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...foremost writers of biography today, already known in this country for his studies of Napoleon and Wilhem HohenzoHern. In this new book, prefaced by an introduction on the writings of history, he deals with nineteen men of genius, Frederick the Great, Wilson, Bismarck, Lenin, Da Vinci, Voltaire, Rembrandt, Byron, Balzac, Shakespeare, Goethe and eight others. In this work one will find Ludwig's theory of the causes and effects of the appearance of a world genius in human society...
...whom were the chief paintings in the Taft collection painted? Names: Rembrandt, Van Dyck, Hals, Hobbema, Goya, Reynolds, Gainsborough, Turner, Millet, Inness, Chase...
...point of view. But in these, no such effort is required to translate them into good humor as is the case with the drawings of the weignty School of Michelangelo. We believe that the good humor is carried through the entire exhibition, through the chiaroscurists Guardi, Tiepolo, Poussin, and Rembrandt, through the lyricism of Corot, through the tortures of Grnenewald, to culminate in pure humer in Breughel. Pisanelio may seem, at first thought, to be purely nonsensical, but with longer inspection of these drawings, it will be found that his nonsense becomes mingled more and more with passionate reality until...
...Rembrandt painted it late in his life when he was fast growing blind. It was a portrait of his son, "Titus in an Armchair," smiling faintly out of a dull background. Last week a few U. S. art merchants and connoisseurs fought for it at auction at the American Art Galleries, Manhattan. Somebody began the bidding at $50,000. Competitors nodded their heads. Each nod sent the price up another $10,000. Near the end, nods were only worth $1,000 apiece. Sir Joseph Duveen, semi-Semitic, ornate dealer and art authority, as might well be guessed, nodded last. "Titus...
...Another Rembrandt, "The Evangelist," was auctioned to Circus-man John Ringling for $78,000. The difference between the values of these two paintings is partly sentimental, partly esthetic. These and 35 other paintings were in the collection of the late Charles Chauncey Stillman of Manhattan. Their auction brought a total...