or possibly southern Netherlandish follower of Master Honoré (French, flourished 1288-1300)

Saint James the Greater
Master F.P. (Italian, c. 1530-1550) or after Girolamo Francesco Maria Mazzola, called Il Parmigianino (Italian, 1503-1540)

Saint Simon
Master F.V.B. Netherlandish, active 1475-1500

Ahem—Those jokes about absent minded professors
Ted Key American, 1912-2008

"Who knows what Eloise did wrong?"
Ted Key American, 1912-2008

This Person
Geng Jianyi Chinese, born 1962

Winter Day at Key West
Adolf Arthur Dehn American, 1895-1968

Cranequin ( Winder ) for a Crossbow
South German; possibly Nuremberg Master H W over W

St. Ambrose and the Emperer Theodosius
Master IRs Italian, 16th century

Aristotle and Phyllis
Master M.Z. German, active 1500-1550

Sallet (Barbuta)
Master Z O (Italian) Milan

The Angel with the Key of the Bottomless Pit, from The Apocalypse
Albrecht Dürer German, 1471-1528

The Large Einsiedeln Madonna
Master E. S. German, active c. 1450-1467

The Martyrdom of St. Catherine
Master M.Z. German, active 1500-1550