Word: vividness
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Dates: during 1930-1939
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...whimsical fantasy of a Dufy, the 'color researches' of a Matisse, the free inspiration of a Picasso, the often satirical gravity of a Rouault," ecstatic esthetes gurgled learnedly of high warp, low warp, ribs and slips, joined plain gallery-goers in gasps of sincere tribute to the vivid colorings, the exquisite craftsmanship which had reproduced even the blurred edges of pastel strokes in faithful detail. Uninitiates might eye Pablo Picasso's Inspiration and find that famed artist's characteristic distortions no more inspiring in cloth than on canvas. But then they could turn with genuine pleasure...
Peter Neagoe writes about his fellow-Rumanians in English. Though his lan guage has a few traces of foreign accent it reads like a good translation. His stories, almost invariably peopled by simple characters, are simple, tonic, vivid. Earthy but not Scandinavian, he indulges in no metaphysical brooding. His sensibility is stoutly laced in by sense. Though he is a respecter of tragic facts he likes also the unbuttoned bellylaugh...
UNTIL I FIND-Edgcumb Pinchon-Knopf ($2.50). Sturdy, vivid semi-autobiographical tale of a boy's adventures on the Isle of Wight and in the New Forest in Victorian times. Gypsy firesides to which the boy's own Gypsy blood entices him and an ancient school where he learns singlestick and archery provide the picaresque background for adolescent rebellions and escapades...
...execution, notably "Falls at Scheffelhausen", which might almost be called modernistic in its conception; its harsh dynamic lines suggest symbolism or impressionism. "Pass of Faido" seems dark, stark, and dreary, and is painted in dull grey and browns. "Looking down from Florence toward Lucca" is Ruskin's sole really vivid contribution; done with sweeping dabs of blue and green, it is startling and very effective...
...There are still many of us to whom his personality and achievements are a vivid memory. He used characteristically to disclaim any right to be long remembered, saying that a college president's name was 'writ in water'. His biographer, however felt differently and said 'he opened paths for our children's feet to follow; something of him will be part of us forever...