On 2021-02-20 3:31 AM (-4), Thomas de Groot wrote:
> 
>  My real intention was the re-creation of those 19th 
> century ideas about the country side (sometimes stimulated by underlying 
> social viewpoints) especially after the invention of paint tubes which 
> enabled artists to work in the open air.

It never occurred to me that an invention I take for granted would be so 
consequential.  But of course in the days when artists had to grind 
their own pigments, the paint would have dried out faster outdoors.

My gosh, and stuck inside with all that turpentine!

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