Augustus’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.

Martha Graham
Augustus Peck American, 1906-1975

Clown
Augustus Peck (American, 1906-1975) published by the Works Progress Administration

Clowns
Augustus Peck American, 1906-1975

Girl's Head
Augustus Peck (American, 1906-1975) published by the Works Progress Administration

Draped Head
Augustus Peck (American, 1906-1975) published by the Works Progress Administration

Augustus John, Hampshire, England
Irving Penn American, 1917–2009

William W. Welch
Sheldon Peck American, 1797–1868

Phebe Russell Swain Welch
Sheldon Peck American, 1797–1868

Woman in a Shawl, Sketch of Legs
Augustus Edwin John English, 1878-1961

The Fall of Man with Scenes of the Creation
Attributed to Augustus Cordus (German, active 1544–1553)

The Puritan
Augustus Saint-Gaudens (American, born Ireland, 1848–1907)

Fort Peck Dam, Montana
Margaret Bourke–White American, 1904–1971

Untitled (Army camp, perhaps from the Battle of Lookout Mountain, Chattanooga, Tennessee)
Charles Peck American, 1827–1900

The Temple of Poseidon. Sounion, Greece
Mary Peck American, born 1952

Amor Caritas
Augustus Saint-Gaudens (American, born Ireland, 1848–1907)

A Bundle of Lavender
Augustus Edwin John English, 1878-1961

Untitled (Priscilla Peck)
Irving Penn American, 1917–2009

Denarius (Coin) Portraying Emperor Augustus
Roman; minted in Lugdunum (now Lyon, France)

Temple of Apollo. Delphi, Greece
Mary Peck American, born 1952

Temple of Nemean Zeus. Nemea, Greece
Mary Peck American, born 1952