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Died. Evelyn Waugh, 62, Britain's Edwardian gentleman at pen points with the 20th century; of a heart attack; in Somerset, England (see page...
...research to do." He prowled from Carnaby Street to King's Road, slipping in and out of boutiques and coffeehouses, among other places, and summed up the scene in a collage technique that includes, as he put it, "bits of just about everything -acrylics, watercolor, chalk, pen and ink, labels...
...over the years they have developed into an increasingly sophisticated sign language. The vignettes can be metaphysical or as simple as a curious cat peering into a number 4. Fond of visual puns, he pokes fun at the art of drawing; the artist often grows out of his own pen, winds up as a square, or worse, becomes thoroughly entangled in his own shenanigans. His masks painted on brown wrapping paper are cutting satires. "They are not caricatures," Steinberg insists. "They are the faces, the masks of the middle class. What people do, especially in America, is to manufacture...
...Late Gothic tradition in Germany was the native inspiration that animated the work of Durer and his contemporaries. Artists working in this style employed interlacing forms and flattened planes, decorative detail, and agitated pen strokes, and displayed strong emotional expression with an interest in man's world in its natural state. More than any other this last characteristic, which we call naturalism, distinguishes the Late Gothic spirit from the idealism of Renaissance...
...like sketchbooks-useful for Lawrence in preparation for his other work. Somehow, he knew from the time he finished them that they were no more than closet drama. "I enjoy so much writing my plays," he wrote to Critic Edward Garnett. "They come so quick and exciting from the pen-that you mustn't growl at me if you think them a waste of time...