Charles-Étienne’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.

Crowning of Voltaire
Charles-Etienne Gaucher (French, 1741-1804) after Jean Michel Moreau (French, 1741-1814)

It Rocks but is Not Sunk
Charles Meryon French, 1821-1868

Charles-Guillaume Ètienne
Honoré-Victorin Daumier (French, 1808–1879)

Battle of the Naked Men, from Combats and Triumphs
Etienne Delaune French, 1518/19-c.1583

Portrait of Honoré Daumier
Etienne Carjat French, 1828-1906

Still Life: Apples and Green Glass
Charles Demuth American, 1883-1935

Music
Etienne Delaune French, c. 1519-1583

Portrait of Marthe Marie Tronchin
Jean-Étienne Liotard Swiss, 1702-1789

Hinoki
Charles Ray American, born 1953

Landscape
Jean Charles Cazin (French, 1841–1901)

Charles Baudelaire (French poet, critic, and writer, 1821-1867)
Etienne Carjat French 1828–1906

The Shower
Charles François Daubigny French, 1817-1878

The Death of Adonis
Etienne Delaune French, c. 1519-1583

The Outdoor Market, from Village Festivals
After a design by Étienne Jeaurat (1699–1789) Woven at the workshop of Léonard Roby (active c. 1750–1789) France, Aubusson

L'Auberge du soleil levant
Charles Joseph Beauverie French, 1839-1923

...And the Home of the Brave
Charles Demuth (American, 1883–1935)

Harvest Talk
Charles White American, 1918-1979

Alexandre Dumas (French novelist and playwright, 1802-1870)
Étienne Carjat French, 1828–1906

The Artist Looks at Nature
Charles Sheeler (American, 1883–1965)

Combat of Centaurs and Lapiths, from Combats and Triumphs
Etienne Delaune French, 1518/19-c.1583