Word: goldsmith
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Dates: during 1960-1969
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...Benjamin West were praising him. But serious painting on a large scale never suited the Rowlandson temperament. A ?7,000 legacy from an aunt gave him a taste for high living, and he wandered through Europe and England, drinking, talking, gambling-and drawing. He illustrated a dozen books including Goldsmith's Vicar of Wakefield. His work became so popular that a new industry arose in London: producing fake Rowlandsons...
Twenty Years' Death. Gonzalez, born in Barcelona in 1876, spent his youth working alongside his brother, Joan, as an apprentice goldsmith in his father's atelier. He moved to Paris with his family at the turn of the century. The death of Joan in 1908 caused him to turn in upon himself, break off his friendships with his artist friends (including the young Picasso), and enter 20 years' solitude, torpor and artistic death...
...scale. Lynn Chadwick's rings are small, precious-metal versions of bronze sculpture already in existence. Henri Laurens sculpted bird shapes in plaster, then cast them in gold and presented them to his family as pendants and brooches. Many of the cast-metal pieces were cast by French Goldsmith François Hugo from wax or plaster molds made by French artists...
Hart Crane (1899-1932), poet, as he jumped into the sea: "Goodbye, every body!" Oliver Goldsmith (1728-74), British poet, playwright and novelist, was asked "Is your mind at ease?" He replied, "No, it is not," and died...
...young for good reason. Hindu and Buddhist tradition decree that Nepal's living goddess Kumari (meaning virgin) may never shed blood in herself or another; obviously, she must be replaced by another young girl when she reaches puberty. Black-eyed, pony-tailed little Laksmi, daughter of a goldsmith, was chosen from a field of six final contestants by a committee of priests who had scrutinized the girls' horoscopes and their bodies, for the goddess must be free of blemishes, birthmarks, scars or scratches. The goddess must also be brave; the final test was to shut the children...