Word: iacovleff
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...Vose Galleries, located on Boylston Street near Copley Square, are presenting an exhibit of paintings by Iacovleff, former head of the Boston Museum School of Art, who died recently in Paris. The pieces, unfortunately, are neither titled nor numbered so that it is difficult to refer to specific paintings which exemplify certain aspects of the artist's style, Iacovleff is an interesting painter; his color is dirty, his subject matter is dull, and his rendition is poor. Nevertheless, he is interesting. For he is an outstanding example of an artist who didn't know where he was. His style seems...
...style of several artists as a foundation for one's own work is no crime; Derain does it and does it well because he simply uses men such as Cezanne and Van Gogh; they do not use him in his own paintings. But with Iacovleff we find that he has imposed the styles of other painters on his own work to such a great extent that his art becomes nothing more than a collection of influences...
...portrait was painted by the artist, Alexandre Iacovleff, head of the School of Painting of the Boston Museum of Fine Arts. It is temporarily hanging in the Eliot House Library and the permanent disposition has not yet been definitely decided upon...
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