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

Basketry Jar
San Carlos Apache San Carlos, Arizona, United States

Ceremonial Basket with Spiral Design
Western Apache Salt River Canyon, Arizona, United States

Head of Child
Carlo Maratti Italian, 1625-1713

Refugee Camp, Ruins in Background, San Francisco Earthquake and Fire
Arnold Genthe American, born Germany, 1869–1942

Ruins of Church Looking North-East or East; Yerba Buena Island in far Right Distance) San Francisco Earthquake and Fire
Arnold Genthe American, born Germany, 1869–1942

The Crucifixion
Carlo Crivelli (Italian, about 1430–about 1495)

Horsemen of the Apocalypse
Carlo Carrà Italian, 1881-1966

Owa-nganroro (Mad Stone Eater Kachina)
Carver unknown (Hopi) First Mesa, Arizona

The Burning City, San Francisco Earthquake and Fire
Arnold Genthe American, born Germany, 1869–1942

Cooking on the street, San Francisco Earthquake and Fire
Arnold Genthe American, born Germany, 1869–1942

Cobra Chair
Designed by Carlo Bugatti Italian, 1856-1940 Italy

Mourners in a Graveyard
Carlo Labruzzi Italian, 1748-1818

Historians of the Tribe
Frederic Remington (American, 1861–1909)

Seed Jar with Sikyátki Motifs
Nampeyo (Hopi-Tewa Corn Clan, 1859–1942) Hopi, First Mesa, Arizona

Prints from the Popol-Vuh
Carlos Mérida Mexican, born Guatemala, 1891-1984

Polychrome Jar
Hopi Hopi, First Mesa, Arizona, United States

Two Apaches in Paris
Brassaï (Gyula Halász) French, born Hungary (now Romania), 1899–1984

Bowl with a Figure Holding a Macaw
Hopi, Sikyatki Polychrome Hopi, First Mesa, Arizona, United States

Basket
Panamint Northern California, United States

Assumption of the Virgin
School of Carlo Maratti Italian, 1612-1666