Franz’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.

Rosewater Ewer and Basin
Franz Dotte, active c. 1595-1600 Germany, Nuremberg

The Bewitched Mill
Franz Marc German, 1880–1916

Painting
Franz Kline American, 1910-1962

Shovel
Franz Kline American, 1910-1962

Untitled
Franz Kline American, 1910-1962

Sleeping Shepherdess
Franz Marc German, 1880-1916

Mezzetino
Modeler: Bustelli, Franz Anton German, 1723-1763, b. Switzerland

Landscape with River and Distant Hills
Franz Kobell German, 1749-1822

The Bull
Franz Marc German, 1880-1916

Inside the Colosseum
Franz Ludwig Catel (German, 1778–1856)

Horse
Franz Marc German, 1880–1916

Armed Four-Master Sailing Towards a Port, from The Sailing Vessels
Frans Huys (Flemish, c. 1522-1562) after Pieter Bruegel, the elder (Flemish, 1525/30-1569) published by Hieronymus Cock (Flemish, c. 1510–1570)

The Amazon
Franz von Stuck (German, 1863–1928)

Krach
Franz West (with Herbert Brandl) Austrian, 1947–2012

Prince Otto von Bismarck
Franz Seraph von Lenbach (German, 1836–1904)

A Chained Monkey
Franz Brun German, active 1559-1596

Lonely Man
Franz Altschuler American, born 1923

Mourning Madonna
Nymphenburg Porcelain Manufactory (1747–present) Designed by Franz Anton Bustelli (born Switzerland, active Bavaria [now Germany], 1723–1763) Munich

Four-Master and Two Three-Masters Anchored near a Fortified Island with a Lighthouse, from The Sailing Vessels
Frans Huys (Flemish, c. 1522-1562) after Pieter Bruegel, the elder (Flemish, 1525/30-1569) published by Hieronymus Cock (Flemish, c. 1510–1570)

Forest Chapel, Perspective
Franz Lipp (American, 1897–1996) Lee Marzolf (American, 20th Cent.)