Artist

Charles F. Murphy

1890–1985

132130

Works

Years lived

20th Century

Style

Charles’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.

Selected works

132130 pieces

Water Tower Place, Chicago, Illinois, Perspective

C.F. Murphy, Associate, in joint venture with Loebl, Schlossman, Bennett & Dart American, 1925-75 Designed by Gene Summers with Helmut Jahn Delineated by Wojciech Madeyski

McCormick Place: Perspective View Looking toward Lake

Gene Summers, designer and delineator, for C.F. Murphy Associates American, 1928–2011 Assisted by Helmut Jahn (design) and Tom Burke (delineating)

Portions of a Field Armor

Jacob Halder (English, 1558–1608) Royal Workshops of Greenwich, England

Candida and Her Mother, Celia, II

Dawoud Bey American, born 1953

Stairs

Catherine Murphy American, born 1946

Still Life, Self-Portrait, Landscape

Catherine F. Murphy American, born 1946

Still Life with Apple and Cacti

Catherine F. Murphy American, born 1946

Hussar's Armor

Polish

Pikeman Armor for an Officer

English, Greenwich

Display Cabinet

Louis-Désire-Eugène Gaillard French, 1862-1933

After Franz Marc: 1-6

Sherrie Levine American, born 1947

Elements of an Armor for the Joust in the Italian Fashion

South German; Augsburg

Oneika I

Dawoud Bey American, born 1953

Infantry Armor

German, possibly Cologne

Infantry Armor

Northern German, Brunswick

Saint James the Greater

Master F.P. (Italian, c. 1530-1550) or after Girolamo Francesco Maria Mazzola, called Il Parmigianino (Italian, 1503-1540)

Seven Continents Restaurant, O'Hare International Airport, Chicago, Illinois, Reflective Ceiling Plan

C. F. Murphy Associates (American, 1959-1981) Gertrude Lempp Kerbis (American, 1926-2016)

Centerpiece and Stand with Pair of Sugar Casters

Meissen Porcelain Manufactory (1710–present) Model by Johann Joachim Kändler (born Saxony [now Germany], 1706–1775) Meissen, Electorate of Saxony (now Germany)

Landscape in the Style of Ancient Masters: Songxuezhai Lan Ying

Lan Ying (Chinese, 1585-c. 1664)

It Rocks but is Not Sunk

Charles Meryon French, 1821-1868