Gray’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.

Mutative Iris
Gray Foy American, born 1922

Picture of Dorian Gray
Ivan Albright (American, 1897–1983)

Brig on the Water
Gustave Le Gray French, 1820–1884

Waterloo Bridge, Gray Weather
Claude Monet (French, 1840–1926)

Cloudy Sky, Mediterranean Sea
Gustave Le Gray French, 1820–1884

Composition with Black and Gray
Claude Ronald Bentley American, 1915-1990

Composition (No. 1) Gray-Red
Piet Mondrian Dutch, 1872–1944

Armchair
Designed by William Gray Purcell (American, 1880–1965), George Feick Jr. (American, 1881–1945), and George Grant Elmslie (American, born Scotland, 1869–1952) Purcell, Feick and Elmslie, Architects

Dorian Gray
Ivan Albright (American, 1897–1983)

The Great Wave, Sète
Gustave Le Gray French, 1820–1884

Number 19
Mark Rothko (Marcus Rothkowitz) American, born Russia (Latvia), 1903–1970

Portrait of a Man with Gray Hair
Henry Raeburn (Scottish, 1756–1823)

Tree, Forest of Fontainebleau
Gustave Le Gray French, 1820–1884

Map of North America (Handkerchief)
Engraved by R. Gray (Scottish, 1811) after Robert Wilkinson (1804) Scotland, Glasgow

Chalons Encampment: Maneuvers on October 3 (Camp de Châlons: manoeuvres du 3 octobre)
Gustave Le Gray French, 1820–1884

Solar Effect in the Clouds-Ocean
Gustave Le Gray French, 1820–1884

Lozenge Composition with Yellow, Black, Blue, Red, and Gray
Piet Mondrian Dutch, 1872–1944

Ships in the Harbor at Sète
Gustave Le Gray French, 1820–1884

The Beach at Sainte-Adresse, with the Dumont Baths
Gustave Le Gray French, 1820–1884

Lady in Green and Gray
Thomas Wilmer Dewing (American, 1851–1938)