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The Painted Past

Essays and films on painters, places, and time.

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John Atkinson Grimshaw

John Atkinson Grimshaw

The Silent Streets

James McNeill Whistler

James McNeill Whistler

The Art of Restraint

David Young Cameron

David Young Cameron

The Weight of Stone

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The Theater

Films exploring the lives and work of the painters.

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The Painted Past is a collection of writings and films approaching art not as a subject to be mastered, but as evidence of history, belief, and craft.

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