1.   It is said that some crime syndicates have collected so many paintings that they have set up their own galleries.

2.   Blount started a National Postal Art Show, and began collecting paintings when he want back to his family company in Montgomery, Ala.

3.   A self-made connoisseur of art and architecture, Chiat collected paintings and hired Frank Gehry to design offices.

4.   Five years ago, I started to collect paintings most people hate.

5.   He saw his task as not only collecting provocative paintings for himself, but preserving a valuable record of Russian culture.

6.   His older brother Samuel ran the business, collected Impressionist paintings and founded the Courtauld Institute of Art in London.

7.   Reed collected European paintings, but his historical significance lies in his support of living American painters, notably Thomas Cole, founder of the Hudson River School.

8.   She systematically collected English paintings for the Winter Palace and her country residences.

9.   The Colins also loved Dubuffet and collected paintings, prints and sculptures by the artist.

10.   There she began collecting contemporary painting, and it was through the art world that her unplanned career as a music patron began.