Word: castagno
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Dates: during 1950-1959
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...more beautiful than all those dry, thin abstractions inside the gallery. It made me want to paint the richness we can see and feel." He went to Italy, where the Renaissance had spread its richness across acres of church and palace walls. Inspired by Giotto, Uccello and Andrea del Castagno, he resolved to paint, as they had, for the millions: "I stick to my idea of a clear, firm, simple and precise art that everyone can understand...
...keep draining Europe forever," says President Fowles. "Finally you get to the bottom of the barrel." But Duveen's barrel is still well padded. For sale last week : five Rembrandts, four Botticellis, six Bellinis, three Titians, three Gainsboroughs, two Giorgiones, one Fra Angelico, one Castagno and 600 other lesser English, Dutch, French and Italian old lights...