brushman

Do we really want to battle crowds in order to discover, once again, that Rembrandt's a half-decent brushman or that Renoir could handle color?

Blake Gopnik: Fall gallery season full of under-the-radar gems 2010

The prospect of painting sixty cavalry figures was rather daunting, even for a speedy brushman like Der Alte Fritz.

Archive 2008-10-01 Der Alte Fritz 2008

The prospect of painting sixty cavalry figures was rather daunting, even for a speedy brushman like Der Alte Fritz.

The Prussian Gens d'armes (CR10) Der Alte Fritz 2008

It was perhaps merely a contemptuous cleverness which had given him the name among his craft of being a "master brushman."

Madcap George Gibbs 1906

He was the best brushman and colorist of the Florentine school.

A Text-Book of the History of Painting John Charles Van Dyke 1894

Fragonard (1732-1806) followed in a similar style, but was a more knowing man, clever in color, and a much freer and better brushman.

A Text-Book of the History of Painting John Charles Van Dyke 1894

Technically he was not strong as a draughtsman or a brushman, but he had a large feeling for form, great simplicity in line, keen perception of the relations of light and dark, and at times an excellent color-sense.

A Text-Book of the History of Painting John Charles Van Dyke 1894

As a brushman he was a superior man, but not equal to Titian.

A Text-Book of the History of Painting John Charles Van Dyke 1894

Henner (1829 -), fond of form and yet a brushman with an idyllic feeling for light and color in dark surroundings, are painters who may come under the semi-classic grouping.

A Text-Book of the History of Painting John Charles Van Dyke 1894

Degas stands quite by himself, strong in effects of motion, especially with race-horses, fine in color, and a delightful brushman in such subjects as ballet-girls and scenes from the theatre.

A Text-Book of the History of Painting John Charles Van Dyke 1894