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Renoir was the first to discover his model's secret. When Suzanne failed to show up for a sitting one day, Renoir went to her room. Finding her drawing a self-portrait in pastels, Renoir exclaimed in astonishment: "You, too?" Lautrec also praised her work, saw to it that she met the great, testy French master, Edgar Degas, who had seen her as an acrobat at Place Pigalle's Molier Circus before a bad fall finished her brief career. Degas in turn was delighted. Said he: "You are one of us." Recalled Suzanne, years later: "That...
...Self-Portrait. In Great Bend, Kans., Donley Hurd published a notice in the daily Tribune: "You are hereby notified that you shall cash no checks supposed to be signed by me because I never have any money in the bank and never give any checks unless I'm too drunk to know what I'm doing...
...Manhattan last week some of the nation's top art directors attended a luncheon in honor of 73-year-old Artist William Oberhardt (see self-portrait). That same evening, the Society of Illustrators also saluted the New Jersey- born, Munich-trained portraitist with a dinner and a bronze medal "for a most distinguished career in the art of illustration." TIME was especially pleased to join in the tributes to "Obie," as he is widely and affectionately known, for it was he who drew our first cover 33 years ago (see cut). Obie's "first" for TIME was actually...
...early years reveal the characteristic features of Kokoschka's style. They are animated and mysterious, expressing the artist's belief that "man is a magical thing, full of magical powers." Every line has meaning--the intersecting lines of force and the curling gestures create a mood of tension. A self-portrait in this series, similar to one owned by the Museum of Modern Art, shows Kokoschka pointing to his chest. He considers this portrait prophetic, since he was wounded in this spot a few years later during the first World...
...Self-Portrait. In West New York, N.J., jailed on the complaint of his wife, Watch Repairman William Schroeder admitted in court that he had been out carousing for 37 hours, replied indignantly when asked by the judge to describe his condition on his arrival home: "Well, I wasn't drunk, that's for sure...