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The Story of Manet

In the December 2010 issue of The Artist’s Magazine, Jerry N. Weiss discusses Edouard Manet’s Fifer (1866, oil on canvas, 63×38), which was rejected from the Salon because of the scandal that arose from Manet’s earlier picture, Olympia, (oil, 51.4×74.8, now at the Musee d’Orsay, Paris) shown in 1865.
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Cleaning and Caring for Brushes

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A workman has to take good care of his tools, and so do artists. Carolyn Lord and Frank Francese work in transparent watercolor; Chris Saper and Rob Liberace work in oil; here they reveal their tips for keeping their brushes in good shape in a web extra to "A Bevy of Brushes" in the November 2010 issue of The Artist’s Magazine.
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