Art Quiz-word (published by Painting World Dec. 2000)
by Eddie James

Across

Chisel or carve stone, wood etc. to make a work of art (6)
Berthe, first woman painter to join the French Impressionist movement (7)
Source of the oil used to thin, or retard the drying of, oil paint (7)
10 A mould in which something is cast or shaped (anagram of ART MIX) (6)
11 Francesco, 18C Italian painter celebrated for his atmospheric views of Venice (6)
12 Grey might be described as such a colour (7)
13 The least opaque of the oil colour whites (4)
15 Place at an oblique angle (5)
16 Which gallery? Britain? Modern? Liverpool? St Ives? (4)
18 Jelly substance used in cooking or as a gel (4)
19 Variations in a colour produced by e.g. mixing in white (5)
21 You’ll find lots of them in a Pointillist picture! (4)
22 Relating the art of pottery, or an article of pottery itself (7)
23 Describes a container with a revolving ball in its neck for applying a liquid substance (4-2)
25 A casual picture/design drawn without thinking about it (6)
26 Italian word for a printing method, the design is incised onto a copper or zinc plate (8)
27 A bright green colour (7)
28 Modern British artist who achieved fame/notoriety with his 'pickled' sheep! (5)

Down

The effect produced by the application of pigments, hues or tints (9)
Protective layer of material. in e.g. a drawer or container (5)
A famous sculpture of Rodin, or Klimt’s erotic picture (3,4)
Seasonal religious subject very popular with past artists – today’s version more likely to be of a pop star and her latest production?! (7,3,5)
E.g. change the card surround on a watercolour (2-5)
Of a colour, having a pure intensity – or the state of your watercolour if you slop on too much water! (9)
Woven fabric with a surface of parallel diagonal ridged lines (5)
14 Such paper, used for drawing, is thick and rough-textured (9)
17 Sort of artist who might well have designs on your body! (9)
19 Painting medium in which the pigments are mixed with e.g. egg yolk (7)
20 Put some tension into your canvas! (7)
22 A genetically-produced exact replica (5)
24 French Artist, Fernand, a leading Cubist (5)

Solution
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