Word: paint
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Dates: during 1950-1959
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...loaf of fresh bread (without the crust) for gently erasing dirt, and perhaps some soapy water and varnish. Now a new breed of "scientific" restorers, equipped with a surgeon's tools, a chemist's swabs, and a burning curiosity about what lies under the next layer of paint, has moved into most of the world's great museums. At best, their efforts have resulted in such spectacular triumphs as the restoration of Leonardo's Last Supper (TIME, Oct. 4, 1954). But all too often their scientific zeal has destroyed what it was meant to preserve. Last...
...overall effect is sympathetic, not showy. Copley had figured out how to paint what he saw, and what he saw was not merely a subject for his brush but a real human being...
...there. On the eve of the Revolution, Copley (who hewed to the opinion that political contests are "neither pleasing to an artist or advantageous to the art itself") set sail for England. He left behind a gallery of American portraits destined to live, amaze and inspire as long as paint holds to canvas...
Underneath the robe was the original paint, heavily damaged, but identified by Richardson as "characteristic Van Eyck color-a clear, deep crimson." As to the value of Detroit's find, one of 30-odd Van Eycks in existence, Richardson pointed out that Manhattan's Frick Collection paid a reported $750,000 for a Virgin and Child by Van Eyck and his follower, Petrus Christus. Already one dealer has offered Detroit $400,000 for its St. Jerome. But Director Richardson had a firm answer: the painting is not for sale...
...Francisco's Standard Building Co.. which has handled several thousand trade-in deals, sends appraisers to the prospective buyer's old house, tries to offer a fair market price. Once the deal goes through, Standard modernizes the trade-in, gives it a fresh coat of paint, then sells it. Standard expects little profit on the old house, makes its money on the new ones it sells...