Cross’s work is defined by its coastal west africa sensibility — an enduring influence on generations that followed. Most artists are dead; following is a declaration of love.

Hippopotamus
Cross River Region Southern Nigeria Coastal West Africa

Headdress
Ejagham Cross River region, Nigeria Coastal West Africa

Beach at Cabasson (Baigne-Cul)
Henri Edmond Cross (French, 1856–1910)

Studio Window
Gwendolyn Cross English, 1900-1966

Les Champs Élysées
Henri Edmond Cross French, 1856-1910

Christ Carrying the Cross
Master of the Worcester Carrying of the Cross (active c. 1400–c. 1450)

Study for "The Vermonter"
Ivan Albright (American, 1897–1983)

Antibes
Attributed to Henri Edmond Cross French, 1856-1910

Black Cross, New Mexico
Georgia O'Keeffe (American, 1887–1986)

Three Men, Half-Length
Henri Edmond Cross French, 1856-1910

Lions on the Dreyfus Fund III
Larry Rivers American, 1923–2002

St. George Killing the Dragon
Master B with Two Crossed Daggers German, died 1499

Crossing the River at Sano
Okumura Masanobu Japanese, 1686-1764

Harmonized Region
Paul Klee German, born Switzerland, 1879-1940

Cross
Central Ethiopia Eastern and Southern Africa

Processional Cross with Saint Mary Magdalene and a Blessed Hermit
Lorenzo Monaco (Italian, 1370/75–1425)

Red Cross
Walter Richard Sickert British, 1860-1942

Portrait of a Donor (recto); Saint Anthony of Padua (verso)
Hans Memling (Netherlandish, c. 1430–1494)

The Bewitched Mill
Franz Marc German, 1880–1916

City of Chicago
Red Grooms (American, born 1937) and Mimi Gross (American, born 1940) with Ruckus Construction Company