Word: craftsman
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...picture was simple and obviously the work of a competent craftsman with a color sense for the delicate rather than the flamboyant. More than this it was difficult to praise; the picture was comely rather than beautiful...
...does Dr. Zweig draw the membrane of transparent prose over the tissue of his situations that the science-conscious reader cannot help regarding these cases as studies sooner than stories. Yet excellent stories they remain, of a forcible, clinical reality. Their few faults are where the scientist betrays the craftsman in over-insistence upon data. Elsewhere the craftsman dramatizes the data unforgettably, especially in a long passage where the emotions of a dozen people at a roulette table are followed, as in cinema, by watching the restless activity of their hands...
...Workingman by Max Kalish, sculptor. Rich men and poor men went, for a Detroit art critic told them: "He deals. . . in the human symbols for certain sterling human qualities-strength, vigor, integrity, the beauty of a well-knit body and the fundamental character essential to a good craftsman. . . . His bronzes . . . should appeal to a large audience in Detroit, a city where men of millions know the feel of an engine throttle and the heft of a tool." They saw a barrel-chested iron-forger, naked above his leather apron, poising his sledge for a blow. They saw a strong-armed...
With the addition of the "Head of an Oriental" and two scarce apostle series by Israhel van Meckenern, the Museum now owns a well-rounded collection of that famous craftsman's work, unrivalled except by the famous museum abroad...
...defends the needless slaughter of two respectable horses in the name of art, by that master craftsman Schwarz. Splendid! Bravo, brave Busch...