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Word: verena (lookup in dictionary) (lookup stats)
Dates: during 1960-1969
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...very beautiful -- but I think it is very dreadful!" This remark from Verena, called him back to the present. "It's a real sin to put up such a building, just to glorify a lot of bloodshed. If it wasn't so majestic, I would have it pulled down...

Author: By The Bostonians and Henry James, S | Title: Memorial Hall -- 1886 | 12/1/1967 | See Source »

Since those days, Janssen has reformed somewhat; he now concentrates on portraying Gothic horror instead of experiencing it. He lives in a crumbling Hamburg apartment house with his handsome blonde third wife, Verena, the wealthy granddaughter of one of Kaiser Wilhelm's last Chancellors, Theobald von Bethmann-Hollweg, and their five-year-old son. Others may find his pictures macabre, but he maintains: "For me, whatever I do is not ugly, not horrible, not repulsive. I couldn't draw what I don't love...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Art: The Newest Gothic | 1/20/1967 | See Source »

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