Word: ronchi
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Dates: during 1940-1949
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...head of the Art Commission is an Italian-born editor named OttorinoRonchi. When he heard that Sculptor Johnson had made a model, he exploded, accused the sculptor and WPA of trying to rush the Commission into giving its official O.K. Inspecting the model, Mr. Ronchi clapped his hands to his head, exclaimed: "It's like having the hiccups! It jerks! It doesn't knit together! It has bad composition! It looks like the figures are pasted to the wall! It hasn't a flowing line from beginning to end! It. ... It. ... It. ... Ah. now. take Benny Bufano...
Despite Mr. Ronchi, it looked last week as if San Francisco would finally get the big frieze. The Board of Education ap-oroved Sculptor Johnson's drawing. So did the Art Commission, Mr. Ronchi dissenting. As a sop to him, the Commission held up formal approval of the clay models until slight changes should be made...
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