Word: gayness
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Dates: during 1920-1929
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...with the revolutionary ideas of the Fauves (Wild Beasts)* and no intelligent young painter could ignore them. Modigliani quickly exhausted his Italian academism, delved into the cubism and Negro sculpture which preoccupied his new friends, Picasso, Matisse, Derain and Braque. He became alcoholic and consumptive, affected voluminous trousers, a gay scarf, a wide-brimmed black hat. He lived in grubby Montparnasse with one Jeanne Hebuterne who bore him a child. He was known as the poorest man in Paris. Meanwhile he painted steadily and achieved a personal style. Most of the 400 canvases he left are portraits...
Among the attractive features of this novel are the illustrations of the talented Zhenya Gay. She makes use of a style reminiscent of Aubrey Beardsley. It fits in with the type work harmoniously...
...Gray, not "gay" was John Peel's coat. A simple fellside hunter, he never wore "pink...
Called "The essence of Vienna" by everyone but the Viennese, Author Schnitzler gained a reputation for gay cynicism before the War. Since that time his work suggests an aging literary "master," sitting in an old fashioned study with blinded windows, busy with devious, psychological speculations and memories. He is a doctor, and a literary nerve specialist...
...Last week Curtiss tested a new and unusually stable biplane. It has Handley-Page wing slots in both leading and trailing edges of its wings and is to compete for the Guggenheim Fund $150,000 safety prizes. The trade name chosen for this new plane was that of the gay and visually charming Tanager...