Charles’s work is defined by its 19th century sensibility — an enduring influence on generations that followed. Most artists are dead; following is a declaration of love.

Bust of a Woman
Charles Henri Joseph Cordier (French, 1827–1905) Cast by Eck et Durand Fondeur (French, 19th century)

Bust of Saïd Abdullah of the Darfour People
Charles-Henri-Joseph Cordier (French, 1827-1905) Cast by Eck et Durand Fondeur (French, 19th century)

L'Auberge du soleil levant
Charles Joseph Beauverie French, 1839-1923

Shepherd Resting in a Clearing
Henri Joseph Harpignies French, 1819-1916

The Last Drop
Charles Joseph Hullmandel (English 1789-1850) after Thomas Rowlandson (English, 1756-1827)

Trees
Henri Joseph Harpignies French, 1819-1916

Day (Truth)
Ferdinand Hodler Swiss, 1853–1918

Birches and Oaks
Henri Joseph Harpignies French, 1819-1916

It Rocks but is Not Sunk
Charles Meryon French, 1821-1868

The Rapidity of Sleep
Yves Tanguy American, born France, 1900–1955

Christa and Wolfi
Gerhard Richter German, born 1932

Untitled, Paris, March 1937
Charles Biederman (American, 1906–2004)

Reclining Nude
Max Beckmann German, 1884–1950

Midday Sorrow
Angel Planells Spanish, 1901–1989

Hilly Landscape with River
Henri Joseph Harpignies French, 1819-1916

Birth of Venus (Furnishing Fabric)
Engraved by Jean Baptiste Masse (French, 1687-1767) and others after Charles Joseph Natoire (French, 1700-1777) England

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

Whistler's Mother, after Whistler
Henri Charles Guérard (French, 1846-1897) after James McNeill Whistler (American, 1834-1903)

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

Daniel-Henry Kahnweiler
Pablo Picasso Spanish, active France, 1881–1973