Almira’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.

"Touching Star" or "Star of Bethlehem" Quilt
Made by Almira Dudley Clay (American, active c. 1830) Possibly Pennsylvania or New York, United States

Henry Ossawa Tanner
Hermann Dudley Murphy (American, 1867–1945)

Blue Rafters
Frederic Clay Bartlett (American, 1873–1953)

Gowanus Canal from Bond Street
Randy Dudley American, born 1950

Great Walls: Walls of Steel Scraping the Sky
Frederic Clay Bartlett (American, 1873–1953)

The Fear of Love
Jean Louis Lemoyne (French, 1665–1755)

Great Walls: The Great Wall of China
Frederic Clay Bartlett (American, 1873–1953)

Sampler
Worked by Elizabeth Dudley (English, active c. 1799) England

Katharine Dudley
Alfred Stieglitz American, 1864–1946

Equestrienne
China

Clay Lake, Morning Sundown
Irving Petlin American, 1934-2018

A Gaiety Girl
Dudley Hardy (English, 1867-1922) printed by Waterlow & Sons Ltd. Lith.

Real Pulp #2
S. Clay Wilson American, 1941-2021

Katherine Dudley, Painter, of Chicago
Elizabeth Buehrmann American, 1887–1965

Clay Figure (Dogū)
Suzuki Osamu Japanese, 1926-2001

Malcolm X and Cassius Clay
LeRoy Neiman American, 1921-2012

Gondolas
J. Dudley Johnston English, 1868–1955

Snowstorm in the Woods
Charles Ephraim Burchfield American, 1893-1967

Female Figure with Two Joined Heads
Michoacan Michoacan, Mexico

Clay Judson Jr.
Sylvia Shaw Judson American, 1897-1978