Aimé’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.

The Return to France
Aime François Joseph de Lemud French, 1816-1887

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

Bacchus Consoling Ariadne
Aimé-Jules Dalou (French, 1838–1902)

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

Bacchus Consoling Ariadne
Aimé-Jules Dalou (French, 1838–1902)

Christa and Wolfi
Gerhard Richter German, born 1932

The Shower
Charles François Daubigny French, 1817-1878

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

Reclining Nude
Max Beckmann German, 1884–1950

Midday Sorrow
Angel Planells Spanish, 1901–1989

Science
Aimé-Jules Dalou (French, 1838-1902)

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

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

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

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

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

Boy with a Carrot
François Boucher French, 1703-1770

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