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

Seventeenth-Century Interior
Charles Gifford Dyer (American, 1846–1912)

Mrs. Charles Gifford Dyer (Mary Anthony)
John Singer Sargent (American, 1856–1925)

The Puff of Smoke
Gifford Beal (American, 1879–1956)

East River
Gifford Beal American, 1879-1956

At the Hippodrome
Gifford Beal (American, 1879–1956)

Tall Case Clock
Painted by Uriah Dyer (American, 1849–1927) Works by Silas Hoadley (American, 1786–1870)

Mist Rising at Sunset in the Catskills
Sanford Robinson Gifford (American, 1823–1880)

Fishing Boats, Rockport
Gifford Beal American, 1879-1956

Cows in a Pond at Sunset
Sanford Robinson Gifford (American, 1823–1880)

Kauterskill Clove, Catskill Mountains
Sanford Robinson Gifford (American, 1823–1880)

It Rocks but is Not Sunk
Charles Meryon French, 1821-1868

Street in New Orleans
Briggs Dyer American, 1911-1970

Still Life: Apples and Green Glass
Charles Demuth American, 1883-1935

Sheet of Sketches: Elephant, Horses and Costumes
Gifford Beal American, 1879-1956

Performing Seals and Riders
Gifford Beal American, 1879-1956

Hinoki
Charles Ray American, born 1953

Landscape
Jean Charles Cazin (French, 1841–1901)

The Shower
Charles François Daubigny French, 1817-1878

L'Auberge du soleil levant
Charles Joseph Beauverie French, 1839-1923

...And the Home of the Brave
Charles Demuth (American, 1883–1935)