Elizabeth’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.

Child's Crib Quilt
Elizabeth Wells Robertson (American, 1884-1956) United States

Life Cast of the Hands and Face of Abraham Lincoln
Leonard Wells Volk (American, 1828–1895)

Sharecropper
Elizabeth Catlett American, active in Mexico, 1915-2012
![And a Special Fear for My Loved Ones, from The Black Woman [formerly The Negro Woman] (published 1946-47)](https://www.artic.edu/iiif/2/431acafc-2f01-28f1-dbfc-2259708271a7/full/400,/0/default.jpg)
And a Special Fear for My Loved Ones, from The Black Woman [formerly The Negro Woman] (published 1946-47)
Elizabeth Catlett American, active in Mexico, 1915-2012

Civil Rights Congress
Elizabeth Catlett American, active in Mexico, 1915-2012

The Shoe Shop
Elizabeth Sparhawk-Jones (American, 1885–1968)

Back on Earth
Elizabeth Murray American, 1940–2007

La Presa
Elizabeth Catlett American, active in Mexico, 1915-2012

Winchelsea: Steps to Queen Elizabeth's Well
Frederick H. Evans English, 1853–1943

Special Houses, from The Black Woman (formerly The Negro Woman) (published 1946-47)
Elizabeth Catlett American, active in Mexico, 1915-2012

"Baby Urr" of Chicago, Evanston
Elizabeth Buehrmann American, 1886–1965

Shop Girls
Elizabeth Sparhawk-Jones (American, 1885–1968)

The Idols
Cady Wells American, 1904-1954

In Other Folk's Homes, from The Black Woman (formerly The Negro Woman) (published 1946-47)
Elizabeth Catlett American, active in Mexico, 1915-2012

'Crazy Quilt' with Animals
Designed and executed by Florence Elizabeth Marvin (American, 1856-1916) Brooklyn Heights, New York, United States

Albert Roullier in His Galleries in Chicago
Elizabeth Buehrmann American, 1886–1965

Untitled
Elizabeth Murray American, 1940-2007

Elizabeth Wells
William Mortensen American, 1897–1965

American Gothic
Elizabeth Layton American, 1909-1993

Train Interior, Oaxaca, Mexico
Elizabeth Timberman American, 1908–1998