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...Japanese public's enthusiasm for Tessai's work soared in 1955 when Tokyo's National Museum of Modern Art turned over its entire three floors to an exhibition of his works. Western-oriented Japanese compared his work to Cézanne and Van Gogh in its vigor and independence; the president of Japan's Society for International Cultural Relations called Tessai "the greatest giant produced by Japan in recent times." Early this year a crowd of 20,000 showed up on the opening day of another Tessai exhibit. Now with a traveling exhibit of 53 Tessai...
Since the U.S. economy came through the first quarter full of vigor, expressions of doubt about its health for the rest of 1957 all but disappeared last week. The Department of Commerce reported that personal income reached a record annual rate of $336.7 billion in February, forecast even fatter pay envelopes ahead for the nation's workers. Starting off the seasonal spring rise, employment rose to 63,865,000 to set a record for March. Retail sales were holding firm, and production was expected to hold its record 1956 pace...
...Kydian horror drama, full of murder but totally empty of any more profound Shakesperean qualities. The critics exaggerate--less about the murders, which are truly abundant and dominant, than about the alleged lack of anything else. Although Shakespeare is particularly blunt in Titus, he still creates a drama whose vigor and clear foreshadowing of Lear, Hamlet and Iago should be respected, and cannot glibly be tossed aside...
...posthumously. Bernard, becoming enamored of Italian Renaissance masters, and veering toward mysticism, turned back toward safer paths and sank to obscurity. Though he lived to a ripe 72 (and was a key figure in bringing Van Gogh's work to public attention), Bernard never again painted with the vigor and originality of the Pont-Aven days, which ended half a century before his death...
Eisenhower spoke out with vigor and sharpness, telling his news conference: "This budget was not only made carefully, it was made intelligently...