Word: impressionist
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Childe Hassam, to whom went the Saltus Medal of Merit, only N. A. prize to be awarded regardless of nationality, age, sex, or subject matter, for that old post-impressionist's landscape Evening, Point Alien...
...Feisal had helped the Allies on the promise of an independent Arab kingdom. Instead, the Allies gave Feisal Syria under a French mandate. When Feisal took his kingship seriously, the French kicked him out. Chastened, he was given the British mandate of Irak. Complained he: "European statesmen are like impressionist paintings. The effect at a distance is excellent...
...Argyrol made Dr. Barnes his millions and Art his fame. His museum in Philadelphia is surrounded by a 10ft. spite fence, is opened only to close friends or students with top-notch credentials. The late Paul Guillaume, French art dealer, picked out and bought most of the Barnes Impressionist and Surrealist pictures. Today if Dr. Barnes singles out for his collection one unknown painter, that artist's reputation is supposed to be made. Dealers, therefore, treat him with kid gloves. Less scared of him is able, black-haired Belle da Costa Greene, who once closed the doors...
...course is the tremendous speed at which it is given. One half year is all the time allotted to dashing through early Christian art to Medieval art through it to Renaissance art, through Renaissance art to modern art, and finally landing somewhat winded in the lap of a post-Impressionist. Professor Edgell strives nobly to make up for the shortness of the time by grinding out words and witty criticisms as if they were sausages coming out of the fastest sausage machine in the world, but interest in his lectures never fags. Although there are a thousand or so slides...
...dollars. They say fella named Cunnant out there want to change seal. That good idea--seal they got now too much woik. But I put 'veritas' on you for six bits. On the other hand, Tech boys, they more vulgar. They like nature in the raw" said the burly impressionist as he left his permanent stamp on the wincing customer...