Word: artists
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Dates: during 1880-1889
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...personages. The men who have made the greatest fame in art are those who have portrayed the times in which they lived. Art is not only concerned with the dramatic moments of our lives, its province is as much to portray lovely color and softest shades of light. That artist will be most in sympathy with the spirit of to-day, who feels and portrays the influence of his surroundings, no matter how homely or simple...
...these college men, perhaps even while they are reading some other article in the same paper and wondering whether there really can be any truth in that. College life is not so black nor are college men so hardened as they are painted, especially not so when a poor artist in the shape of a sensational reporter uses upon the pictures a brush which has not been carefully cleansed from that pigment which should be confined to political campaigns alone and which is called in plain English - mud. -[Yale Courant...
...Lampoon comes out to-day. It contains a double page cartoomon class day by F. H. Briggs. This is Mr. Briggs' farewell picture, and it is a very successful crowning of the artist's successful career on the Lampoon board. The last Lampoon will beissued on commencement day. Subscribers may have it forwarded, by leaving their name and address at Amee's, or with the editors...
...little girl stood before a stove watching a woman, presumably her mother, fry buckwheat cakes. The title and the plate of cakes (resting on the front edge of the stove) sent my thoughts like a flash to Memorial with its Friday breakfasts. I knew in an instant that the artist had obtained his models from the Memorial steward, which, perhaps, explained very well why the painting was not a success. The prominent artists represented in the exhibition were William Willard, B. Champney, and Charles Sprague Pearce. Others were Pallik, Beta, S. Conti, and J. M. Gaugengigl. A painting...
...actor must be natural, but to be natural he must be broader than nature. One always listens to the elocution of Edwin Booth with the greatest pleasure. In pronunciation an actor should not follow the dictionary, but the emotions. Pronunciation is to the actor what color is to the artist. Words are intended to express ideas, but not to bind them in fetters. The force of an actor depends upon his physique; therefore the body should be cultivated. Your gymnasium is worth volumes on this subject; (applause from the gallery) but sometimes the body is cultivated at the expense...