Hans’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.

Lucius Mutius, Scipio Africanus, and Paulus Aemilius (recto) Battle Scene (verso) from Officia M.T.C., plate 23 from Woodcuts from Books of the XVI Century
Hans Weiditz II (Master of Petrarch) (German, c.1495-1536) assembled by Max Geisberg (Swiss, 1875-1943)

Illustration from Von dem Troianischen Krieg, plate 24 from Woodcuts from Books of the XVI Century
Hans Weiditz II (Master of Petrarch) (German, c.1495-1536) assembled by Max Geisberg (Swiss, 1875-1943)

Christwurz (Hellebore) from Herbarium (Kräuterbuch), plate 96 from Woodcuts from Books of the XVI Century
Hans Weiditz II (Master of Petrarch) (German, c.1495-1536) assembled by Max Geisberg (Swiss, 1875-1943)

The Golden Wall
Hans Hofmann American, born Germany, 1880-1966

Virgin and Child
Hans Memling (Netherlandish, c. 1430–1494)

The Emperor Maximilian Presented to Christ by His Patron Saints
Hans Springinklee German, c. 1495-after 1522

Blue Rhythm
Hans Hofmann American, born Germany, 1880-1966

Apollo and Marsyas
Hans Thoma (German, 1839–1924)

The Actors Tamazawa Saijiro I as the pageboy Umezaburo and Segawa Kikunojo I as Oroku in the play "Sazareishi Suehiro Genji," performed at the Nakamura Theater in the first month, 1744
Torii Kiyomasu II Japanese, 1706 (?)–1763 (?)

Eight Boys
Sebald Beham German, 1500-1550

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

Growth
Jean (Hans) Arp French, born Germany (Alsace), 1886–1966

Christ Carrying the Cross
Attributed to Hans Maler (German, c. 1480–by 1529)

Portrait of a Lady of the Wentworth Family (Probably Jane Cheyne)
Hans Eworth (Flemish, active England, 1545–73/74)

Susano-o no Mikoto Killing the Eight-headed Dragon
Torii Kiyomasu II Japanese, 1706 (?)–1763 (?)

The Poet
Hans Hofmann American, born Germany, 1880-1966

The Actor Segawa Kikunojo I as Hanjo in the play "Tsumagoi Sumidagawa," performed at the Nakamura Theater in the third month, 1733
Torii Kiyomasu II Japanese, 1706 (?)–1763 (?)

The Martyrdom of Saint Sebastian
Hans Baldung Grien German, 1484/85-1545

The Doll (La Poupée)
Hans Bellmer German, born Poland, 1902–1975