1.   American paintings found in London will go to New York, where the market is.

2.   Among the many American paintings bequeathed to the society and hanging here are works by George Harvey, Fitz Hugh Lane and Granville Perkins.

3.   And American paintings were not as highly valued then as they are today.

4.   And when the Brooklyn Museum of Art burrowed deep in its American paintings storerooms not long ago, it came up with pretty good finds.

5.   A new exhibit opening Sunday at the Los Angeles County Museum of Art explores two turn-of-the-century movements in American painting.

6.   A noticeable concentration of visible storage centers are in collections of American paintings, furniture, silverware, glassware and historical memorabilia.

7.   But American paintings were a hard sell, Mann said.

8.   But experts in the field of American paintings say the museum made arrangements to buy the pastel months before the auctions in November and December.

9.   But for the first time the Fed has allowed part of that collection, which is dominated by American paintings, to be shown beyond its own headquarters.

10.   Decorativeness is a tradition in American painting, and it has produced mediocre art and also great art.