Word: artistes
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Dates: during 1930-1939
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...must be remembered that, although these quotations may be for different prints, they are all equally genuine originals. The more prints the artist makes from his plate, the less valuable they naturally become. In recent years the edition has often been limited...
...world's largest exporter of horses destined to be eaten by others, the British Empire also leads in pointing out the iniquities of the horsemeat industry as conducted abroad after the beasts have been bought and paid for. Three years ago a staff artist for the Illustrated London News produced a classic series of anti-horse-eating sketches (see cut). In Paris humanity to horses about to be eaten is preached by L'Intransigeant, striven for by La Ligue Française pour la Protection du Cheval. Main reform urged is to kill the old nags where they...
...Beginning on an ominous philosophical note describing the chaos of contemporary society, it quickly turns into a rambling discussion of Greenland natives, customs, scenery. Salamina was Rockwell Kent's housekeeper. In her late 20's, she was handsome, determined, the mother of three children. She pursued the artist relentlessly, carefully tucked him in at night, worried for fear he would freeze, scolded him about her wages, wept readily, was devoted, affectionate, jealous. The artist escaped her long enough to get into an innocent scrape with her rival, Anna, and to enjoy a brief affair with the lovely Pauline...
...Breen of the Manter Hall Hairdressers, on the other hand, believes that monks were the first to use the short clip. "The short haircut is properly called monkey haircut," he said, "because the monks are the originators. The name monkey was given it by a Mr. Schneider, head tonsorial artist of the Hotel Vendome 41 years ago. He was the first to give the short clip and should know the proper title for it," Mr. Breen concluded...
Gosz, who is considered to be the foremost artist of the modern German school, came to America from Germany in 1932, not an a political refugee, however, and is at present teaching at the Art Students League in New York. In his works he shown himself with great emphasis to be a social satirist, pacifist, radical, and an ant-Nazist, and before coming to America he was extremely bitter in portraying German life, especially the bourgeoisie class. Since his departure from his native land, however, he has become much milder in his treatment of subjects, perhaps because...