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Article: Kainen as collector; Exhibit at National shows late artist's eye for fine prints.(ARTS)(ART)
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- The Washington Times (Washington, DC)
- Article date:
- October 12, 2002
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Byline: Joanna Shaw-Eagle, THE WASHINGTON TIMES
Washington lost one of its Renaissance men last year, but his spirit and energy live on beautifully with "An Artist's Artists: Jacob Kainen's Collection From Rembrandt to David Smith" at the National Gallery of Art.
Mr. Kainen, who died in March last year at age 91, was a painter, printmaker, curator, scholar and art collector. He was known primarily as a master painter of color and light abstractions but also collected intensely and passionately. As an artist, he joined the many before him who amassed work by other artists.
His interests were wide-ranging and always showed a special kind of ...
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