21.   Under his leadership, the NGV acquired major works from antiquity, from Asia and in the area of European painting.

22.   Walter Liedtke, a curator of European painting at the Metropolitan Museum, agrees.

23.   What if the great cache of World War II trophy art recently put on display by the Russian government were made up of African sculptures rather than European paintings?

24.   You could say that the Mondrian set right what the Picasso rent asunder, and that the paintings bracket a definite cycle of radical European painting.

25.   Earlier this week, his Boston museum posted seven European paintings on its Web site, asking the public for help in tracing their history.

26.   For centuries, the life of Giotto, considered the father of European painting, has been wrapped in mystery.

27.   One side says it is the man renowned as the father of European painting.

28.   The museum is also known for displays of historical and modern American art, along with European paintings and sculpture.