[Stentor]

You have to see one of his actual prints with your naked eyes to realize the mastery.

I saw an exhibition at the Philadelphia Museum of Art and know what you mean about his technical mastery. Though I have to admit that I did stifle more than one yawn.

[rlmorel]

On that subject, I had a similar revelation when I saw Norman Rockwell's paintings at the museum in Stockbridge, MA.

Through the years, I had seen thousands of variants of his work (posters, pictures in magazines, etc) but never the actual real paintings.

When I did, I was amazed. They were beautiful, and the level of detail is remarkable. I was particularly taken by this painting below:

I had seen this one many times, but when I saw the real thing, it made the reproductions pale in comparison.