Word: artistes
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Dates: during 1930-1939
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Married. Curtis Arnoux Peters (Peter Arno), 33, artist, onetime orchestra leader, onetime husband of Writer Lois ("Lipstick") Long; and Mary Livingston ("Timmie") Lansing, 21, Manhattan socialite; in Salisbury, Conn...
...drawings, in black & white, to illustrate books that he one day hoped to publish. From 1880 to 1900, methodical Joseph Boggs Beale produced drawings, always in the same technique, always in the same size, and the slide-maker always bought them for around $17.50 each. This private deal gave Artist Beale a regular income of between $35 and $40 per week. Year ago the slide-maker, now an elderly, respected bibliophile, went to the Modern Galleries with a few pictures illustrating the life of Lincoln. The manager was unable to sell them on commission, but, interested in other Bealeana...
From the Modern Galleries in Philadelphia last week went forth an offer to sell one of the strangest collections of drawings yet unearthed in the realm of Americana. Depicted in 1,676 black & white wash drawings, all a little more than a foot square and all by the same artist, was a breathtaking medley of scenes and events, ranging from the crucifixion of Christ to the execution of Nathan Hale, from an attack of delirium tremens to the Ride of John Gilpin, from Little Britches left out in the snow to Poet Poe addressing the Raven. Sentimental though most...
...making colored lantern slides, illustrating Bible tracts, mat calendars, children's books, probably never dreamed that they would. But among his best friends were men of whom critics have learned a great deal-Thomas Eakins, William Merritt Chase, Albert Rosenthal. Beale was a member of the old Philadelphia Artists' League and shared Artist Eakins' passion for rowing. At the Professor's death in 1926 he was the oldest living member of the Undine Barge Club. A hard worker, particularly in his later years, Artist Beale seemed to have a more regular income than his infrequently published...
...Artist Beale put down his cup, scratched his chin...