Word: artist
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Dates: during 1920-1929
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Rodin said of him, "Mestrovic is the greatest phenomenon amongst the sculptors". Speaking of the Jugo Slav artist, James Bone. Director of the Modern Art Gallery of the British Museum, has said, "In sculpture an artist must have a message if he is to be known to his generation. He must also have unusual resolution and initiative on account of the practical disadvantages of intractable and costly material and the scarcity of commissions. So under modern conditions there are few sculptors with reputation, and the advent of a new genius is a matter of real importance to Europe, and calls...
...cast has been announced as follows: Cecil C. H. Morgan 2G. Nooky L. W. Grossman '26 Ed Ward R. H. Booth '27 Forsythia Dwight Barnum '27 Mrs. Smith J. P. Crosby '28 The Artist R. S. Wright '26 Harvey Dooty E. W. Martin '26 Nutting M. H. Clifford...
...have had my trials, the trials of an artist who goes unrecognized merely because he has been a dancer. . . . Men always think of me as a female impersonator, and there is nothing I dislike so much as a female impersonator...
...happy home is essential to the real expression of art. . . . An artist more than anyone else needs mothering. I call my home a hospital for broken wings. It's not that I believe in temperament either. I think temperament is entirely unnecessary if the artist actually expresses himself. He can get rid of his temperament on canvas just as effectually as on his family...
...Europe is more appreciative of art. The people there know more about it and understand what an artist is trying to do. ... It is the women of America who have all the culture. The men make the money and enable the women to acquire the culture, but they neglect it themselves. And they need grace and politeness and serenity. Serenity is the last word in culture and it is not found in America. It is such omissions that make us look so bad abroad...