21.   She took that money and began buying early American paintings.

22.   So it makes sense for the Met, near the front of the exhibition, to mix early paintings with rocks of a later date.

23.   Sometimes, as in the early paintings on the theme of Oedipus, the unhappy ending is a given.

24.   Sure enough, Paris is there in the early paintings and drawings.

25.   The DIA Center for the Arts goes op with an exhibition of the early paintings of Bridget Riley.

26.   The effect of this diffuse light washing over the gilded surfaces of early Italian paintings is nothing short of celestial.

27.   The gold grounds of early Renaissance paintings, for example, are both cooled and highlighted by pewter-colored plaster.

28.   The subdued glow of his early paintings gave way to brilliant African sunlight, bold, festive colors and native subjects.

29.   Think of Picasso, whose early paintings are both a homage and a challenge to Cezanne, a master he revered and grappled with.

30.   Unfortunately, as forerunners, Murray and Rothenberg get only one early painting each in the exhibition.