Word: masterful
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Dates: during 1930-1939
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Photographs on exhibition show the help given by the X-ray in determining whether certain paintings are the work of Rembrandt or of his pupil, Ferdinand Bol, who studied under the master from 1635 to 1641. On one disputed picture, a portrait of "Saskia," the shadow graphs indicate that the underpainting is probably the work of Bol, while the final surface painting is probably by Rembrandt. X-ray evidence shows that several paintings, once attributed to Rembrandt, may really prove to be the work of Bol, whose underpainting is cruder and less decisive than the master...
Last week Louis Eilshemius was again hailed as "the greatest living master"-this time by somebody else.* In three of Manhattan's swank 57th Street galleries- Kleemann, Boyer, Valentine, he was being given simultaneous one-man shows. Another Eilshemius exhibition was touring the Pacific Coast; a fifth was about to be sent through the Middle West. In seven short years the Mahatma has turned from a crank to a cult. Manhattan's sedate Metropolitan Museum has three of his canvases, and he is represented in virtually every important public and private art collection...
During the first period, Ayres from his backing-up post was able to stem much of Penn flux through the center of the Crimson front line. When Ayres was removed, the Quaker master-minds were able to work their strategy more effectively. The Crimson backs were pulled in through fear of long runs, and passes were tossed neatly over their heads...
...plumbing is believed to be the first innovation in Widener since a rule against whistling, believed is have been instigated by Roger B. Merriman '96, Master of Eliot House, was put into effect two years...
Driving through Boston, Mass., one James J. Behr listened attentively to a broadcast of Information Please, obediently shut his eyes when he heard Master of Ceremonies Clifton Fadiman ask the guest experts to shut their eyes and tell the color of their ties. The experts knew and the sponsors paid nothing. Mr. Behr, who also knew, hit the car ahead of him, paid...