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When Kennedy was first admitted to the hospital, he was strapped in a canvas and metal stretcher called a Stryker frame, but later he was switched to a larger Foster frame to accommodate his 6-ft. 2-in., 230-lb. bulk. Named for the Houston surgeon who devised it in...
How long Teddy will have to stay in the pipe and canvas contraption, no one can yet be sure. But he will not be moved for at least six weeks, and there is still a chance that his fractures will require surgical repair. He may be outfitted with a brace...
What first fired his imagination was the famed Armory Show of 1913. Then and there, he decided to be a modern painter. But to train his hand to follow his esthetic vision required enormous feats of selfdiscipline. Davis told how in 1927 he "nailed a rubber glove, an electric fan...
To some painters these days, the highest ideal is impersonality. They do not sign their works. They are not interested in painting out their mental turmoil on canvas, as were abstract expressionists. One such artist in search of anonymity is Robert Indiana, 36, who adopted that surname from his native...
Sutherland, 60, searches for what he calls "emotional paraphrases of reality." He sketches while roaming the English countryside or the foothills of the French Maritime Alps near his home in sunny Menton. But he says: "Can you imagine anything more boring than painting mountain gorges?" And what emerges on canvas...