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...pictures showed that the twins had acquired a good technical foundation, needed to develop a personal expression. They may well accomplish that. Shortly before their show opened, they began studying (free) at the Barnes Foundation in Merion, Pa., directed by Dr. Albert C. ("Argyrol") Barnes, who takes as students none but the best. Said Freda, "We'd never seen a collection like it before. We'd never had the influence of the French Impressionists. It's almost breath-taking." Ida: "Now we're getting a new slant on art. It's invigorating...
...Barnes Foundation is a one-man show founded and run by Albert Coombs Barnes, who invented Argyrol, made millions from his invention and in 1922, aged 49, started his school. Mr. Barnes endowed his Foundation with $6,000,000, gathered one of the world's most impressive collections of Cezannes, Renoirs, Picassos, Matisses. A salty and original character, Albert Barnes worked his way through University of Pennsylvania Medical School by playing semi-pro baseball, studied at Heidelberg. Now he teaches appreciation of the fine arts to 150 students, whom he selects with great care, lectures to explosively. Around...
Last week, in Philadelphia's Carlen Galleries, Horace Pippin had his first one-man show. Writer of its catalogue note was none other than the terrible-tempered Dr. Albert C. (Argyrol) Barnes, owner of the finest private collection of modern art in the U. S. As a critic, Dr. Barnes is brusque but no booby. He compared Pippin's work to that of the most famed U. S. primitive painter, the late John Kane. Said he: "Kane is more romantic in spirit . . . but his work is less rugged, simple, picturesque and naïve, and is inferior...
...commentary so learned as to become a classic. Published last week was a serious book which may well become a sort of Blackstone on Coke to future art students. The subject: The Art of Cezanne* The commentators: Albert C. Barnes and Violette de Mazia. Dr. Albert Coombs (''Argyrol") Barnes of Merion, Pa. got his nickname, his millions, and his great collection of French paintings from the product* he trademarked in 1902 and manufactured until 1930. He got his artistic taste from the sound advice of the late William Glackens (TIME, Dec. 26), from persistent study and from...
...Harcourt, Brace ($5). *Argyrol was the first silver compound found strong enough to kill gonococci without injuring delicate membranes of eyes, nose, throat, bladder. Many hospitals still use it to protect the eyes of newborn babies against blindness caused by gonorrhea. † Others: The French Primitives & Their Forms, The Art of Henri Matisse, The Art of Renoir...