Word: offhanded
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Dates: during 1990-1990
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...Rowlandson had none of Hogarth's ambition for major categories of art, not just history painting, but oil painting itself. He was perfectly content with pen and watercolor. But his mastery of them was complete, and it shows everywhere: in the supple energy of his line, in the feathery offhand signs for foliage and clouds, in the unerring grasp of tone that enabled him to particularize those dense, rowdy friezes of people so coherently against the pale buildings and landscapes...