Word: draftsmanship
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Dates: during 1940-1949
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...Fiery Colchian. Beria, king of the cops, was born March 29, 1899, at Merkheuli, a village in Stalin's own Georgia. His family were poor peasants. He attended the polytechnic school at Baku and joined the Bolshevik Party before he received his degree in draftsmanship and engineering...
...growing up in Brooklyn, the local toughs used to make him draw chalk portraits of their favorite athletes on the sidewalk. Accuracy was imperative, and Shahn never forgot the lesson. Although Shahn's use of color has gradually become so arbitrary as to verge on artiness, his draftsmanship is often realistic and clear...
...felt himself at a new peak of his powers. It had meant sometimes painting for 36 hours at a stretch; he had finished the 18 ft. by 36 ft. wall in a record-breaking 53 days' work. But there had been no waste in his haste. The draftsmanship in his new mural was unfalteringly sculptural; the colors-especially the reds and yellows-were deep and clear; he had never painted a more fascinating cast of characters...
...Draftsmanship Is By-Product...
...deadline with more than minutes to spare. When Dahl goes on vacation, the Herald exhumes his best sketches and reprints them. Rather than miss a day, it had him draw left-handed for six weeks when he broke his right arm five years ago. Since draftsmanship is the least of Dahl's assets, the switchover didn't show much...