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...execution and the taste brought to these plates by the easel painters and commercial artists who so successfully adapted themselves to this new work, make an exhibit that has a value...
...conference room.* They are not yet finished, for Artist Kroll takes his commission seriously, has found mural painting more difficult than he expected. In July and August he went on vacation to his favorite Folly Cove, Cape Ann, Mass., where he has summered since 1930. He set up an easel in the back garden, painted the only canvas he has had time for since starting work on the Department of Justice murals. It showed a dirt road winding down between budding willows to the sea; in the foreground a half-nude workman lies on a sunny rock; one woman kneels...
...Williams of the Eastman amateur publications. Mmes Roosevelt and Post were unable to attend the final judging, but the other three took their work seriously. For two solid hours newshawks waited outside glass doors while Inventor Maxim gesticulated with his glasses. Lecturer Thomas propped print after print on an easel. Editor Williams squinted, argued, paced the floor. Finally the judges emerged, smiling amiably and announced their decision. First prize of $1,000 went to Miss Mabel Graham of Lebanon. Ky. whose Portrait of Margaret, a picture of a laughing little girl in a party dress, clutching a balloon...
...told the story was at a gathering in the Manhattan studio of an etcher where Nunsoe Due de la Terrace had not only had his portrait etched but where he himself unveiled the work by yanking a rubber mouse attached to the cord attached to the curtain on the easel (TIME, Dec. 17)Nunsoe Due de la Terrace of Blakeen's unofficial name is Duke. Last week, after reluctantly dismissing Greyhound Southball Moonstone, Collie Bellhaven Black Lucason, Sealyham Gunside Babs of Hollybourne and Pomeranian Wonder Son, Judge Alfred B. Maclay ordered Duke and Mrs. M. Hartley Dodge...
...Frank Salisbury married Miss Greenwood. The portrait of the future Mrs. Salisbury won him a commission to do a portrait of Sir Joseph Gilbert which in turn brought him a commission from Sir Charles Lawes-Writtewronge. After that Frank Salisbury was made. Since then he has propped up his easel before so many of the world's potentates, that it is difficult to understand why he has never been knighted or admitted to the Royal Academy. He has painted King George six times...