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

Mrs. Noah Smith and Family
Attributed to Ezra Ames American, 1768–1836 Copy after Ralph Earl American, 1751–1801

Syrian Bunker Overlooking Kibbutz Ha'on, End of Six Day War
Micha Bar-Am Israeli, born 1930

Little Landscape at the Seaside (Kleine Landschaft am Meer)
Gerhard Richter German, born 1932

Rain at Ushibori (Ame no Ushibori)
Kawase Hasui 川瀬 巴水 Japanese, 1883-1957

I Am On My Vacation, New York
Irving Penn American, 1917–2009

I Do I Have I Am
Saul Steinberg American, born Romania, 1914-1999

Villa Am Strande 1
Lyonel Feininger American, 1871-1956

Dish
Germany, Frankfurt

I Am Don Juan Tenorio
Manuel Manilla Mexican, 1830-c.1900

The Egyptian Israeli Peace Talks: portrait of Egyptian President Anwar Sadat smoking pipe before talks in Ismailia, Cairo
Micha Bar-Am Israeli, born 1930

Damaged road-signs to be replaced, Sinai
Micha Bar-Am Israeli, born 1930

Fatah women prisoners looking through barred window, Neve Tirza, Israel
Micha Bar-Am Israeli, born 1930

Portrait of Black Hebrew mother holding baby in crowd, Mount Zion, Israel
Micha Bar-Am Israeli, born 1930

Love in Rain, Snow and Hail (Ame yuki arare ni yosuru koi)
Kitagawa Utamaro 喜多川 歌麿 Japanese, c.1753-1806

Rain the Morning After in the Pleasure Quarter (Seiro kinuginu no ame)
Eishosai Choki Japanese, active c. 1790s-early 1800s

I am in K, and I am in T
Alexis Jean Fournier American, born France, 1865-1948

Omiya in Rain (Ame no Omiya)
Kawase Hasui 川瀬 巴水 Japanese, 1883-1957

Daniel Webster
Thomas Ball (American, 1819–1911) Cast by James Tyler Ames (American, 1810–1883) Chicopee, Massachusetts

I Am Don Juan Tenorio
José Guadalupe Posada Mexican, 1852-1913

Moira Shearer in 'I Am a Camera'
Angus McBean Welsh, 1904–1990