Word: artistes
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Dates: during 1930-1939
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...portrayal of the appearance and garb of inhabitants of far-off lands is given on a pack of 18th century French "educational" cards. The artist's conception of the American aborigine is a dusky savage dressed in skins with a bow in one hand and an arrow in the other. Local color is provided by a backdrop of a crocodile, representing American wild life...
Since this work offered no opportunities for the teacher, artist, musician, actor, or writer, a Service Division was established which enables these people to put their specialized training to use in rendering effective service...
...painting by the famous 16th century artist Domenico Theotocopuli, known as El Greco, has been anonymously donated to join two other pictures by the same painter already owned by the Fogg Museum...
...painting was done late in Theotocopuli's career, and is permeated with the grayish tinge and mystical atmosphere typical of this period of the artist's work. It is unknown whether it is a sketch for a larger picture or stands finished in its present condition...
...work. He did innumerable color pictures for the Ladies' Home Journal and covers for Collier's, illustrated many a children's book. One of the best known barroom murals in the U. S. is his work. At the turn of the century John Jacob Astor commissioned Artist Parrish to paint a picture of Old King Cole for his Hotel Knickerbocker. The panel, 28 feet long, showing the pipe, the bowl, the fiddlers three, was the wonder of Times Square for nearly 20 years. Last autumn it reappeared in the St. Regis King Cole Room. In addition Maxfield...