old master

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Brown partnered with Slater, who was as good as his word, improving on the Arkwright model and turning out yarn that his old master in Derbyshire—to whom Slater sent a sample—labeled excellent.

From Barron's

A venerable London art dealer, Patrick Matthiesen was in his second-floor gallery office last year surrounded by stacks of books on the old masters when he opened an email that confirmed his worst fears.

From The Wall Street Journal

These feelings, amplified conceptually by Mr. Party’s reference to the copying of old masters, make for a surprising show in which less is more.

From The Wall Street Journal

In 1892, the Finnish Art Society sent her to St. Petersburg, Russia, to paint copies of works in the Hermitage and then, in 1894, to Vienna and Florence to copy old masters.

From The Wall Street Journal

Now that it’s an auction house, the public can walk in free and view a regularly revolving slate of offerings, from rare books to old master paintings to dinosaur skeletons, depending on the sale calendar.

From The Wall Street Journal