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Old 08-18-2004, 05:46 PM   #4
Joan Breckwoldt Joan Breckwoldt is offline
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Likeness

Thank you Claudemir and Carl,

Hmm, even if he didn't get a good likeness, I think some people must just paint very fast. I'm not worried about painting fast, first I must learn how to paint well, but it just really struck me that someone could paint a face to such a finished level in one short sitting.

Even if his paintings were rejected sometimes, I think so many of them are beautiful today, and at this point the likeness doesn't even matter since it's some 200 plus years later. So, even for a figurative painter he was fast. I guess it takes a lot of practice.

Joan
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