But in the mid-1920's, it was enough to buy one great painting after another for the national collections.

You might ask what makes a great painting or symphony.

All of this is not to say that there aren't great paintings here.

He created a lot of great paintings in next 10 years.

If a great painting came onto the market he had to have it no matter what.

Nobody in the art world has anything against truly great painting!

When the great paintings come up, they somehow have to be got.

I thought he had a lot of great paintings left in him.

Buying great paintings is, on the whole, a very different matter.

Most important, it has rooms that get the best out of great painting.