X-rays Expose N.C. Wyeth Painting Hidden Under Another

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By Jeanna Bryner, Senior Writer
posted: 19 August 2009 02:15 pm ET



The new X-ray imaging method revealed N.C. Wyeth's painting, hidden beneath another, was indeed in full color. Credit: Christina Bisulca and the Brandywine River Museum.


A new X-ray imaging technique has revealed colorful details of a painting hidden beneath another painting by famed American artist N.C. Wyeth, whose iconic work appeared in popular magazines like the Saturday Evening Post.

The so-called lost illustration depicts a dramatic fist fight, which was published in a 1919 article in Everybody's Magazine, titled "The Mildest Mannered Man." Previously, scientists had used X-rays to show the artist, Newell Convers Wyeth (1882-1945), had covered the fight scene with another painting called "Family Portrait."


more:

http://www.livescience.com/technology/090819-hidden-painting.html

[pansypoo53219]

1. oh dear.

i paint over paintings for a reason. hope they never do that to mine.

[TheMadMonk]

2. Don't become famous. nt