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Whistler's mother lode

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Whistler designed the Peacock Room in 1876 for his patron, Frederick Leyland, to house his ceramic collection and a large painting done by Whistler. The artist's strange behavior and life are examined, and his patron is profiled.

Author: Stevens, Mark
Publisher: Conde Nast Publications, Inc.
Publication Name: Vanity Fair
Subject: General interest
ISSN: 0733-8899
Year: 1993
Biography, Works, Artists, Whistler, James McNeill

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Yo, Picasso!

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The museum is featuring the painter's still life works. Despite a sense of 'detachment,' the intensity in these paintings is equal to that found in his other Cubist work.

Author: Stevens, Mark
Publisher: Conde Nast Publications, Inc.
Publication Name: Vanity Fair
Subject: General interest
ISSN: 0733-8899
Year: 1992
Criticism and interpretation, Still-life painting, Picasso, Pablo

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Newman's eye

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Newman's work is on exhibit at the National Portrait Gallery in Washington, DC. A new book, 'Arnold Newman's Americans,' has been published by Bullfinch Press.

Author: Stevens, Mark
Publisher: Conde Nast Publications, Inc.
Publication Name: Vanity Fair
Subject: General interest
ISSN: 0733-8899
Year: 1992
Illustration, Photography, Newman, Arnold

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