Ovide’s work is defined by its 20th century sensibility — an enduring influence on generations that followed. Most artists are dead; following is a declaration of love.

Eugene Carriere
Ovide Yencesse (French, 1869–1947)

The Baby's Kiss
Ovide Yencesse (French, 1869–1947)

The Sower
Ovide Yencesse (French, 1869–1947)

The Mother's Kiss
Ovide Yencesse (French, 1869–1947)

Child with Roses
Ovide Yencesse (French, 1869–1947)

Decorative Art
Ovide Yencesse (French, 1869–1947)

Antoine Heron de Villefosse
Ovide Yencesse (French, 1869–1947)

Eve
Ovide Yencesse (French, 1869–1947)

The Lesson
Ovide Yencesse (French, 1869–1947)

Amedee Godard, Editing Engraver
Ovide Yencesse (French, 1869–1947)

National Museums
Ovide Yencesse (French, 1869–1947)

Apollo Exposing Mars and Venus to the Ridicule of the Olympians, from Ovid's Metamorphoses
France, possibly Aubusson

Pygmalion from Stories from Ovid
After a design probably by Daniel Janssens (1636–1682) Woven at the Wauters workshop Antwerp

Schöne Figuren auß dem Ovidio (Ovid's Metamorphoses), plate twelve from Woodcuts from Books of the XVI Century
Virgil Solis, the elder (German, 1514-1562) assembled by Max Geisberg (Swiss, 1875-1943)

Arachne Showing Her Work, from Les Métamorphoses
Pablo Picasso (Spanish, 1881-1973) written by Ovid (Italian, 43 B.C.-17 A.D.) printed by Louis Fort (French, 19th-20th centuries) published by Albert Skira (Swiss, 1904-1973)

The Love of Jupiter and Semele (third plate), from Les Métamorphoses
Pablo Picasso (Spanish, 1881-1973) written by Ovid (Italian, 43 B.C.-17 A.D.) printed by Louis Fort (French, 19th-20th centuries) published by Albert Skira (Swiss, 1904-1973)

Nestor's Stories About the Trojan War, from Les Métamorphoses
Pablo Picasso (Spanish, 1881-1973) written by Ovid (Italian, 43 B.C.-17 A.D.) printed by Louis Fort (French, 19th-20th centuries) published by Albert Skira (Swiss, 1904-1973)

The Fall of Phaeton
After a design based on an etching by Antonio Tempesta (1555–1630), The Fall of Phaeton (Phaetontis casus) from Ovid’s Metamorphoses Possibly woven at the workshop of Gabriel Babonneix (born 1756?) at the Manufacture Royale d’Aubusson France, Aubusson

The Combat of Perseus and Phineas for Andromeda, from Les Métamorphoses
Pablo Picasso (Spanish, 1881-1973) written by Ovid (Italian, 43 B.C.-17 A.D.) printed by Louis Fort (French, 19th-20th centuries) published by Albert Skira (Swiss, 1904-1973)