31.   The painting has the off-center, apparently accidental look of which Degas was a supreme master.

32.   Typically composed of small, geometric shapes, his acrylic paintings have an unusual vibrancy of color and design.

33.   Yet to the modern eye, the painting may have a different feeling.

34.   Almost every painting has a story.

35.   American painting had little influence on him, but he influenced American painters of his time.

36.   But selection committee member Maria Lavman said the paintings have true merit.

37.   Icon paintings have a central place in the Russian Orthodox Church, where they form the backdrop for all religious services.

38.   Its wall-to-wall paintings have colors so bright they appear to have been only recently applied.

39.   One painting has the lady of the house knitting in front of a cabinet on top of which sits a gramophone with its petal-shaped horn speaker.

40.   The National Gallery painting has a foot sliced off, but the entire foot is in the engraving, she was quoted as saying.