march june american cartoonist comic book artist illustrator specializing adventure western science fiction fantasy born new_york_city spent early childhood colombia moving united_states age youth developed interest comic strips particularly alex flash gordon took art classes school future wood roy introduced work influenced adventure strips long working professionally comics industry notable works include science fiction heroic fantasy art comics 1950s titles including weird science weird fantasy 1960s gained recognition continuing tradition work flash gordon comic book series seminal contributor warren publishing black white horror comics magazines creepy eerie spent 1970s working credited strip creation secret agent following decade known work adapting star wars films comic books newspaper strips mid-1980s primarily active mainly marvel comics superhero titles starring characters spider man spider girl known collaborations group artists including frank roy george known gang cited stylistic influence number younger artists encouraged helping newcomers michael enter profession won industry awards career retrospective books published living pennsylvania wife retired inducted comic book hall_of_fame biography early life career born manhattan new_york_city new_york children scottish descent citizen family relocated colombia years old father mother american said met states got married went grew learned english spanish time comic books taught read languages age took interest comic strips mexican magazine featured american strips underwater empire argentine cartoonist later attracted alex flash gordon strip mother took flash gordon universe movie serial living met future cartoonist befriended gave artistic advice age moved mother san_francisco california later moved new_york continued pursue interest began art classes cartoonist later school met future wood roy according roy collecting guide great artists directly influenced adventure like alex foster showed franklin booth joseph dan smith norman great blue book like frank continued learn field visit comic book publisher fiction house meeting artists george evans bob john professional work helping pencil sunday pages initially believed interview recalled work come pieces comic book art providing spot illustrations story horse world unspecified issue eastern color seminal series famous page boy scouts story comics narrative new heroic comics identified frank page crime story standard comics wonder comics explained offered work couldn couldn little brain wanted exactly way instead successfully recommended artist like feature fiction house jungle comics recalled got touch thing knew sunday page time happened point going school evenings asked like try said gave page laid gave page said like try laying asked said ahead handed script laid page said fine couple suggestions big sunday page way period met main stylistic influence turned business months gave hours 1950s worked science fiction western stories publishers american comics group publications comics standard comics possibly toby press began collaborating frank work roy backgrounds examples work period include chief stand chief massacre number month death deep space magazine enterprises jet month skull forbidden worlds wood suggestion artists wood joe orlando began working comics influential comic book company reputation quality artists frequently collaborated fellow artists frank roy group nick george known gang named notorious criminal gang primarily worked science fiction comics weird science weird fantasy weird science fantasy illustrating original stories primarily writer adaptations stories authors ray work occasionally appeared horror crime comics worked cancellation company line art lauded evident stories rocket weird fantasy frank girls weird science final published story page question time shock illustrated partial initials page fall writer larry introduced future comics writers editor friends later frequent collaborator eventually helped enter comics field having script harvey comics story reed produced pages page stories comics 1950s forerunner marvel comics working genres primarily continued collaborate gray george editors work standard comics collaborated jungle girl series jungle april june following death drew stories solo planned series abruptly canceled issue published prolific somewhat uneven year stint drew war comics yielded art stories city time forgot marvel tales march menace stars mystery tales unknown ones astonishing navy tales march helpless battle appeared missing lot work enthusiasm form strongly consistent body work characterized minimal action reaction shots defined figures set sparse backgrounds worked harvey comics collaborating artists reed jack race moon blast relates remember going harvey getting work said haven got work stories jack want ink anybody said sure looked stuff thought follow liked gave stories additionally drew stories classics illustrated collaboration press line rice books comics including comics including complete issues kid science fiction stories including vortex forbidden worlds worked artist john american eagle feature prize comics western work decade prolific terms comic book work garnered considerable praise high quality noted love medium despite high reputation felt artwork period times uneven single period according art bohemian lifestyle 1960s little work found comic book field industry went work assistant john alex created comic strip rip year period according reason called help john decided mexico mac john prior assistant didn want deal willing mexico said proved solid learning period credits teaching fundamental illustration methods according terrific best guy far time assisted john murphy big ben bolt boxing strip don strip dan produced sample pages proposed sunday strip version returned comics story gold key comics believe june twilight zone tales mystery helped launch warren publishing black white horror comics magazines creepy eerie stories early issues contributing warren war comics magazine combat instrumental recruiting comics artists evans artist gray writer editor drew issue new flash gordon comic book series published king features work received positive reader response returned draw issues march cover received national cartoonist society best comic book art award work title strength backup feature flash gordon book took alex creation long running secret agent comic strip collaborating writer start tenure title changed secret agent helped assemble major book alex flash gordon published nostalgia press wrote introduction wood alternative press comic book published savage world story originally drawn comic book cancelled significant contributions story prime sample gang style reprinted marvel comics black white comics magazine unknown worlds science fiction january pacific comics kitchen sink press wood later write script page story drawn tube alternative press comic publisher big apple end decade beginning encourage younger artists meet comic book conventions helping enter comics profession 1970s worked secret agent 1970s left strip anthology published france fbi episode feature returned warren publishing draw additional stories creepy published france collection fin drew stories gold key comics ghost stories march twilight zone mystery stories comics hour house mystery april michael artist helped enter professional field assisting comics historian les daniels noted atmospheric technique relied subtle textures hard lines typical traditional art editor joe orlando got complaints production department art drew flash gordon illustrations burgeoning fan movement early subject comics historians publication jim work collector james van featured rocket blast early 1970s samples sketches appear period marvel comics began regularly comics western stories starting kid kid outlaw june introducing early work day generation 1980s leaving secret agent daily strip illustrated empire strikes marvel comics star wars movie adaptations 50th issue monthly star wars comic choice illustrator star wars newspaper comic strip project offered years earlier declined time offered empire strikes adaptation specific request george lucas appreciation comics flash gordon work writer cited comfort knowing working old friend worked years absolutely best star wars artist want makes easier feel writer artist look great artist kind pleaded wanted star wars material comfort factor comic book adaptation film flash gordon written bruce jones illustrated released western publishing hardcover formats coincide film release photograph actor sam jones played flash gordon original cover art serialized issues flash gordon comic book march backgrounds pages according hardest job life began drawing star wars comic strip february following tenure writing drew daily sunday feature march strip canceled daily strips series completely reprinted volume edition returning comic books time time began work pacific comics collaborating writer bruce jones alien worlds title cliff issue adventure strip backup feature somerset holmes miniseries marvel illustrated blade runner return movie adaptations stories illustrated epic illustrated issue phase considered finest work named best works drew short story issue star wars comics page story superman classic reprinted moore superman swamp thing story jungle line comics presents following contract star wars newspaper strip found weight pencil suddenly drastically reducing output response mid-1980s successful transition strictly beginning comics swan superman longtime man steel artist later describe favorite moved marvel john gene john pat mike lee weeks john marvel art director time considered best world living wants beautifully pages ample time adding greater dimension working won industry awards best 1990s provided covers additional artwork dark horse comics issue classic star wars june reprinted star wars daily strips later star wars episode phantom menace new hope film adaptations company active marvel comics titles including spider man spider girl non superhero projects issue marvel epic comics miniseries atomic age writer frank mike won award best john recalled working like working father comics artist john felt protected mistakes art wasn correct repair oddly said fix claiming traced interview stated tracing claimed changes occasionally leaving unnecessary background rush marvel released flash gordon miniseries written mark drawn major work illustrated short story job dark horse presents drew flash gordon character final time regular cartoonist jim asked help flash gordon sunday page later life career career retrospective books published reading section production exception books pure imagination interviewed frank documentary painting fire fellow surviving gang members nick illustrated sub story written dedicated sub creator bill published story originally drawn years previously illustrated tales story written remains unpublished living pennsylvania wife retired died june upstate new_york premature reports based twitter claims erroneously gave june legacy stylistic influence number younger artists tom mark frank steve tony harris jim dan parsons dave paul awards national society award best comic book alley award best pencil work alley award best feature story lost continent flash gordon nova award excellence art award awards joe hall_of_fame award harvey award marvel comics marvel comics marvel comics grey marvel comics imprint epic comics spider man marvel comics spider man marvel comics spider man marvel comics award nominee best art team marvel comics john winner best atomic age marvel comics imprint epic comics nominee best flash gordon marvel comics imprint marvel select winner best amazing spider man tales spider man marvel comics nominee hall_of_fame nominee hall_of_fame hall_of_fame voter choice jack hall_of_fame formally named finalist induction


painters painters danish group scandinavian artists gathered village northernmost denmark late 1870s turn century summer destination scenery quality light attracted northern artists paint air french members colony influenced movements school broke away rigid traditions royal danish academy fine arts royal swedish academy arts latest trends learned paris group anna michael marie denmark oscar sweden christian norway group gathered regularly inn north jutland largest fishing community denmark half population engaged locals fishermen far common subject painters long beaches exploited group landscapes best known painters inspired light evening blue hour water sky merge captured famous paintings summer evening beach artist wife painters individual styles requirement adhere common approach manifest common interests paint scenes social gatherings playing cards celebrating simply eating michael drew attention attractions area round point purchased king christian married anna member group pioneering female artist time women permitted study denmark royal academy today museum founded dining room hotel october hosts works art pieces total paintings google art project accessible online related exhibitions continue held museum modern art copenhagen presented painters new light national museum women arts washington presented world apart anna art colony history notable artist paint central figures golden age danish painting visit returned end life remembered particular men summer evening fair weather painted marine painter visited painting view according painter peter visited town occasions painting dunes fishermen christian marine painter visited painted grey lighthouse result influence poet visited town 1860s 1870s despite evolving trends europe especially paris embracing realism royal danish academy fine arts royal swedish academy arts refused change approach insisting students continue paint preferred styles increasingly frustrated approach michael early 1870s studying royal danish academy copenhagen visited staying uncle nearby invited join paint local fishermen friend family shop bar soon extended guest house invited year old daughter anna confirmation showed immediate interest following year returned strongly influenced french particular began paint open air scenes combining realism especially artists spent summer house accommodation frequent gatherings michael new home engaged anna married home focal point artists especially king christian bought painting round point anna took interest painting artists began stay family inn leaving paintings dry rooms left day studied carefully attended art school copenhagen later influenced christian taught art painting people everyday lives making use colour came summer encouraged met berlin brought latest international art trends influencing members group encounters local population exerted strong influence work travelled abroad vienna met informed going year despite fact apparently keen enjoyed close contacts artists paris immediately central member unofficial leader artists colony created evening academy artists gathered paint discuss work enjoying champagne german painter took photographs artists celebrating garden couple moved new home photos particular inspired paint hip hip took years complete railway arrival led expansion village brought considerable numbers tourists largely responsible breaking regular summer meetings artists longer find suitable accommodation venues meetings purchased homes anna michael continued paint 20th century occasionally joined earlier friends core members group died bringing traditional gatherings group end painters referred younger group painters continued visit area included settled area 1930s later museum number works collection notable artist visited painted children bathing beach family relationships painters quickly began form close community relationships grew artists young women area michael married anna guest house married martha anna cousin married house moved focus artists colony especially couple lived year round daughter little girl hip hip died left house foundation soon turned museum acquired large family ellen daughter martha sister died seen dancing christmas tree painting merry christmas key figure married marie falling love paris daughter prosperous german engineer said beautiful woman copenhagen years went health began deteriorate marie increasingly unhappy marriage marriage finally ended divorce marie pregnant affair composer hugo married died years later apparently result mental illness death wife married norwegian shortly purchased house martha later marie stayed 1880s converted summer residence michael died anna members group principal danish painters included marie notably anna michael painters rest scandinavia including oscar sweden christian norway gatherings restricted painters danish writers swedish composer hugo members group number artists joined painters shorter periods denmark included norway charles sweden von anna palm germany england adrian austrian born wife danish composer nielsen wife anne marie sculptor spent summers eventually bought anna member group born anna daughter owner grocery shop guest house later hotel inspired artists stayed received lessons michael spent winters copenhagen school women painters result portraits family friends skills considered denmark finest artists talents fully appreciated death works depict scenes home children women religious life stands pioneer time women expected artists admitted royal danish academy unlike husband adopted style realism inspired christian commenting blind woman face illuminated dark portrait pointed danish artist depict works include girl kitchen sunlight blue room mission meeting michael michael originally island invited friend studying academy married anna settled achieved artistic breakthrough painting round point bought christian works depict heroic fishermen dramatic experiences sea combining realism classical composition key works include carried dunes crew saved drowned man painted portraits landscapes especially district paintings seen museum michael denmark painters born norway brought copenhagen came returned summer finally settling marrying marie gained reputation paintings fishermen north coast zealand influenced movement travels france central enthusiastic members group painters creating emphasizing special effects local light beach scenes painting memorable works recording lively gatherings artists key works include summer evening southern beach store fishing eve beach shows members community including daughter mayor wife michael anna wife hugo marie studied royal academy michael graduating went active member group married anna cousin martha exhibited paris inspired paintings took lighter tones noted absence black works french artists considered earlier works dark comparison use colour reflected painting christian ill work displays stronger contrasts earlier paintings depicting red christian looking light foot bed gold white sunlight streams little blue wall works painted kitchen interior depicts wife martha arranging flowers brighter dividing catch showing fishermen pulled boat beach wives hopes evening meal falling relationship strained family visit years finally returned professor royal academy director somewhat forgotten today earlier visitors taught attended royal academy persuaded especially interested marine painting adopted approach influenced time spent paris 1870s perfection especially drawings works cover transition sailing ships original evolving tourist destination paintings include fishing night reef mail coach depicts horse drawn carriage railway reached way travellers arrived built house overlooking beach painted died heart trouble born raised copenhagen studied royal danish academy considered best painters began study paris studio worked subsequent years painted paris warmly received copenhagen spring exhibition visited visits 1870s return wife died tuberculosis married norwegian bought house painted number pictures depicting family friends landscapes works north_sea stormy weather powerful drowned boy brought ashore inspired paintings saw france pouring morning coffee depicting wife daughters home villa use colour window flowers artist creates atmosphere famous paintings portraits european royal personalities including christian denmark queen_victoria nicholas christian norwegian christian visited important figures norwegian art studied law interest art triggered friendship fellow student attended painting school oslo moving berlin studied specializing figure painting new realism berlin developed friendship returned travelling achieved artistic breakthrough attracted simple lives local fishermen depicting fisherman sea considered early association members colony marked effect style seen works painted returning norway went paris influenced movement experience french art seen later paintings including tired hair mother child unusually backs facing observer lighter palette bold contrasting tones blue red green painting deeper texture marie marie née came german family living copenhagen early age artist training privately went paris continue studies early met immediately fell love years senior couple married summer settled giving ample opportunity paint portraits marie indoors especially beach summers spent wife 1890s clearly source inspiration especially marie strong sense beauty quoting beauty truth truth beauty result periods mental illness experienced marriage fell apart married hugo taken beauty believed marie reluctant paint meeting looked far competent artist works survived including interior girl styles painting encouraged modern breakthrough movement led early painters attracted village community culture far removed effects city life recognized special light encountered combination location far north denmark accounts effects sand air painting styles evolved formal approach royal academy copenhagen embrace evolving european trends realism including air approach adopted school artists especially attracted opportunities painting air focusing activities local fishermen modest cottages absence rules colony painters freely developed individual styles interests shared paint scenes social gatherings playing cards celebrating simply eating adopting air approach painters able create works open immediately capturing special effects light colour subjects fishermen considered especially interesting group view dangerous work heroic behaviour depicted michael famous success rescuing number sailors drowned works dramatic depicting fishermen pulling nets day sea paintings portrayed authentic occurrences artists paid fishermen act models modest works included scenes walks beach romantic evenings portraits wife marie time went increasingly painted moods works depicted special atmosphere blue hour developed evening sky merged sea addition landscapes family portraits remembered painting flowers garden anna paintings hand focused interiors home including women children abstract style museum museum founded dining room hotel october victor christian local proprietor hotel anna brother michael elected form board governors death house plantation museum donated old hotel garden museum site new building work started completed september new museum officially opened exhibition rooms extended annex designed royal surveyor architect jacob planned later extension museum inaugurated museum administration moved technical school today museum works art museum paintings google art project accessible online films artists subject film hip hip swedish director inspired famous painting film passion marie directed august covered marie increasingly difficult relationship husband film based book marie arnold exhibitions number exhibitions painters recent years museum modern art copenhagen presented painters new light contrasting paintings depicting artists fishermen museum copenhagen succeeded arranging largest exhibition work titled international light works museums private collections france germany united_states scandinavia national museum women arts washington presented world apart anna art colony largest exhibition anna paintings held united_states museum frequently presents new aspects work painters concentrated efforts colour countryside crown presenting works held private collections illustrating artist involvement establishing artists school study copenhagen work court painter major exhibition paintings painters titled michael friends rivals held copenhagen september april gallery paintings gallery presents selection paintings artists roughly chronological order


foundation art award foundation award award given foundation bill jimmy worst artist year foundation award identical established controversial turner prize best british contemporary artist evening november rachel presented turner prize inside london gallery foundation award street outside prior presenting award foundation held private exhibit collection art works entitled money major body cash award exhibition accompanying extravagant press widely reported media context june newly formed foundation began taking page national press initial advertisements cryptic referring time advising readers kick mentioned year journeys included pop success deep space travel sands time running foundation single available formats planned release world peace established change direction fourth appeared august reading abandon art major progress await announcements august read come attention abandon art direct action necessary foundation announce awards foundation award worst artist year went detail artists chosen exhibited gallery newspaper pieces foundation appeared guardian following monday correctly pointing exhibition actually turner prize controversial annual award given art establishment best young contemporary artist assuming foundation prize hoax foundation newspaper wrote stands current performing face old friends pop bill jimmy known september organisers turner prize responded publicly proves validity prize somebody trouble set award foundation invited general public vote worst artist going exhibition critical letting inherent come fore final summarised campaign asked questions people written explained winner foundation award announced live turner prize coverage channel_4 television november economist reported foundation prize placed context autumn past years increasingly bad tempered hand britain art critics popular media avant garde establishment small art historians dealers control turner prize predicting rachel creator controversial sculpture house win awards magazine said vast numbers people contemporary art rubbish feel foundation television evening november explained foundation currently history art secret location mention alternative award post turner prize studio discussion foundation reportedly pre announced rachel winner time turner live television turner prize awarded artist reluctantly collected foundation past saying honour claimed advertising campaign cost television advertisements cost scotland sunday said carefully chosen match value turner prize newspaper adding copies supplied evidence press cost art history witnesses including art critics journalists music industry figures artists invited participate foundation art history driven convoy white led gold service station handed press release crisp new notes accompanying press release stated collectively foundation prize extra witness verify authenticity spending witnesses dressed orange hard hats safety jackets convoy proceeded field patrolled orange painted foundation armoured cars driven broadcasting foundation money money money silver ball foundation directed witnesses nail money board inside frame assemble foundation prize witnesses prize money according kelly short ball directed witnesses view art million pounds notes nailed large framed board foundation art work nailed wall series foundation art installations include million pounds skip million pounds table variants theme tremendous amounts folding collectively foundation money art works titled money major body cash seven pieces involving amounts cash nailed tied simply standing objects nailed wall reserve price half face value cash construction scotland sunday reporter robert scott fairly confident million cash catalogue entry artwork stated years face value eroded inflation artistic value rise rise precise point artistic value overtake face value unknown work double money hang wall watch face value market value artistic value choice rachel notified victory refused accept prize allow foundation use left site art history headed london showdown steps refused accept money foundation explained burnt crowd drunk witnesses looking masked foundation operative matches lighter fluid moment rachel emerged accepted money stating grants artists day foundation publicist claimed voting foundation award supposed produce tie illustrate turner award committee strangely result huge margin victory speculated thousand voters liked disliked sound defending lord told guardian talent highest level attracts let artist fail sculpture house demolished planned inception january media art world reaction huge press publicity ensued major newspapers press organisations reporting won awards media reaction foundation award mixed david mills wrote times foundation campaign asked doesn strike odd group people money artistic disco version theme suggesting contemporary art rachel advertisement printed british magazine art monthly outlined plan donate shelter distribute remainder grants artists advertisement stated agree foundation aims methods displaying little humour advertisement similar style foundation ads stark white text black background scottish sculptor david opined scotland sunday bunch silly good money going bunch silly artist going good use saying fool money john hand said emotional artistic nature admire imagination challenging art art rational asks expensive art publicity stunt century agent said affair non event achieved left looking like real peter director agency concurred called obviously publicity stunt sort statement trying don know relationship art money pretty fortune couple successful singles artists aren position threatening set light pretty factory records boss tony wilson applauded group foundation peculiar avant garde group ideas valid turner people told nme laws governing constitutes art artistic statement lot people don understand bill jimmy trying people know exactly rachel trying art modern review art critic john reilly foundation witnesses said point foundation origin circulation data concepts master plan grand narrative reilly enjoyed sense waste sacrifice involved attended presentation found special interest subsidiary incident evening prize ceremonies theft money invited witnesses feelings power money bring fairly summarised turned better foundation hoped examination cash art associated feelings point named figure taken money reported found event funny offensive walked thought point writer underground art historian stewart home supportive foundation avant garde wasn seen turner prize gathering found select band individuals organised foundation attack arts establishment dignitaries lord revealed attack cultural innovations rhetoric showed complete idiot people immediately pointed unable correctly van art dealer brother likewise claimed monuments erected critics presented champion progressive culture ignoring fact critics picked winner prize awarding foundation represent vital innovative strand contemporary culture work simultaneously critique celebration consumer capitalism new musical express piece november highly supportive foundation nearest parallel foundation donation beatles plans apple corps said apple handed money little end failed achieve nice posters war want found specific target relationship art money critical attacked actually offering artist produces piece work simultaneously sent thing proved integrity hard way face magazine witness wrote accusation gag pay foundation distracted message mocking artists involved turner work tired institution awards telling use critical innate prejudice vote asking decides decides independent witness david impressed night highly eccentric mystery tour foundation probably said wealth accumulated number hit records resurgence said guardian said jimmy artist responsible best selling poster adorned walls turner nominees added grand wealthy art elite aim drawn approval sections art world find installations rope beds covered rice joke prove expense turner separate piece newspaper implied foundation hit perceived target success later analysis piece published sunday_times quoted author james english description foundation art award hostile philanthropy sunday_times writer added foundation witty artistic greed essential aspects prize promote prize organisers culturally speaking thick console artists evidence work strong reactions importantly english conflicts demonstrate autonomous nature event prizes seen real lasting judgment art things years award bill attempted explain foundation motives saw burning foundation art campaign money major body cash failed attract major gallery interest august disposed million pounds alternate fashion burnt scottish island foundation burn million interview admitted guilt million pounds burning burnt million pounds burning happened burnt petrol wait clock came told wait minutes rachel came running grabbed money dragged fence wished burnt money brilliant totally outrageous people falling chairs saying believe burned


march chinese painter pioneering artist shanghai earliest influential magazines created china famous comic strips master traditional chinese painting served head department chinese painting china central academy fine arts cultural revolution persecuted imprisoned seven years married times marriages dancer ended divorce marriage movie star lasted years death early life born county province loved paint childhood money opportunity seek professional training forcing teach paint career shanghai age moved shanghai found work small short lived journal day journal shut northern expedition army reached shanghai april work years old fellow released publication dedicated called shanghai shanghai sketch effort looked like propaganda poster failure original joined artists including song formed shanghai sketch society translated shanghai cartoon association autumn china association dedicated debut major event history chinese comics leadership recruited wealthy poet sponsor association successfully shanghai april drew covers magazine page publication carried comic strip inspired american strip bringing father portraying daily life middle lower classes shanghai china famous cartoons eventually films 1930s june shanghai merged modern modern editor continuing series september organized national cartoon exhibition shanghai displayed cartoons country overwhelming success exhibition artists formed national association chinese spring movement brought halt japanese invasion months later sino japanese war japan invaded china occupied shanghai group fellow shanghai formed national salvation cartoon propaganda corps included known artists funded government corps left shanghai interior spread anti japanese propaganda went forced leave city fell end travelled eventually wartime capital published issues resistance cartoons government discontinued funding went hong_kong prior fall japanese december traveled vietnam temporarily worked general joseph war correspondent india travels drew sketches wartime scenes including series entitled escape hong_kong world war japanese surrender went united_states held series exhibitions sell artworks professor beijing art academy founding people republic china remained academy transformed china central academy fine arts elected vice chairman china artists association appointed head chinese painting department academy painted 1950s including representative works indian dancing autumn summer river liberation cultural revolution began accused agent having drawn propaganda paintings cartoons government japanese invasion red guards labeled major general better paid real general imprisoned seven years release allowed return work central academy fine arts nearly died heart attack following year underwent major operation wife supported family period politically appointed vice president research institute chinese painting elected vice chairman china artists association member national committee died beijing aged personal life married times age married prominent family hometown marriage arranged parents gave birth son daughter editor modern sketch magazine fell love female chinese creator comic strip miss bee rejected request divorce signed agreement officially separate start sino japanese war joined salvation cartoon propaganda corps went met fell love air_force pilot eventually following taiwan suffered mental illness later years committed suicide met dancer hong_kong overseas chinese born trinidad come hong_kong support war effort speak chinese spoke little english fell love got married weeks widow president sun presided wedding surgery hong_kong unable children according daughter lived father initially hostile treated child spent half year returned beijing unexpectedly asked divorce fallen love dance partner devastated divorce finalized lived known mother chinese ballet wife famous actress previously married film emperor introduced mutual friends got married marriage stormy beginning lasted years turmoil cultural revolution death wife lived son accused agent thrown prison cultural revolution persecuted wife committed suicide selected works


march october german born photographer specialized artists including abstract jackson photos work studio increased fame recognition led greater understanding work techniques outgoing personality persistence photograph important artistic figures work studios photographed painters robert mark architects frank lloyd wright philip johnson louis focused subjects getting figures agree photographed work captured subjects studios works captured relationship photographer subject subjects levels self consciousness famous art figures photographed people native lifestyles overrun western influences died long_island car crash early life born march germany interests youth mainly politics arts cites mother responsible encouraging interest music arts teenager familiar german french museum father joined nazi party disillusioned economic decline contrasted political views son found drawn liberal german youth movement arrested briefly jailed distributing anti nazi materials july father intervened arranged sent paris time paris took assortment jobs including newspaper boy researcher befriended german paris including photographer george invited assist studio port spain introduced year old photography months returned paris supporting occasional portraits sent cover workers july french magazine barcelona opening stages spanish civil war months photographed war providing photos european publications returned paris continued careers photographers paris studied joseph taught technical aspects photography increased tension hostilities france germany fellow german interned joined french foreign legion avoid confinement discharged fled escaped united_states help journalist emergency rescue committee arrived new_york_city planned join office strategic services desire fallen love french born delayed drafted world war december completing basic training joined intelligence services worked interpreter england france czechoslovakia returning germany gather war criminals realized cut cord completely totally home family country completely return germany conclusion world war left army having awarded purple heart returned new_york determined raise money family keeping photography hobby working paper research company year half company went bankrupt leaving job realized dish decided return time photography set kitchen began location work architecture magazines interested architecture design introduced photographer instructor art director harper began taking classes new school social research learned develop ideas engage concepts images began working harper fashion photography later children fashion photography jackson initially interested work jackson convinced teacher important painter july approached asked photograph artist working studio agreed encouraged wife lee aware importance media coverage resulting images helped famous technique painting revealing process random paint helped transform talented media driven superstar american contemporary art jeans clad chain smoking poster boy abstract according acclaimed culture critic ferdinand satisfied black white wanted create color film managed focus painting time partially found interest image art solution paint large sheet glass filmed underneath work afford professional lighting film shot outside long_island home documentary produced paul considered influential artists november relationship came abrupt conclusion coming cold weather shoot glass painting treated 1930s alcoholism poured whiskey supposedly having sober years argument ensued calling culminating table food guests reverted figure oriented style painting leading sessions robbed come feel things camera originally spontaneously art critic jones suggests filming broke myth trance framing work larger surrounding landscape destroyed view paintings potter close friend described commanding frequently telling start stop painting according potter felt happening describes nervous self conscious filming time discussed later interview time created films captured photographs artist photos published portfolio journal edited death photos grew popularity articles painter place artwork art historian barbara rose states photographs changed art focusing creation art final product younger artists bruce richard robert morris able view paintings images act painting giving rise popularity process art photos allowed art historians details method example art historian found painting black white film began careful forming figures wolf covered beneath layers paint artists popularity drawn work helped gain access members abstract movement including mark construction studio years photographed progress paintings period took especially large number photos man possibly indicating painting importance photographed architects including frank lloyd wright walter louis later work wife visited guatemala interest wife native land photographed native people returned survey damage earthquake shocked find native customs threatened influences alcoholism published black white photos book los effort catalog preserve images town population customs began work regularly art news producing covers magazine years died long_island automobile accident far similarly died car crash archive work located center creative photography university arizona manages copyright work subject interaction technique found developed subjects integral making feel comfortable photographed working known technically skilled photographer outgoing personality contributed largely new_york art scene persistent subjects agree photographed including sculptor joseph took years convinced generally managed subject ease work naturally environments artificial largely self conscious artists agreed subjects photography critic sarah boxer suggests difficult view photos artists considering possibility trying gain fame manner similar developed personal relationships subjects art critic describes hero photographs included objects related subjects paint tubes items homes works art photos captured interactions subjects showing comfortable time shooting subjects frank idea photographed including mark robert ignored photo sessions photographs tension photographer subject guest cases artists subjects uncomfortable camera architects fuller images male artists notable exception appear taking self absorbed poses


van van september september dutch flemish took archaeological cultural photographs java dutch_east_indies period nineteenth century photographs produced visit colony ranged subject landscapes portraits court photography model studies monograph published black white coloured nearly photographs photograph picture monument showed results restoration early life van born time united_kingdom netherlands having studied painting singing paris joined french opera group travelled present day performances group left dutch_east_indies van decided stay interested new medium photography particularly print technique opened print processing shop commissions general secretary east indies invited van join government mission present day thailand february cover treaty friendship trade navigation netherlands van government assignment occasion capture number country period society arts sciences main interests archaeological research conservation interested newly invented print medium society felt world know culture expressed old inscriptions statues customs temples society arranged archaeological tour java headed priest community specialist society commissioned van accompany tour order illustrate publication culture government granted permission tour restriction wet prints government property extra printing allowed permission government contract society van photographs cleaned restored went photograph hindu temple complex east java ran chemicals enthusiasm temple complex glass intended society nervous van delay grant request supply new van photographs satisfied society renowned society photographer work repairing system managing water flow trip plateau order photograph hindu temple praised society board decided van longer obliged follow directions pursue vision published work illustrations van later van published photographs monuments java criticized missing important ruins instance east publication included drawings society felt incomplete april van set monument cleaning digging technical difficulties delayed start taking pictures august year wet monsoon season hampered work resulting series photographs taken august december society disappointed number photographs satisfied printing artistic quality photographic styles van known work selected statues panels preserved best pictures preferred non frontal angle shows better depth relief skills relief maker stress timeless beauty van blocked original background negative film instead putting black curtain criticisms van photographs missed details series trained artist works lacked archaeological descriptions main purpose contract printing quality question success showing beauty classical arts photographs shown public international exhibition vienna world exhibition paris works seen places including national museum amsterdam gallery


joe born new_zealand born raised artist body painter body paintings featured sports_illustrated issue recent edition considered world leading body painter artist famous vanity_fair birthday suit cover moore body painting disappearing model featured highest rated episode believe daughter george addition achieving pop culture prominence respect fashion art worlds starting body painting moore award winning artist rock roll world helped music clients win fashion style awards considered fashion art long time associated madonna retrospective published book body painting peak pop culture fame vanity_fair cover seriously considered absolute campaign magazine editorial work photographer body paintings books magazines career new_zealand born raised lives united_states based los_angeles began teaching dance new_zealand primary school moved new_zealand age variety stops way los_angeles time spent australia amsterdam ventured los_angeles time summer olympics years away home help agency obtained work permit approached beauty offer respected artist services accepted solidified reputation point instead asked george daughter common father asked father early work music industry included album cover music video work david lee tina turner grace jones annie early successes employed eat smile album cover experiences led work madonna started music videos express vogue work music videos inch nails work inch nails video perfect drug won makeup portion best hair makeup music video music video production awards won awards madonna frozen notable musicians worked gwen won stylish video vh1 vogue fashion awards working video doubt song new worked campaigns photo features efforts exhibit artistic visions eventually expanded body painting express artistic vision august moore caused international artistic appearing cover vanity_fair seven months pregnant daughter scout photo moore artist annie photographer exactly year later returned cover magazine nude product nearly equally shocking body painting birthday suit pictured right primary body painter art magazine cover art propelled fame years later continues considered known example modern body painting cover entailed thirteen hour sitting team artists commemoration august photo shooting photographer annie decide shoot reserved mobile homes hotel rooms houses pop culture attention given body painting led consider body painting promotion considered body painter times describes generally colloquially refers refer image maker contributions people perceptions originally inspired body painting facial skin indigenous people native new_zealand glam heavy metal white face native american indians indian contributed inspiration began draw people work prominent august vanity_fair cover moore media involved leading photographers directors super models celebrities worked leading celebrities madonna kim christina_aguilera editorial vogue vanity_fair rolling_stone playboy harper fashion campaigns victoria secret guess companies oil mega brands point beauty editor black book work madonna includes music videos express vogue fever rain frozen blonde ambition tour subsequent feature documentary truth dare madonna teamed black white photographs subject numerous television programs magazine articles including highest rated episode believe retrospective exhibited museum body art exhibition early earned motion picture credits work artist employed moore films walls talk jane addition earned credit playboy earned credit people know working kim earned credit work short documentary work director chris sports_illustrated year issue painted sarah hare variety sports_illustrated body paintings occurred richard island british virgin islands appeared sports_illustrated calendar tie dyed earned cover german edition sports_illustrated issue issue goddess theme cover featuring goddess mediterranean contributed theme body painting models statues goddess venus flora aurora diana time work featuring featured cover tenth anniversary shape magazine painted seven continent world map rachel hunter fellow new purposely represented australia new_zealand issue painted white miller hall paintings featured body painting real bathing suit portions images bathing suit portions apparent images issue painted hall white miller anne athletic team outfits issue painted multiple bathing suits appeared cover german edition sports_illustrated ninth time worked seventh time sports_illustrated issue music theme beyoncé featured cover painted rock roll related shirts bikini bottoms miller sports_illustrated issue painted bathing suits grant miller average sitting time subjects objects thirteen hours photographers respectively james michael white issue works took photographs body paintings photographed issue body painting pictures chosen main image cover issue issue pictured left murphy cover model white shown cover miami jersey body painting sports_illustrated issue photographer debuted cover sense small portion photograph appeared cover apparent books produced english books paint pain free way achieving naked ambitions isbn publishing body painting foreword isbn spanish book isbn book paint painter photographer arranger conceived scenes paint theme helping people achieve fantasies works included called stretch got shows old woman pink splits golden stage help assistant painted blend sweat shows overweight woman happily leading class body painted appears pounds book achieved sitting hours figure book produced course months new_zealand second book body painting includes seventy works photographers involved annie david book includes works museum exhibition selected issue images model current lady france subject book photos included photo shoots including shape magazine tenth anniversary shoot photos moore appear including alternate photos hawaii portion birthday suit week shooting photos pregnancy subsequent body paintings photo disappearing model work believe included book includes magazine work fame shoot matthew november interview shoot anderson david calendar work murphy sports_illustrated produced sports_illustrated paint isbn time inc home entertainment november book subtitled complete body painting collection issue art book contains photographs body paintings included issue involved body painting preceded involvement featured artist book includes photographs aforementioned photographers book contains stories accompanied issues sports_illustrated writers reilly observed process cover image sarah hare shot photographed issue book includes images produced earlier efforts sports_illustrated issue includes scenes images include magazine television best known birthday suit art consider famous work disappearing model work appeared believe body painting face body model indistinguishable red blue yellow flowers background body paintings memorable painted female ford modeling agency fashion model named employment traditionally male ritual face mask example website ability trick eye seeing dimensional subject blend dimensional background seen photograph pregnant examples technique include cover book pictured images book participated germany painting final contestants leopard prints episode cycle episode handled models day working seven hours works covered shoulders legs breasts stomach included long hair extensions episode resulted work successful contestants eliminated style developed style body painter typical job takes team hours jobs twice charge hour prepared jobs generally sketch work paper fact claims twice years body painting needs test usually uses opposite left arm hand recent years added photography professional skills addition photographer paint photographer years sports_illustrated work example photographer end canon camera family north island new_zealand lives los_angeles new_york_city father george new_zealand politician nephew competitive father long time member parliament new_zealand later mayor north shore city mother elder sister served model painting assistant paintings book daughter named paintings assisted cover paint older brother named


john john january new style december 18th century british publisher noted helped alter trade britain france initiated british tradition art form promoted interests artists patrons result business prospered son land surveyor william henry artist admired learned established business published book time think artistic efforts eventually started buying works print dealer artist successful french prints frustrated refusal trade prints kind spark trade commissioned william spectacular richard wilson destruction children print trade years later largely result initiative trade shifted named fellow royal society efforts began large shakespeare venture included establishment shakespeare gallery publication illustrated edition shakespeare plays release prints depicting scenes shakespeare works painters day contributed benjamin west henry life dedicated time civic projects donated art government institutions ran public office lord mayor london french revolutionary wars led cessation continental trade end business firm declined nearly bankrupt death early years born according monument old london later removed margaret demolition parish mary née educated partially merchant school father land surveyor young oldest seven children expected follow footsteps family moved house steward john accompanied london year later like young men time resolved sail east indies hopes making fortune abandoned scheme favour returning elizabeth lloyd woman intended pursue land surveying time unclear saw print castle william henry delighted immediately set london learn lloyd promised wait enrolled martin lane academy learn drawing day worked fourteen hours attended drawing classes night years allowed buy year set independent shop strand specialised prints cost cheap print expensive print willingness assume responsibility business early career indicates ambition spirit independent shops risky strict copyright laws copyright act known act instituted published books prints profession right greatly decreased profits publishers published major work bridge book drew cut print cost contained landscapes surprisingly bridge featured prominently year later apparently financially secure married elizabeth lloyd couple children elizabeth died realised early career little artistic merit saying later collected improvement art country britain period publication idea merits explain member company started buying artists plates publishing addition william shop took finished publisher adopting dual role artist print dealer altered traditional organisation print shops subject public taste sell supplement earnings trading prints artists understood concerns publisher fact publisher help raise level respect addition better paying commissions success large volume prints moved larger premises published collection views england wales cheap successful book gave capital invest increasingly immersed commercial print business like print dealers began prints sell included print landscapes artists bulk imports came undisputed masters 18th century french small fortune imported prints early success acknowledged named member royal society written extensively explains despite success hat french extend credit exchange prints required produce hard cash took action turning point decided attempt trade french kind refused past poor quality british change truly spectacular print end hired william foremost england richard wilson destruction children successfully engraved painting father sacrificing temple apollo paid approximately compared usual rates single act patronage raised fees london print wildly successful importantly french accepted payment kind fact british print actively desired continent british far prints largely business flourished soon hired nephew assist biographer reasons early phenomenal success unlike competitors sold books business exclusive concentration sale reproductive prints argues despite extensive sales varied types reproductive prints contemporary history print accounted major success print dealer notable death general painting benjamin west engraved early stopped prints began exclusively relying commissions trades opened new market quickly followed success business capital reserve embarked ambitious projects simultaneously began collection prints engraved capital paintings england ninth volume finished great critical financial success began set prints engraved capital paintings collection imperial majesty empress russia possession earl norfolk finished addition projects middle shakespeare undertaking experimented history river_thames published writes colored book major set example type illustration enjoy widespread popularity england years published original work william works john life poet productivity firm spurred british print industry general annual exports british prints reached imports fell acknowledged praised england agent stunning economic reversal awarded royal academy gold medal services advancing print trade royal academy dinner prince wales english art better grand commercial shakespeare venture achievement shakespeare project occupy decades life project contained parts illustrated edition shakespeare plays public gallery paintings depicting scenes plays prints based paintings idea grand shakespeare edition conceived dinner home november guest list evidence extensive connections artistic world benjamin west painter king george iii george renowned painter george king painter william poet john scholar translator aristotle daniel engineer sources list painter paul initial idea edition probably seize pursue wanted use edition facilitate development british school history painting magnificent accurate shakespeare edition began focus enterprise print gallery simply main project advertisement volume edition wrote united text great objects edition responsible george renowned editor responsible text volumes handsome pages quality paper high illustrations printed independently inserted removed customer desired volumes works published edition financed subscription campaign buyers offer partial payment pay remaining sum delivery practice necessitated fact enormous sum time eventually spent enterprise opened mall shakespeare gallery contained paintings end run gallery hit public fashionable attraction took public imagination end illustrate edition provide images obtained assistance eminent painters day artists included richard thomas george henry benjamin west robert john nephew business partner thomas relationships artists particularly generally james praised liberal payments wrote letter advancement arts england mass nobility paid person memory shall hold reverence beginning enterprise reactions generally positive reviews influential newspapers london time solidified public interest project artists efforts criticism particular satirical james appears commissioned shakespeare scenes revenge published shakespeare sacrificed offering weeks gallery opened followed cartoons sacrificing works shakespeare devil money bags project dragged criticism increased project inspired thomas attempted found poet gallery similar shakespeare gallery histories england scale shakespeare edition started like venture ultimately ended financial disaster collected paintings lasting legacy enterprise reissued 19th century scholars described precursor modern coffee table book civic service amidst work generated publishing enterprises found time cheap ward master company sheriff london lord mayor london dedicated civic spirit eye business promotion took advantage public positions advocate public private patronage arts frequently donated paintings collections corporation london hung hoped donation spur similar remained solitary contributor catalogue published listing works donated preface explained large gifts matter wonder present city london expensive pictures principal reasons influence respect corporation fellow citizens secondly pleasure public foreigners general service artists works greatest advantage mere purpose pleasing commissioned donated industry robert works donated similarly appealing fellow gifts middle class pleased values promoted prominent figure speech council advocate renovation building purpose displaying public art striking claim rich persuaded art wicked ways found present age instead gaming laying young females false promises bad opportunity withdrawing laid bad designing men women constantly lay wait lead young possessed large property pleasure satisfaction real paradise earth place shine display middle class consumers approved connection morality art business decline death legacy french revolution broke years later war erupted britain france tumultuous decade trade europe increasingly difficult business relied heavily foreign trade especially french threatened market cut war business declined substantially forced sell shakespeare gallery lottery order business remain died december lottery drawn tickets sold according john caught cold going old bailey damp day duty died december bankrupt great public acclaim buried december church old funeral attended lord mayor artists single british prints viable economic demolished french domination trade letter sir john anderson asking parliament private lottery act sell shakespeare gallery stated sufficient course commerce print trade changed times wrote historical painting exclusively present advancement played changing nature art patronage britain advocated public patronage civic posts government little british art according enthusiasm english government eventually provided funds establishment national gallery helped artists independent aristocratic patronage providing commercial opportunities attempted free artists traditional forms state aristocratic patronage creating public taste reproductive prints historical subjects entry dictionary national biography ends assessment print publisher exerted influence course british art nephew business partner continued uncle business time business wound jane 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known susan june november american portrait artist new_england 19th century published poetry christmas hymn novel autobiography entitled roses artist young girl excellent student needed quit school age care ill grandmother taught school year later joined academy providence rhode_island earned way school making selling graduated highest honors established school operated years gave profits family helped support life short marriage characterized abuse control child born couple died months later child birth left husband obtained divorce support taught school period began work traveled rhode_island massachusetts maine accepting commissions portraits individuals families lived mobile lifestyle long lasting relationships closest personal relationship life mother raised girl years taught paint professional periods financial security physical health course career early life born massachusetts june second child james mary father young girl lost sea lived maternal grandparents reverend mary excellent student attended school years age needed help care ill grandmother following year nearly died result lightning strike killed person standing believed died resumed consciousness hour suffered years incident mother married april combined household including children moved foster rhode_island farm years age taught school attended best academy rhode_island financed sales learned paint academy graduated highest honors sufficiently trained teach common branches education graduation established school near mother stepfather house profits school given mother occasion loaned stepfather reluctantly mother insistence married james phillips november husband abusive cruel according left husband year months cruel returned mother house months later gave birth son august child phillips died months later rhode_island supreme_court granted divorce husband left having received having relinquished property previously owned husband resumed teaching painted portraits supplement earnings allowing support send money mother stepfather family moved connecticut point life turmoil financial marry man secure better standard living developed career support picture finished viewed great artist like called patron look time entered anxious look started surprise fell perfect declaring excellent day house inundated entered eager looks sic woman paint likeness applauded hopes expectations artist worked professional portrait painter traveling new_england placing advertisements local newspapers business women worked professional late 18th early 19th centuries ways career early nineteenth century united_states anxiety commissions constant threat poverty corresponding need mobility search work familiar contemporary american painters male female woman proportions weighing pounds original character described subject criticism traveling woman found safe stay boarding houses secured letters introduction trusted people establish artist studied art boston stayed boarding houses published writer career generally oil paintings inch wood panels sides washed red gray green green blue subjects paintings portrayed confident manner half length poses accessories hair clothing detailed placement hands tables objects awkward tendency paint long hands light flesh tones eyes round faces known liberties portrayal subjects painted gray eyed man portrait black eyes thought attractive maine traveled time portland maine placed business advertisement december edition portland standard rate large oil portraits time advertised large portraits having received leads work placed january said portrait good likeness subject executed women find pride pleasure female artist painting neighbors saw began receive commissions work worked southern maine portland new_hampshire initially sufficient commissions support rental furnished office painting office exhibit portraits religious woman adopted simpler clothing spiritual practice time health declined engaged nursing services left short funds answered friend request return providence paint dying daughter poor health stayed months worked artist maine subjects portland george portrait sold march massachusetts received formal art training boston spent following summer cape ann artists paint cape ann returned years interrupted visits mother spring fall village cape ann painted portraits families continued paint cape 1830s 1840s found unique place scenery delightful people liking rich poor equality kindness good prominent traits lives characters raised girl called adopted daughter years age time taught paint lived months fall river massachusetts visit mother stepfather farm found younger half brother secured deed farm lived main house parents lived sort house months later half brother sold farm found looking sad south connecticut arrangements mother step father live apartment rhode_island painted portrait author williams wrote poetry religion home lives william stephen portrait given rhode_island historical society group members society including henry residence providence rhode_island kept parents comfortable support wrote published christmas hymn poetry enjoyed successful professional life left town safety rebellion went cape ann months returned providence ill unable find work places suffered financially mother came live providence following death stepfather november following march mother mary died visit half brother lived connecticut supported parents girl later years traveled maine difficulty establishing want connections relied past returned providence time established highly respectable commercial building aside male occupants struggled professionally loss mother suffered personally career relied kept forever traveling difficult establish long standing relationships relationship mother close life published autobiography roses artist years later published wait victorian novel died providence rhode_island november file containing papers photographs exhibition archival material held brooklyn museum libraries archives art reference library collection collections cape ann museum gloucester massachusetts maine state museum maine portland museum art maine rhode_island historical society providence rhode_island works merchant oil canvas cape ann historical association catherine read arnold williams oil wood john brown house museum rhode_island historical society son thomas providence rhode_island oil wood private collection george paper portrait oil panel portland museum art maine lane iii oil wood cape ann historical association hannah griffin lane oil cape ann historical association harper lane oil wood cape ann historical association hannah fuller smith oil cape ann historical association brown davis oil wood cape ann historical association family oil wood panel portraits private collection portrait lady lace cap oil portland museum art


november november known french french sculptor generally considered modern sculpture set rebel past traditionally took like approach work desired academic recognition accepted paris foremost school art possessed unique ability model complex turbulent deeply surface clay notable sculptures criticized lifetime clashed predominant sculpture traditions works decorative formulaic highly thematic original work departed traditional themes mythology modeled human body realism celebrated individual character sensitive controversy surrounding work refused change style successive works brought increasing favor government artistic community unexpected realism major figure inspired trip italy unconventional memorials commissions later sought reputation grew french sculptor time world renowned artist wealthy private clients sought work world fair exhibit kept company variety high profile intellectuals artists married lifelong companion rose year lives sculptures suffered decline popularity death decades legacy solidified remains widely known outside visual arts community biography formative years born working class family paris second child marie jean police department clerk largely self educated began draw age ages attended school specializing art mathematics studied drawing painting drawing teacher believed developing personality students observed eyes drew expressed appreciation teacher later life met submitted clay model companion des arts attempt win entrance succeed applications denied given entrance requirements particularly high considerable setbacks inability gain entrance judges tastes light 18th century sculpture leaving earned living decades producing decorative objects architectural sister maria years senior died convent felt guilty introduced maria turning away art briefly joined catholic order congregation blessed saint peter julian founder head congregation recognized talent sensing lack order encouraged continue sculpture returned work taking classes animal sculptor louis teacher attention detail finely rendered animals motion significantly influenced began live young named rose stay ranging commitment rest life couple son year offered sculpture exhibition entered studio albert carrier successful mass producer art worked carrier chief assistant designing roof decorations staircase doorway arrival franco prussian war called serve national_guard service brief near work war needed support family poverty continual difficulty age carrier soon asked join belgium work ornamentation brussels planned stay belgium months spent years france pivotal time life acquired skill experience seen art sat workshop afford relationship carrier deteriorated found employment brussels displaying works companion rose soon joined having saved money travel visited italy months drawn work work profound effect artistic direction said freed academic sculpture returning belgium began work age bronze life size male figure realism brought attention led accusations cheating artistic independence rose returned paris moving small flat left bank surrounded mother wanted son marry dead father blind cared sister law aunt year old son possibly delayed helpful care essentially abandoned son years limited relationship life father son joined couple flat rose charges surrounding age bronze continued increasingly sought female paris rose stayed background earned living collaborating established public commissions primarily memorials neo baroque architectural pieces style competitions commissions submitted models jean avail time worked studies leading creation important work john baptist preaching carrier art director national factory offered time position designer offer gesture reconciliation accepted appreciated 18th century tastes aroused immersed designs table ornaments brought factory renown europe artistic community appreciated work vein invited paris friends writer early appearances social events shy later years fame grew displayed temperament better known french statesman expressed desire meet sculptor impressed met salon spoke turn government ministers likely including ministry fine arts eventually met relationship rewarding won commission create portal planned museum decorative arts dedicated decades elaborate gates hell unfinished portal museum built portal figures sculptures including famous kiss museum commission came free studio granting new level artistic freedom soon stopped working factory income came private commissions agreed supervise course sculptor alfred absence met year old formed passionate stormy relationship influenced inspired model figures talented sculptor assisting commissions busy gates hell won commissions pursued opportunity create historical monument town monument french author chosen execution sculptures clashed traditional tastes met varying degrees disapproval organizations sponsored commissions gaining support diverse sources propelled fame paris salon invited judge artistic jury career rise increasingly double life shared small old castle refused relinquish ties loyal companion lean years mother son absence wrote think loved remain parted suffered nervous breakdown years later confined institution family death works submitted sculpture exhibition man broken nose paris salon subject elderly neighbourhood street porter unconventional bronze piece traditional bust instead head broken neck nose flattened head absent having fallen clay model accident work emphasized texture emotional state subject illustrated characterize later sculptures salon rejected piece early figures inspiration italy brussels created scale work age bronze having returned italy modeled belgian soldier figure drew inspiration dying slave observed attempting combine mastery human form sense human nature studied model angles rest motion mounted ladder additional perspective clay models studied result life size nude figure posed right hand atop head left arm held parallel body work debuted brussels shown paris salon statue apparent lack theme critics commemorating mythology noble historical event clear intended theme titled work form left hand held spear removed spear certain angles titles settled age bronze suggesting bronze age words man arising nature later said mind simple piece sculpture reference subject mastery form light shadow work look realistic accused having taken cast living model vigorously denied charges writing newspapers having photographs taken model prove sculpture differed demanded inquiry eventually committee leaving aside false charges piece critics barely won acceptance display paris salon criticism likened statue called accurate copy low type rallied defend piece integrity government minister admired piece age bronze purchased state cost cast bronze second male nude john baptist preaching completed sought avoid charge making statue larger life john stands age bronze posed john gestures viewer effect walking achieved despite figure having feet firmly ground physical technical achievement lost contemporary critics chose contradictory position words display simultaneously views object fact seen despite title john baptist preaching obviously religious theme model italian peasant presented studio possessed sense movement felt compelled capture thought john baptist carried association title work submitted sculpture paris salon critics dismissive work piece finished salon sculpture category regardless immediate john age bronze achieved new degree fame students sought studio praising work charges artistic community knew gates hell commission create portal paris planned museum decorative arts awarded museum built worked life gates hell monumental group depicting scenes high relief lacking clear conception major works compensated hard work perfection conceived gates controversy mind john charges casting model partially succeeded prove completely model life determined sculpture door figures smaller life laws composition gave way gates depiction hell figures groups meditation condition man physically morally isolated gates hell comprised figures final form best known sculptures started designs figures composition shades kiss later presented separate independent works known works derived gates falling man son originally titled poet known sculptures world original inch high bronze piece created designed gates figure gaze hell obviously characterizes aspects biblical adam mythological ascribed observers emphasize apparent intellectual theme stressing figure rough emotional tension town contemplated historical monument decades learned project pursued commission interested medieval motif patriotic theme mayor tempted hire spot visiting studio soon memorial approved architect commemorate townspeople offered lives save fellow citizens years war army king edward iii besieged edward ordered town population killed agreed spare principal citizens come prepared die ropes came ordered executed pardoned queen spare lives depicts men leaving king camp carrying keys town gates citadel began project inspired chronicles siege jean town envisioned heroic piece centered saint eldest men conceived sculpture study varied complex emotions men year commission committee impressed progress indicated willingness end project change design meet committee conservative expectations said continue displayed general acclaim bronze sculpture weighing tons figures tall men portrayed display united heroic isolated brothers individually struggling expected fate soon proposed monument high pedestal eliminated wanting sculpture ground level viewers penetrate heart subject ground level figures positions lead viewer work subtly suggest common movement forward committee proposal yield succeeded having displayed preferred form work placed public garden high platform surrounded cast iron wanted located near town hall engage public damage world war subsequent storage death sculpture displayed intended best known acclaimed works commissions controversy commissioned create monument french writer victor hugo dealt extensively subject artist muse like public commissions monument victor hugo met resistance fit conventional expectations commenting monument victor hugo times expressed reason complaint medium cases vast technical powers plaster model cast bronze des des organization writers planned monument french novelist immediately death society commissioned create memorial spent years developing concept sculpture challenged finding appropriate representation given author physique produced studies portraits length figures nude wearing coat replica requested realized sculpture displays looking distance deeply features intent moment work express courage labor struggle exhibited negative reaction surprising rejected work press ran parodies criticizing work reflected come time come time represent great novelist huge comic mask present day statue slang modern critic indicates monument supporters day manifesto defending signed future premier bbc series art historian kenneth clark praised monument greatest piece sculpture 19th century greatest try convince merit monument commission moved figure garden experience complete public commission monument cast bronze placed boulevard intersection boulevard works popularity famous sculptures tends obscure total creative output prolific artist created thousands figures fragments decades painted especially holds drawings prints chalk thirteen vigorous produced single important component helping win acceptance financial independence sculpture bust father produced portraits death early subjects included fellow sculptor companion later reputation established prominent contemporaries english politician george irish playwright george bernard austrian composer president domingo french statesman drawing study woman nude standing arms raised hands crossed head works seized aesthetic naturalist concerned monumental expression character emotion departing centuries tradition turned away greeks decorative beauty baroque neo baroque movements sculpture emphasized individual flesh suggested emotion detailed surfaces light shadow greater degree contemporaries believed individual character revealed physical features talent surface modeling allowed let body speak male passion suggested grip toes rock hands speaking illuminated aesthetic makes think thinks brain nostrils compressed lips muscle arms legs fist gripping toes fragments autonomous works considered essence artistic statement fragments lacking arms legs head took sculpture traditional role portraying realm forms existed sake notable examples walking man meditation arms iris messenger gods saw suffering conflict modern art moving beast dying desire asking vain grace quell passion charles echoed themes favorite poets enjoyed music especially opera composer wrote book french owned work van admired forgotten method instead copying traditional academic preferred models naturally studio despite sculptor quick sketches clay later fine tuned cast plaster forged bronze carved marble focus handling clay george bernard sat portrait gave idea technique worked achieved number end minutes having given simple idea human form block clay produced action thumb bust living taken away relieve sculptor work described evolution bust month passing stages art evolution byzantine masterpiece elegant hand worked hand sculptor works work vital hand god hand completed work clay employed highly skilled assistants compositions larger sizes including large scale monuments cast clay compositions plaster bronze major innovation capitalize multi staged processes 19th century sculpture reliance plaster casting clay rapidly kept wet fired plaster casts means securing composition fugitive material clay common practice contemporaries exhibit plaster casts hopes commissioned works permanent material multiple treat raw material sculpture parts figures new compositions new names practice developed 1890s radical pursuit combination figures different scales making new compositions earlier work prime example bold walking man exhibited major person composed sculptures 1870s found studio broken damaged fallen neglect lower version john baptist preaching having sculpted reduced scale join upper lower legs created work time subsequently seen strongest singular works despite fact object conveys different styles exhibits different attitudes finish lacks attempt hide arbitrary fusion components freedom creativity practices activation surfaces sculptures traces touch open attitude pose sensual subject matter non realistic surface marked making traditional 19th century techniques prototype modern sculpture later years artistic reputation entrenched gaining exposure pavilion artwork set near world fair exposition paris received requests prominent people internationally assistants produced works income portrait commissions totalled probably year fame grew attracted followers including german poet maria authors octave oscar stayed administrative work later write monograph sculptor modest country estate purchased host visitors king edward dancer duncan moved city renting main floor 18th century left began affair american born america beginning accepted france time conquered american market technique work easy time selling work american fortunately came know sarah curator chicago visited paris arrange exhibitions large interstate 1870s 1880s curator adviser trusted number prominent american collectors suggest works collections prominent chicago potter wife opportunity america chicago world fair wanted help promote work suggested solo exhibition wrote original impossible outside rules instead suggested send number works loan exhibition french art american collections told list american collection sent works works provoked great controversy ultimately hidden special permission given viewers fortunately bust display official french pavilion fair works display noticed works gave sell found soon brought controversial born charles fold purchased large chicago likely american sculpture collectors soon followed including potter chicago isabella stewart boston arranged sarah appreciation efforts american market eventually presented bronze marble moved paris continued warm friendship correspondence lasted end sculptor life death niece painter inherited death american heirs manage match value order export property french state great_britain start 20th century regular visitor great_britain developed loyal following beginning world war visited england friend artist introduced poet william personal connections enthusiasm art responsible reception britain later returned favor bust collected works death monument london met robert louis robert found support encouraged enthusiasm british artists students high society art donated significant selection works nation des arts served body vice president elected president international society painters replaced president james death election prestigious position largely efforts albert father english philosopher anthony private secretary months men parted company christmas mutual relief later creative years work turned increasingly female form themes overt concentrated small dance studies produced numerous erotic drawings loose way taking pencil paper eyes model met american dancer duncan attempted seduce year studies students july enchanted dancers royal ballet produced famous drawings experience years relationship married rose wedding january died weeks later february ill year january suffered weakness november physician announced congestion lungs caused great weakness patient condition grave died day age villa france outskirts paris cast placed tomb wish figure serve secretary published book alleging death largely cold fact heat requested permission stay hotel museum works director museum refused let stay legacy french state studio right casts encouraged edition sculpted work sculptures represented public private collections founded opened lived holds largest collection sculptures works paper french order commander received honorary doctorate university_of_oxford lifetime compared widely recognized greatest artist era decades following death popularity waned changing aesthetic values 1950s reputation ascended recognized important sculptor modern era subject scholarly work sense offered sculpture walking man influenced increasingly abstract forms 20th century restored ancient role sculpture capture physical intellectual force human subject freed sculpture repetition traditional patterns providing foundation greater experimentation 20th century popularity ascribed emotion laden representations ordinary men women ability find beauty human animal popular works kiss widely outside fine arts symbols human emotion character honour artistic legacy google search engine displayed google featuring celebrate birthday november enormous artistic influence generation studied workshop include charles later rejected legacy promoted work including called greatest phenomenon work described owing include joseph alexander joseph bernard henry moore acknowledged seminal influence work world premiere new ballet took place saint russia ballet dedicated life work relative ease making encouraged survey expert opinion placed faked artists fought works early death cases organized large scale revealed massive discovered french authorities early 1990s led conviction art dealer guy deal complexity bronze reproduction france laws limit reproduction casts maximum number artist considered work result limit example found fourteen cities market sculpture plagued value piece increases significantly established work verified history sold million bronze eve grand version sold million auction new_york art critics concerned authenticity argued taking cast equal sculpture especially given importance surface treatment work