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

Two Sketches of Seated Female Nude
Attributed to Baron François Pascal Simon Gérard French, 1770-1837

Christa and Wolfi
Gerhard Richter German, born 1932

Reclining Nude
Max Beckmann German, 1884–1950

Midday Sorrow
Angel Planells Spanish, 1901–1989

The Shower
Charles François Daubigny French, 1817-1878

Joseph, baron de Podenas
Honoré-Victorin Daumier (French, 1808–1879)

Portrait of the Maistre Sisters
Antoine-Jean Gros (French, 1771–1835)

Are They Thinking about the Grape? (Pensent-ils au raisin?)
François Boucher (French, 1703–1770)

Portrait of the Painter Baron François Gérard
Jean F. Gigoux French, 1806-1894

La durée poignardée (Time Transfixed)
René Magritte Belgian, 1898–1967

Dead Fowl
Chaim Soutine Born Minsk (Russian Empire, now Belarus), 1893; died Paris, 1943

Madame François Buron
Jacques-Louis David (French, 1748–1825)