Xia’s work is defined by its chinese (culture or style) sensibility — an enduring influence on generations that followed. Most artists are dead; following is a declaration of love.

Visiting Dai Kui on a Snowy Night 雪夜訪戴圖
Xia Kui 夏葵 (Chinese, 15th century)

Watching the Waterfall 高士觀瀑圖
Xia Kui 夏葵 (Chinese, 15th century)

Bamboo-Covered Stream in Spring Rain
Xia Chang (Chinese, 1388-1470)

Chak Ak’ Paat Kuy ("Red Turkey") Playing the Ballgame
Late Classic Maya Probably La Corona (Saknikte’), Usumacinta River area, Guatemala

Shoki (Chinese: Zhong Kui), the demon queller, standing on a bridge
Suzuki Harunobu 鈴木 春信 Japanese, 1725 (?)-1770

Bamboo and Rock
Xia Hui (Chinese, 1765– after 1829)

Zhang Shun, the White Splash in the Waves, and Li Kui, the Black Whirlwind, in an Underwater Struggle (Rori Hakucho Chojun and Kokusenpu Riki)
Tsukioka Yoshitoshi Japanese, 1839–1892

Metal: Li Kui (Kin, Riki), from the series "The Five Elements of The Water Margin (Suiko gogyo)"
Totoya Hokkei Japanese, 1780-1850

Snuff Bottle with Zhong Kui
China

Li Kui (Kokusenpu Riki, ichimei Ritetsugyu), from the series "One Hundred and Eight Heroes of the Popular Water Margin (Tsuzoku Suikoden goketsu hyakuhachinin no hitori)"
Utagawa Kuniyoshi Japanese, 1797-1861

Li Kui (Kokusenpu Riki, ichimei Ritetsugyu), from the series "One Hundred and Eight Heroes of the Popular Water Margin (Tsuzoku Suikoden goketsu hyakuhachinin no hitori)"
Utagawa Kuniyoshi Japanese, 1797-1861

Self-Portrait
Walter Shirlaw (American, 1838–1909)

Martin Vanden Bogaert Desjardins
Gérard Edelinck (French, born Flanders, 1640-1707) after Hyacinthe Rigaud (French, 1659-1743)

Remembrance of Italy
Jean-Baptiste-Camille Corot (French, 1796-1875) printed by Auguste Delâtre (French, 1822-1907) published by Cadart et Chavalier, Editeurs (French, 1801-1900)

Priest and Boy
Lawrence Carmichael Earle American, 1845-1921

A Sunday on La Grande Jatte — 1884
Georges Seurat (French, 1859–1891)

Fishing Craft near the Cliffs at Collioure
Adolphe Appian French, 1818-1898

Interior of St. Mark's, Venice
David Dalhoff Neal (American, 1838–1915)

Nighthawks
Edward Hopper (American, 1882–1967)