Drawing and colour are not separate at all; in so far as you paint, you draw. The more the colour harmonizes, the more exact the drawing becomes.
- Paul Cezanne
Creativity is allowing yourself to
make mistakes. Art is knowning
which ones to keep.
- Scot Adams
 

 

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Max Ernst: Illustrated Books
March 2 - Sept 6, 2008
Natioinal Gallery of Art (U.S.), DC
Medieval to Modern: Recent Acquisitions of Drawings, Prints and Illustrated Books
May 4 - Nov 2, 2008
Natioinal Gallery of Art, DC, USA
Raw Nerve! The Political Art of Steve Brodner
June 7- Oct 26, 2008
Norman Rockwell Museum, MA
Tiepolo Drawings from the Robert Lehman Collection
To August 17, 2008
Metropolitan Museum of Art, NY
Drawings and Prints: Selections from the Permanent Collection
To Oct 19, 2008
Metropolitan Museum of Art, NY
Double Lives: American Painters as Illustrators, 1850-1950
Sept 6 - Nov 23, 2008
Brandywine River Museum, DE
Frank E. Schoonover: An Artist for All Seasons
Nov 22, 2008 - Jan 11, 2009
Delaware Art Museum, DE


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