How to have icons with a WM (without installing a whole DE)

Hi!
I was wondering if it was possible to have desktop icons with TWM/FluxBox/IceWM alone, without installing a desktop environment. As far as I know, file managers do this in DEs but then simply installing a file manager while running a WM doesn't put icons on the screen...
Thank you in advance!

Thank you guys! I actually searched not only through the wiki but tried to google it too. Now I feel sorry to have opened a thread that can be solved with a link from the wiki. Maybe I should have looked better... Nevertheless, thank you for the information.
I was trying to make a lightweight system so looks like nautilus isn't for me (as Trilby said I will need to install gnome too, which is too heavy for my goals). I will however try to make it show the files that are in /user/Desktop/ for the sake of it... I don't like leaving things halfway done! Then I will maybe move on to rox and pcmanfm but one thing is for sure - I LOVE icons and it doesn't matter how lightweight a system is, for me, it is a must to have icons
And about Tdy's responce:
I haven't thought about these icons you said. I actually wanted that everything in /user/Desktop be showed on the desktop but I sure think that those you suggested would come in handy too. I will think about them after I have finished the main task, that is - the /user/Desktop/ thing
Thank you again!

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