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...portraits simply drip glamour?the wealthy and celebrated of the day posed for Tamara de Lempicka, and her striking oils capture their red lipstick, perfect nails and skin as glossy as their satin dresses. Some art authorities dismiss De Lempicka (1898-1980), a Polish-Russian painter who flourished in '20s and '30s Paris, as a purveyor of kitsch and leave her out of their histories of 20th century art. Others see her as an icon whose work captured the spirit of the Art Deco age. Not surprisingly, many of her fans today are from the glamour set: present-day collectors...
...year-old art student in London in the 1950s, Jack Rathbone meets the already established Scottish painter Vera Savage. Thirteen years older, she's a nasty if bewitching specimen--brilliant when she cares to be but also alcoholic, feckless and carnal. The story of their long, dissolute companionship is told to us by Gin Rathbone, Jack's all-too-loving sister, a woman who does not grasp the full dimensions of the tale she is telling...
...since you asked, my favorite era is Northern Renaissance and my favorite painter is van der Weyden,” he said...
DIED. SYD HOFF, 91, cartoonist and author of such children's books as Danny and the Dinosaur; in Miami Beach, Fla. Hoff originally wanted to be a painter, but his art-school teachers told him to "try something else." He did--and went on to contribute 571 cartoons to the New Yorker...
Order, design, composition, balance and harmony are the principles that once guided the life and work of French painter George Seurat. In the model of the master himself, the students behind Sunday in the Park with George, which opened Friday on the Mainstage in the Loeb Drama Center, followed the same principles in their own production. Though the black-tie opening night was only at half capacity, the crowd responded enthusiastically to the stellar performance by the cast and crew...