Jean-Joseph’s work is defined by its nineteenth century sensibility — an enduring influence on generations that followed. Most artists are dead; following is a declaration of love.
Le Grenouillard (Frog-Man)
Jean-Joseph Carriès (French, 1855–1894)
Day (Truth)
Ferdinand Hodler Swiss, 1853–1918
Man Lighting Girl's Cigarette (Jean Patchett), New York
Irving Penn American, 1917–2009
Virgil Reading the "Aeneid" to Augustus, Octavia, and Livia
Jean Baptiste Joseph Wicar (French, 1762–1834)
Portrait of Jean-Joseph Cassanéa de Mondonville
Maurice-Quentin de La Tour French, 1704–1788
Black & White Vogue Cover (Jean Patchett), New York
The Rapidity of Sleep
Yves Tanguy American, born France, 1900–1955
Christa and Wolfi
Gerhard Richter German, born 1932
Summer Sleep, New York
Reclining Nude
Max Beckmann German, 1884–1950
Midday Sorrow
Angel Planells Spanish, 1901–1989
La durée poignardée (Time Transfixed)
René Magritte Belgian, 1898–1967
Dead Fowl
Chaim Soutine Born Minsk (Russian Empire, now Belarus), 1893; died Paris, 1943
Champs de Mars: The Red Tower
Robert Delaunay French, 1885–1941
Madam Pompadour
Amedeo Modigliani Italian, 1884–1920
Inventions of the Monsters
Salvador Dalí Spanish, 1904–1989
The Railway Crossing (Sketch)
Fernand Léger French, 1881–1955
Joseph Sold by his Brothers
Master of the Die (Italian, active c. 1530-1560) after Raffaello Sanzio, called Raphael (Italian, 1483-1520)
The Awakening of the Forest
Paul Delvaux Belgian, 1897–1994
The Blue Forest
Max Ernst French, born Germany, 1891–1976