31. To see the painting today is to see six decades slip away. 32. We see these paintings differently in the context of an agonizing, consuming war. 33. We have been too secure to really see these paintings before. 34. Well, no, Skinner painting expert Colleene Fesko said when she saw the painting in person. 35. A neighbor back home knew the head of the Portsmouth Museums, whom Face invited to see the paintings. 36. Gordy Cwik of Landrum, S.C., first saw the painting in his local newspaper. 37. Heiner told the jury that as a Catholic, he saw the painting as a continuation of centuries-old slurs against Mary by critics of Jesus. 38. Humphries, a Melbourne resident who has visited the Victoria gallery many times, said he was uncomfortable at first seeing the paintings outside their usual order. 39. It is the first time that Rothko paintings have been seen in the West Country. 40. The collection also gave Spaniards an unusual chance to see many paintings of their native son, many of whose most famous works are held outside the country. |