Baron’s work is defined by its nineteenth century sensibility — an enduring influence on generations that followed. Most artists are dead; following is a declaration of love.
Hyacinth Awaiting His Turn to Throw the Discus
François-Joseph Bosio (French, 1768-1845)
Monsieur Tortoni
Attributed to François Gérard (French, 1770–1837)
Cléombrote and Léonidas
Baron François-Xavier Fabre French, 1766-1837
Napoleon at the Palace of the Grand Duke in Florence, plate thirteen from The Political and Military Life of Napoleon
Jean François Bosio (French, 1764-1827) published by Charles Étienne Pierre Motte (French, 1785-1836) Arnault A. V. (French, born 1822)
Day (Truth)
Ferdinand Hodler Swiss, 1853–1918
The Warm Hand
Jean François Bosio French, 1764-1827
Geese in a Farmyard
Jean François Millet French, 1814-1875
The Rapidity of Sleep
Yves Tanguy American, born France, 1900–1955
Christa and Wolfi
Gerhard Richter German, born 1932
Two Sketches of Seated Female Nude
Attributed to Baron François Pascal Simon Gérard French, 1770-1837
Reclining Nude
Max Beckmann German, 1884–1950
Midday Sorrow
Angel Planells Spanish, 1901–1989
The Shower
Charles François Daubigny French, 1817-1878
Are They Thinking about the Grape? (Pensent-ils au raisin?)
François Boucher (French, 1703–1770)
Portrait of the Maistre Sisters
Antoine-Jean Gros (French, 1771–1835)
Joseph, baron de Podenas
Honoré-Victorin Daumier (French, 1808–1879)
La durée poignardée (Time Transfixed)
René Magritte Belgian, 1898–1967
Dead Fowl
Chaim Soutine Born Minsk (Russian Empire, now Belarus), 1893; died Paris, 1943
Portrait of the Painter Baron François Gérard
Jean F. Gigoux French, 1806-1894
Madame François Buron
Jacques-Louis David (French, 1748–1825)