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Word: painterly (lookup in dictionary) (lookup stats)
Dates: during 1950-1959
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...unpredictable way, frequently likes to play the merry wild goose. Like lovers in a gay French film, the couple first talked about the romance that neither Louella Parsons nor Hedda Hopper in their wildest moments had predicted. Josane, who used to pose for the late Moise Kisling, famed painter of sensuous nudes, said she met Marlon in New York last February, when she was a governess (piano and French lessons) in a psychiatrist's family. "Two hours after our meeting," she claimed, "he asked me, 'Will you be my wife?' " Then Brando helpfully added a few points...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: People, Nov. 8, 1954 | 11/8/1954 | See Source »

...Rousseau remarks in the exhibition catalogue, almost everything Vermeer painted has a "quality of classical repose and silence. It remains one of the inexplicable puzzles in the history of taste that [Vermeer's pictures] have been confused with works by other artists, and that the identity of this painter, who to us seems different from all others, should have been lost for more than a century...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Art, Nov. 8, 1954 | 11/8/1954 | See Source »

...Harvard line, built around a superlative guard, Bill Meigs, has not been outplayed all year, despite the three defeats. With Meigs, who plays aggressive alert football both ways, are Captain Tim Anderson, tackles John Maher, Orville Tice and Bill Frate, and centers Dave Bodiker and Art Painter. Last year the Crimson line outplayed Princeton, this year no one expects any less. Considering the fine quality of the Tiger line play, tomorrow's game is likely to be decided on top of and around the line of play, tomorrow's game is likely to be decided on top of and around...

Author: By David L. Halberstam, | Title: Improving Varsity Meets Favored Tigers Today | 11/6/1954 | See Source »

Lining up will the first team in the workout were tackles Bill Frate and John Maher, with Art Painter at center...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: Varsity Scrimmages Against Yard Eleven | 11/5/1954 | See Source »

Essentially an individual throughout his life, Matisse did not submit to any artistic school, but continued his own experimentation. Famed as a painter of light, he was renowned for reducing aerial perspective to a minimum and for clear washing of pure, brilliant color which achieved a maximum of expression with great economy of means...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: Local Art Critics Express Tribute On Death of Artist Henri Matisse | 11/5/1954 | See Source »

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