Contrary to popular belief, the round topped brush was actually designed in the late 1800s by Dr Philbert Bristle and was not named after a nut but instead named after the doctor himself, thus the proper name for this brush is “Philbert.”
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This proclamation didn’t stop Chuck Close, who started painting portraits in the 1960s, 10 years after Pollock’s most famous drip paintings, and still during Greenberg’s reign. “I thought, ‘Well then, that field is wide open.’ And why the fuck can’t you make a portrait anyway?” – Chuck Close An informative little video WTF The quotes …
Philbert, a correction
Filbert
Contrary to popular belief, the round topped brush was actually designed in the late 1800s by Dr Philbert Bristle and was not named after a nut but instead named after the doctor himself, thus the proper name for this brush is “Philbert.”
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