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...since the founder of the Great Northern Railway died in 1916. A self-educated plunger who grew rich by learning fast and backing his opinions stubbornly, Jim Hill began buying paintings when he was 43, rapidly moved from sentimental genre pictures to the bucolic moodiness of France's Barbizon School and the summery scenes of Corot, in time learned to like Monet and Renoir. Among Hill's favorites were the rousing historical scenes of the great 19th century French Romantic, Eugene Delacroix, including The Algerian Combat.* Hill's own sound maxim, discovered early: good art drives...
...Maillol." Manolo discovered the charms of the small town of Céret near the Spanish border, and was soon surrounded by vacationing Montmartre friends, including Picasso, Georges Braque and Juan Gris. But though living in the midst of early cubist experiments-French critics called Céret "the Barbizon of cubism"-Manolo would have none of it, once snapped at Picasso, then at work on his cubist Accordionist: "What would you say, Picasso, if your parents were to come to fetch you at the station in Barcelona and found you with such a fright?" Instead, Manolo stuck...
...favorite last week was a dark bay colt named Bold Ruler. "Sunny Jim" Fitzsimmons, famed trainer of Nashua, had fond hopes of Bold Ruler's succeeding his retired champion. Calumet Farm was close to passing up the race. It had a leggy colt named Barbizon, who had won four out of five of his starts, but he seemed to have fallen into a slump. At the last minute, Trainer Jimmy Jones decided to gamble, put up the $10,000 required for last-minute entries and frankly labeled him a long shot. Barbizon, said Jimmy, "reminds...
...test Barbizon put his mind to his business and kept it there. Expertly handled by Willie Hartack, the big bay ran in the center of the field through the first two quarters, moved into contention on the turn. Bold Ruler, one of the early front runners, flicked another horse's heel while moving away from the rail, lurched and was left hopelessly behind. Swinging to the outside, Jockey Hartack nudged Barbizon into a thundering stretch drive that carried him past the field to a thin victory over Runner-Up Federal Hill. For his day's work, Barbizon collected...
...Barbizon School: 19th century French Landscapists Daubigny, Theodore Rousseau and Millet, long in eclipse because Duveen frowned upon them, are back in favor, have increased as much as ten times in value in the last four years...