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...years now, Aaron Bohrod has been biding his time, waiting for the day when the dazzle of abstract expressionism will die away and large numbers of people will appreciate his resolutely realistic paintings of symbol-laden still life. His wait may be ending. The pendulum of public taste started to swing back toward the figure, and words like "realism." "craftsman ship" and "beauty" are appearing again in art criticism. A show of what Bohrod has been doing while he waited opened last week in Chicago, and 20 of the still lifes on view-most no bigger than a phone book...
...Touch" signs beside the paintings in the gallery were put up to discourage visitors who are sure that some of Bohrod's realism is collage. Though he denies being a trompe l'oeil painter, Bohrod stands as an eye-fool tower of strength to other long-thwarted realists. To jeers of "get a camera," Bohrod replies that the camera is a wonderful eye, but it has no guiding brain, heart or soul...
...people to enjoy." Picasso is Hartford's idea of an ivory tower artist ("no communication"); his leading contender for immortality is Dali. from whom he commissioned a 14-ft. by 12-ft. painting, Christopher Columbus Discovers America. He also admires the work of Andrew Wyeth, Robert Vickrey, Aaron Bohrod, "and of course, Marjorie Steele. She may be my exwife, but I think she is one of the greatest woman painters today." Tennis, Anyone? Hartford has many another project. Barring an unfavorable court decision, he is planning to spend $1,700,000 to bring the civilized delights of the Paris...
...catch the vitality and range of Shakespeare for the cover, Artist Aaron Bohrod turned to Shakespeare's characters, who this summer are speaking more lines than ever in more places than ever. Deployed in the midsummer's night sky around the bust of their creator are 24 characters who belong to the ages. While brushing up on your Shakespeare, see how many you can identify. The illustrations on this page are from a puckish little number called "Shakespeare on TIME," published by the Promotion Department in connection with the appearance of this week's cover story...
Ripon College Aaron Bohrod, painter, World War II combat artist, frequent (eleven times) TIME cover artist D.F.A...