The hot-tempered chemist behind a world-class art collection
That tic and the enmity behind it became famous, threatening to eclipse his brilliance as a scientist, businessman, art collector and educator. But why exactly was Barnes, a millionaire surrounded by ...
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This chemist is preserving art—before it’s too late
This story appears in the September 2019 issue of National Geographic magazine. Eric Breitung works at the intersection of art and science—literally. A conservation scientist at New York’s ...