Word: modigliani
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Case No. 107, a substitute postal clerk, was accused, among other things, of having Communist art hung on the wall of his home. At his hearing, the employee said he owned reproductions of Picasso, Matisse, Renoir and Modigliani. He was rated ineligible for permanent Civil Service appointment and barred from competing in Civil Service examinations for three years...
...haunting depth of character is portrayed with such sincerity and selectivity that on the merits of this work alone Shahn can be placed alongside Modigliani and Picasso as a portrayer of mankind. In reproducing its best cover to date, TIME has proved once again that a realistic likeness is recognized by the mind as well...
Chato's scheme, according to one donor: "He calls you on the telephone, bubbling over with enthusiasm about a new Ceézanne or Modigliani he has just bought. Right away you know you're involved in this purchase somehow. Before the conversation is finished you find you've just donated the painting. I've always thought of Chato as a kind of Brazilian Robin Hood. He robs the rich and gives it to the people...
...Rodin bronze, two Toulouse-Lautrecs, a Degas and a Ceézanne; the Jafet family (iron) has come through with a Tintoretto, a Renoir and a Gobelin tapestry; Bank President (and former Ambassador to the U.S.) Walther Moreira Salles is donor of a Picasso, a Degas and a Modigliani; Sugar Magnate Fulvio Morganti is down for a Utrillo; Financier Adriano Seabra gave a Titian. In all, persuasive Chato has roped in 381 donors, including nine banks, 38 industrial companies and Sao Paulo's Jockey Club...
...Oveta knew her faults and her talents better than father Culp did. She ironed out her central-Texas drawl with elocution lessons, cultivated a taste for Modigliani, Bartok and yellow roses-as well as gowns by Valentina and Bergdorf Goodman hats.* She learned how to manage a vast (27-room), vaguely Georgian mansion. She learned about arcchitecture and decoration, collected antique silver. She acted in amateur theatricals, became a leader in social work, a Junior Leaguer, a patroness of the symphony...