Episode 9 reminds us that many great artists experimented with a range of methods and means. No wonder medium is probably the first thing our specialists look at. And while there tends to be an unwritten hierarchy of material, lead by oil-on-canvas for painting and marble for sculpture, some artist’s ideas might translate most brilliantly in pastel on paper or lithography.

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