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...just one painter, "Bassano" had been the property of half a dozen. Jacopo's father Francesco was a painter of Madonnas and Christ childs for mountain churches, had passed the art on to his son. In turn, all four of Jacopo's sons were painters: Francesco. Leandro, Girolamo, Giambattista. One daughter, Silvia, married a painter; another daughter, Marina, had a son and grandson, both of whom became painters. All were influenced by Jacopo, and all used the adopted name Bassano...
...started them off as apprentices at the age of 15, spent years teaching them the fine points of his art. Sometimes, the old master would collaborate with them, sign paintings jointly. Son Francesco borrowed his father's talent for animated figures, turned out huge, animal-studded landscapes. Son Leandro experimented with new color tones. Sons Girolamo and Giambattista painstakingly copied Jacopo's style stroke for stroke. And still other imitators crept in, copying both father and sons. Before long, critics and collectors were thoroughly confused; no one could be sure which paintings were Jacopo's and which...
Died. Dr. Andrew Cowper Lawson, 91, professor emeritus (of geology and mineralogy) at the University of California; after long illness; in San Leandro, Calif. An authority on earthquakes, Scottish-born Dr. Lawson attracted nationwide attention in 1949, when, at the age of 87, he became the father of a son ("It's nothing, it happens all the time. I don't see why old men should be debarred from having families...
...first report came from Oakland. On the night of Nov. 22, 1896, people on an Alameda streetcar saw a huge "bird-shaped" object with a brilliant light hilts nose. "When first seen," said the Oakland Tribune, "the object seemed to be floating over San Leandro. It shot across the sky in the northwest, then turned quickly and disappeared in the direction of Haywards...
...Taffy-haired little (5 ft. 9 in.) Lefthander Art Larsen, 25, of San Leandro, Calif., No. 6 in U.S. rankings. Larsen, a steady, unspectacular stroker who had wanted to play on the Davis Cup team himself, had had the satisfaction of putting out Davis Cupper Tom Brown...