ART-THEMED crossword
(published in Artists & Illustrators Aug 2001)

by Eddie James

Across

7/25Scrub picture – it's not executed with pencil, crayon or charcoal (5,7)
8Real cool primary colour in Daler- Rowney Luma Brilliant Concentrated Water Colour inks range! (3.6)
10Agitating till our Montmartre street scene painter appears (7)
1120th C French artist ultra-excited about Open University (7)
12City associated with Rubens – one idiot! (7)
14A bishop's staff has crimson top – more pinky-red (7)
15Matisse also holds a wax impression (4)
17Andrew, US naturalistic artist – a little shallow yet haunting (5)
18Used for drawing or printmaking, they produce rough skin (4)
22Receiver holds first class tin- glazed earthenware from France, etc. (7)
23Artist finishes off this ancient Greek two-handled jug (7)
25See 7
26Seen in Munich, a gallant Russian- Jewish artist (7)
27Of inestimable value? How very funny! (9)
28Rejoice in latex, ultimately (5)

Down

1Small protruding tower is sort of truer with Turner's top (6)
2D.K. Leach possibly used colouring sticks (7)
3Joan, the Catalan artist gets ball- point pen with new cap (4)
4Unglazed earthenware revealed by potter (RA) Cottage (10)
5A rogue shattered rust on copper/brass (6)
6Trompe l'oeil is unhealthy to start with (8)
7USA a hub, maybe, of this German school of art and design (7)
9Hidden in yellow, a terrific liquid (5)
13Energy pays, mixing such a darkish neutral colour (6,4)
16Red colouring in rail A-Z possibly (8)
19Sounds like O'Hara's brilliant red (7)
20Awfully nice Sid, cut into an engraving plate (7)
21South beseeched the Almighty and used an aerosol! (7)
22Brassed off, being involved in safe duplicating (3,2)
24Like gouache? Thats not clear (6)
26The Players - a model made from a mould (4)

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