Word: artiste
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Dates: during 1920-1929
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...President Harding is hanging in the White House because the joint congressional committee on the library, acting on recommendation of Charles Moore, chairman of the commission of fine arts, declined to accept either one of two portraits painted for that purpose by E. Hodgson Smart, a distinguished English artist. One of these portraits, described by Gertrude Richardson Brigham in Art and Archeology as "one of the few great portraits of a president," and considered by George B. Christian, the late President's friend and secretary, as the best painted likeness of Mr. Harding has been purchased by the present...
...Artist Rockwell Kent said "exceptional knavery." Juror Richard J. Walsh of The John Day Co., said "miscarriage of justice." Jeweler Chapin Marcus, of Marcus & Co., Manhattan jewelers, said "little evidence of professional spirit." General Manager and Publicity Director Charles A. Hammarstrom said nothing. Advertising men in general said "regrettable...
Disturbed was Artist Kent at this discrimination; insulted was he by further developments. For Marcus & Co. instructed Harvard to divide its award by sending a $500 check to Mr. Kent and a $500 check to Mr. Hammarstrom. Mr. Kent promptly returned the $500. Said he: "I cannot see that Mr. Hammarstrom is entitled to any recognition whatsoever." Thereupon Mr. Marcus announced that the entire $1,000 was really the property of Marcus & Co. and that Mr. Kent had been sent his $500 "purely as a courtesy." Both checks were returned to Harvard with instructions to make out a single...
Chirico and Miro, two artists identified with that final phase of expressionism known as Surrealism, are represented in the exhibit. "Two Steeds", the canvas by Chirico, is charming both in its color and obvious content, aside from an elaborate allegorical significance. On the other hand, Miro's composition, entitled "Abstraction", is meaningless without an understanding of the artist's intention...
...decorative arts, too often neglected, the material is distinguished. Both the ceramics and the textiles of Raoul Dufy deserve special notice. The ingenious miniature reproductions in pottery of the Moorish Gardens at Granada, and the lively designs of his fabrics, attest to the versatility of this talented artist. Brilliant workmanship marks a great variety of objects on display, such as cigarette cases, book-covers, silver, jewelry and glassware...