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The painter was well-versed in ancient literature and philosophy, and he was instrumental in establishing a new European idea of art as a living, evolving, intellectual activity, following centuries of craft-based medieval practice.

As RCI employees walk through remaining work to be done on the mount, museum staff visiting from Los Angeles mark the location of the future hall’s entryway with painter’s tape on the warehouse floor.

Considered one of the greatest painters of his age, Auerbach died peacefully at his home in London on Monday morning.

The statement said authorities were tipped off in 2023 after they seized about 200 fake pieces from the collection of a businessman in Pisa, including a copy of a drawing by Italian painter Amedeo Modigliani.

He immediately sent a letter to Dan and Marian Johnson of the Willard Gallery in New York, describing him as "one of the finest" painters he had ever seen.