Word: paint
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Dates: during 1960-1969
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...daily critics a pain in the neck. The producers claimed that their shows were not ready for reviewers' eyes at previews, and the critics made unseemly comments to the effect that any fellow who couldn't dash off a sharp review in an hour ought to go paint gold-leaf letters in some monastery. The Dramatists Guild complained, the League of New York Theaters complained, and the Society of Stage Directors and Choreographers complained...
...himself, Johnson tries to express a recognizable, timeless image of the human figure in the wet, free speech of oil paint. To keep it from becoming rigid and lifeless, he keeps himself off balance too, has even painted over his shoulder without looking at the canvas...
...Copley the sensitivity as a colorist which characterizes all of his later work. Though Blackburn had a great influence on Copley, Copley's individuality as a painter was never obscured; the characteristic sharp contrasts of light and dark (chiarascuro effects), the bold, saturated colors, and the free, heavy impasto (paint thickness) persist throughout most of his career...
...paintings from Copley's early years in England are perhaps his best. Building on the skill that emerged during his last years in America, his brush became even freer, the paint more heavily modelled, and the stroke stronger and more concise. In the beginning he occupied himself as a portraitist to support his family and get himself established. But soon he had an opportunity to embark on a career as a painter of historical scenes when he was commissioned to paint well known Watson an the Shark. That work was followed by the Death of the Earl of Chatham...
...whitewash in TIME's apologia, nor all the paint on the cover will make me believe Franco is not a despot...