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Article: Exhibit Unveils Long-Hidden Impressionists; National Gallery Displays Masterpieces Kept From Public by Pennsylvania Collector
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- The Washington Post
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- May 3, 1993
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If the eccentric Pennsylvania art collector had had his way, none
of the hundreds of art lovers standing in line outside the National
Gallery of Art yesterday would have been allowed to see his
collection of masterpieces by Renoir, Cezanne, Matisse, van Gogh and
others.
Instead, Washingtonians, as well as visitors who postponed trips
home to London, Seattle, Dallas and Detroit, got close enough to the
paintings to study brush strokes, search for artistic secrets and
offer their own critiques.
"This is so different from his style," one woman whispered as she
scanned Renoir's "Garden Scene in Brittany."
"I thought it was somebody else. The lines are so sharp."
"Picasso knew what he was ...