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To: Don Pueblo who wrote (15914)	12/29/1998 9:00:00 PM
From: Dayuhan	Read Replies (1) \| Respond to of 71178

TLC, I know little of painting or painters beyond knowing what I like. One I liked enormously was a fellow named Caravaggio, which I understand was a pseudonym. Know nothing at all about the man, but his work kept my attention far longer than those of many better-known names. Tremendous depth, intensity, passion, skill... I babble on about that which I know not. What do you think? Steve

To: Don Pueblo who wrote (15914)	12/29/1998 9:24:00 PM
From: Ilaine	Read Replies (1) \| Respond to of 71178

>>>>>The Van Eyks are credited with "inventing" oil paint as we know it today, but it appears that they just happened to figure out that linseed oil worked<<<<< Interesting fact, but puzzling. As you no doubt know, boiled linseed oil goes on easy, is amenable to solvents, cleans off pretty easy, but dries into a hard, smooth, impervious layer that can bear the process being repeated over and over as the layers dry. It's frequently used for furniture, although it has a tendency to darken and pick up dirt. It is traditional for people to make a practice of rubbing their furniture with boiled linseed oil once a year or so. I don't know enough about the history of paint and varnish to know when linseed oil was first used as a paint solvent and furniture varnish, but I would be surprised if it were not long before the Van Eyks.