Word: painting
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Dates: during 1960-1969
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...sculptures included in the exhibition are overshadowed by hundreds of huge, bright paintings. Distracted by a vista of green paint across the room, you find yourself walking past even the best pieces of David Smith...
Fifteen years ago Harvard hired one man under the category of "painter's helper." In this case, the title fit the man's job. He collected materials, drove a truck, and burned out used paint pots-functions he continues to perform today. About three years ago, however, Harvard, like many other institutions, came under pressure to correct obvious discrimination in its hiring practices. As a result, the University hired more black workers in certain fields. Several workers were made "painter's helpers." receiving pay lower than that of painters. as dictated by union contract. The fact of the matter...
...said last night that possible damage in University Hall was still "being assessed," but reporters who entered the building late in the afternoon yesterday saw only a few scattered papers and some remains of spilt paint-which those in the building had evidently tried to remove-on the floor...
From my 27 yrs. of experience as a painter I can safely say that painting requires a great deal of technical skill and knowledge if it is to be done right. Painting does not constitute of just daubing paint on a wall as an ontsider may view it. Anyone who knows anything about painting can detect work that was done by a painter from that of a novice. Situations arise in painting on many occasions where the painter is called to match a particular paint that has been on a wall for several years, the painter must be able...
...shown examining Surveyor as it stands in its crater. In the background, protruding above the crater's edge, only 600 ft. away, Intrepid and the nearby umbrella antenna gleam in the sunlight. To the dismay of scientists-who wanted to study the discoloration of Surveyor's white paint-all of the Surveyor pictures are in black and white; while photographing the little craft, the astronauts forgot to exchange their black-and-white film for color...