Word: painter
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Dates: during 1950-1959
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Reduced to agreement by a "most persuasive" letter from Amateur Painter Dwight D. Eisenhower, Amateur Painter Winston Churchill will permit 30 of his paintings (landscapes, seascapes, still lifes, interiors of famed houses) to be shown publicly early next year in a tour of U.S. cities for his first one-man show after 35 years at his favorite pastime...
Judge* Aaron, a 34-year-old Negro house painter in Springdale, Ala., was talking to his girl friend on the road in front of her home one night last week when six hooded men drove up, stopped, jumped out, grabbed Aaron and stuffed him into their car. The men took Aaron to a deserted shack, castrated him with razor blades and then poured turpentine into 'the wound...
...Speed, intuition, excitement: that is my method of creation." Thus natty George Mathieu. 36, French "action painter," describes the process behind the globular, pyrotechnic displays that have earned him a reputation as one of the zaniest, smartest abstractionists in Paris...
Beneath all the froth is a superb, incisive character study of the two men. Bourvil's slow mind can concentrate only on moving the meat. But to Gabin, a famous artist mistaken by his dull-witted companion for a house painter, the meat is an abstraction, a philosophical means of testing the cowardice of his countrymen and the wits of his enemies. After slipping their burden past one more peril, Gabin roars with immense self-appreciation: "This pig's making a genius out of me!" He unsuccessfully tries to persuade Bourvil to hijack their load...
Cutting Comment. In Batesville, Ark., Patricia Painter, strolling on the street, suffered a deep gash on her leg from a sign attached to a passing bike, reading: "Accidents Spoil...