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...artist must look himself straight in the eye at least once in his lifetime and paint what he sees. This collection does not reproduce the artists' visions with particular distinction, but it is a comprehensive survey of the self-conscious art from Masaccio (1401-28) to Joan Miró and his grotesquely purple Self-Portrait of 1938. The lesson of the book is that a true painter always reveals more of himself than he knows-or perhaps wishes to. Rembrandt, the most prolific of all self-portraitists, paints himself at 60, his face crumpled in laughter but the eyes...
...Azur, a perfect site for a museum. He consulted assorted architects, who suggested amusing and cavalier plans for a subterranean museum or one soaring on stilts, but he eventually chose Sert. For consultants he enlisted artists whose works he sells: Braque, Chagall, Miró and Giacometti...
Begun in 1959, the museum is now filling up with a heady collection of modern masters: soon there will be a dozen Mirós, Giacomettis by the ton, Chagalls, Kandinskys and Braques - all from Maeght's famous collection. The museum will open next year...
...They entertain visiting firemen and corpsmen with vigorous hours of softball, touch football and swimming. Shriver is a good tennis player, easily beats Bobby, who is the Kennedy clan's best. He is also an art connoisseur, has a diversified personal collection including Salvador Dali, Kenzo Okada, Mir...
JOHN JAY McCLOY NEIL HOSLER McCLOY ANDREW G. McNAUGHTON HAROLD MEDINA RICHARD K. MELLON PIERRE MENDES-FRANCE GIAN CARLO MENOTTI ETHEL MERMAN PERLE MESTA ROBERT B. MEYNER JOSÉ MIRÓ CARDONA RAYMOND MOLEY JEAN MONNET JAMES MORAN DELESSEPS S. MORRISON CHARLES G. MORTIMER LUIS MUNOZ MAŔIN PATRICE MUNSEL CLINTON MURCHISON JR. JOHN MURCHISON ROBERT D. MURPHY JOHN COURTNEY MURRAY...