James’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.

Lena Passenger House, Lena, Illinois, Plan, Elevations, and Sections
James Nocquel American, 19th century

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

Untitled
James McGarrell American, born 1930

Nocturne: Blue and Gold—Southampton Water
James McNeill Whistler (American, 1834–1903)

James William Wallack
Charles Robert Leslie American, born England, 1794–1859

At Mouquin's
William Glackens (American, 1870–1938)

James Vibert, Sculptor
Ferdinand Hodler Swiss, 1853-1918

Windmill, Veere
James McBey American, born Scotland, 1883-1959

Many Mansions
Kerry James Marshall American, born 1955

Butterfly
James McNeill Whistler American, 1834-1903

Mary (Polly) Lawton Bringhurst
James Peale (American, 1749–1831)

Lady Elizabeth Montagu
James McArdell (Irish, c. 1728-1765) after Sir Joshua Reynolds (English, 1723-1792)

Title Page, from A select collection of views and ruins in Rome and its vicinity
James Merigot French, active in England, 1760-1824 published by James Merigot and Richard Edwards (English, active c. 1795)

Coverlet
James Cunningham (American, born Scottish, c. 1797-after 1865) United States, New York, Oneida County, New Hartford

Design cover for West Point Song of the Graduates
James McNeill Whistler American, 1834-1903

Nude
James Van Der Zee American, 1886–1983

A Small Tower (Moonlight)
James Pryde Scottish, 1869-1941

Still Life with Fish and Shells
James Ensor (Belgian, 1860–1949)

Death of Jezebel
James Ensor Belgian, 1860-1949

Daddy Grace at the Altar with Choir
James Van Der Zee American, 1886–1983