Word: sargent
(lookup in dictionary)
(lookup stats)
Dates: during 1920-1929
Sort By: most recent first
(reverse)
...rights which have in his conversation convinced him that he has reason to be proud of himself and of his country is completely a thing of the past. Such an incident is that of the executive order recently issued by President Coolidge and even more recently backed by Mr. Sargent. Here he has proof positive that one more established prerogative of his particular little self has departed. For the iron hand of authority in his "free country" is now robbed of another gauntlet and is bare and more brutal...
...writing this for the edification of those who would of grapefruit make their meal while shredded wheat their dappled waistcoats ill bedecks, for tonight, as they say in detective stories is the night? The night? Yes, the night when the Choral Society from up the line far past the Sargent portals toward the sun does its stuff, parades its pomp, sings, in fact, at the Pops. And to hug a pretzel while the Radcliffe Choral Society makes merry and out jockies Jacchia is something, or more. But duty is duty as the street cleaner told the cop, or more...
...ship reporter who met him, he amiably talked about painting, discussed the work of Alfred E. Orr, young U.S. painter, whom he financed. "Orr looks like a greater man than Rembrandt," Sir Charles remarked; said that he had rented for the painter the studio of the late John Singer Sargent, No. 31 Tite Street, Chelsea; told how Mr. Orr derived the inspiration for his greatest masterpiece, a painting of "the typical British war mother grieving for her lost sons...
...ankle 8, neck 18, biceps 16½, reach 74?complete his description, except for the ineffable, the ineluctable, the sublime beauty of his face. His name is William Wright of Dustan Corner, Me. His nameless face and figure are in the marble, the bronze, the oils of Barnard, MacMonnies, Manship, Sargent...
Thursday is also the last day for receiving essays for the Susan Anthony Potter Prizes, the Helen Choate Bell Prize, and the Winthrop Sargent Prize...