And there are the cases of the lesser-known works, like a garden sculpture of a child by Bessie Potter Vonnoh, a turn-of-the-century American artist.

It also had a critical asset for turn-of-the-century artists - across Bryant Park flowed uninterrupted north light.

Other turn-of-the-century artists, easy to fake because their works were frequently not numbered, were also produced there.

The company's founder, Louis Lefevbre-Utile, a passionate art collector, commissioned prominent turn-of-the-century artists to create his packaging and advertising.

Like many other turn-of-the-century European artists disgusted with the age they lived in, the Futurists extolled war.

Mr. Glackens donated paintings by his father and other turn-of-the-century American artists to the White House, the National Gallery and other museums.

"Evening in Lans," for which Don Gilmore composed original music, was based on the lush paintings of Gustav Klimt, the turn-of-the-century Viennese artist.

This is what other turn-of-the-century artists aimed to do.

De Forest, a turn-of-the-century artist and designer who rose to eminence, then sank into obscurity, is now on the brink of rediscovery.

To a great extent, though, the classic children's portraits of John Singer Sargent and other turn-of-the-century artists were meant to denote the status of the families who commissioned them.