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...York East Side where he absorbed his early art training as a bar boy on the Bowery. He is obsessed with the tragedy of the loss of the art of the ancients. It is not therefore odd that his depiction of the frontierswoman should resemble a Byzantine cowgirl, shotgun in hand, fearlessly facing whatever the gods may send. Her figure, stately as a cigar store Indian, might almost be expected to be worm-eaten, so true is it to the technique of the early Renaissance...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Art: Pioneer | 3/28/1927 | See Source »

After its great sweep across the plains the Presidential Special reached Cheyenne, Wyo. Five cowgirls rode up and delivered bouquets of wild flowers to Mrs. Harding. The motion picture cameras missed the presentation; so Mrs. Harding had the girls do it over again, and saw that they were well photographed. The President said he was sorry for the passing of the cowboy, but could not bear the passing of the cowgirl...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: THE PRESIDENCY: Anabasis | 7/9/1923 | See Source »

...years later and together they attempted to scale the heights of Park Avenue society. For several reels they fail badly. The daughter-of-the-range manages a runaway rescue of a prominent debutante who is more potent in the ballroom than she is on a horse. Meanwhile the cultured cowgirl has roused romance in the breast of the youth next door. A"nd so it goes. The best of the acting is done by a trick bulldog named "Peanuts...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Cinema: The New Pictures Jun. 4, 1923 | 6/4/1923 | See Source »

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