Naturally, works by earlier masters were performed with regularity.

Chiefly noted as an artist, he is considered an early master of the Ligne claire style.

And it reveals him to be an early master of lateral thinking.

The last piece in the show, dated two years before Bada's death, is a wild homage to this earlier master.

Mr. Richardson, who will be a special consultant in early 20th-century masters, is no stranger to the auction house.

At the same time he was an early master of the Attic animal frieze style.

Leipzig provided many opportunities to hear international artists and to hear the early masters.

The collection features early masters of the Hlebine school, with works starting from the 1930s.

They have greater art, a finer style, and, above all, more pathos than the earlier master was capable of.

These examples and others more explicit appeared to be for the most part underground Victorian imitations of earlier masters.