Word: artist
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Dates: during 1920-1929
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History. In 1800, the Earl of Elgin set forth to make drawings, models, paintings of the Athenian ruins which testify to the immortality of Periclean Greece and the work of Phidias. Greece then was under Ottoman dominion. Being a Christian, Lord Elgin found himself obstructed at every turn. His artist companions were forbidden approach to the ruins, let alone entrance. Later Great Britain's arms prevailed over France, and Egypt (hitherto under French dominion) was dealt to Turkey. So enthusiastic waxed the Ottomans over this token of good will, that Lord Elgin was told to go ahead and make...
...pain for Artist Lawrence to look upon purple and blue landscapes then for they served only to remind him that his talent was lodged with him useless. But he bore in mind the image of Daniel Vierge, the Spanish painter, who refused to be cheated of his brush by a failing hand. Vierge had learned to paint over again with his left hand. Mr. Lawrence determined to do likewise. This was no easy task for a man past youth to set himself. Yet it was accomplished. Six months after his misfortune, he had attained sufficient skill to have occasional works...
Ironically enough, now that the left hand has learned the cunning that was lost by the right, the right shows symptoms of returning to health. "See," says Artist Lawrence, slowly lifting his paralyzed arm, "I will soon be able to use them both...
...artistic sensibilities of Joseph Esposito, 14-year-old Italian of the Dore Elementary School in Chicago, were upset in his classroom by a chromo of George Washington. So he saved $85 by selling ice cream, privately commissioned an artist to copy the Stuart portrait of Washington which he had seen in the Chicago Art Institute. Last week he presented the oil painting to his school. He is behind in his studies, but he has given boards of education, throughout the land, something on which to ponder...