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Word: bitumen (lookup in dictionary) (lookup stats)
Dates: during 1926-1926
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This period has seen no painter with such a brave conceit. Some critics have thought that John Singer Sargent might have had it, but evidently he did not, for his paintings have begun to decay. Not noticeablyless. Sargent had a way of using bitumen and laying thin pigments on heavier ones; he painted as carelessly as if his masterpieces were no more than the facile originals for magazine covers or cigaret advertisements...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Decaying Sargents | 1/25/1926 | See Source »

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