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...case of James Barrett Johnson, artist, against whom Mrs. Ruth Johnson had a complaint. Mrs. Johnson wished to be divorced; she charged cruelty and said that her husband had neglected, during the nine years of their wedlock, to provide her with flowers and candy. Also, she complained that since she had left his bed and board, James Johnson had pursued her onto street cars and had sent her more flowers and candy than she wanted. Mr. Johnson heard his wife's criticisms with dismay. For himself, he told the court, he loved his wife and desired her return. To this...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Religion: Sabath's Day | 6/4/1928 | See Source »

Professor Nicholas Roerich, Russian painter, archeologist, mystic, delights in huge canvases and brilliant colors. His gnarled and twisted monsters, weird dwarfs, beautiful fairy princesses march in gorgeous pageant across the walls of his exhibits. Four years ago Painter Roerich gathered together some scientifically-minded artist friends, his wife, his son George, (Harvard Orientalist) and set out on an expedition into Asia to get inspiration and information about tribal customs and religions. For three years he kept in touch with the home office, his Roerich Museum, in Manhattan. Then for a year all was silence. Last week, while friends feared...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Science: Captive Artists | 6/4/1928 | See Source »

...Concert in Symphony Hall tonight, starting at 8.15 o'clock: Overture to "The Merry Wives of Windsor" Nicolai Ave Maria Shubert-Wilhelmj Bacchanale, "Samson and Delilah" Saint-Shens College Songs Algerian Suite Saint-Saena Spring Grieg "Pacific 2 3 1" Honegger Overture to "Rienzi" Wagney "Espana," Rhapsody Chabrier Waltz, "Artist's Life" Strauss Ride of the Valkyries Wagner

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: At the Pops Tonight | 5/15/1928 | See Source »

...American Prix de Rome is not a horse race but a prize, valued at $8,000, yearly awarded to one U. S. painter and one U. S. sculptor. If he wins the prize, an artist goes to Rome and lives there at the rate of $1,600 a year for three years; his models, tuition and transportation are paid for. Last week, this year's winners were announced; one was Donald M. Mattison, student at the up-and-coming Yale School of Fine Arts, who won the prize for painting. The other was Sculptor David K. Rubins who works...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Art: Prix de Rome | 5/14/1928 | See Source »

...academician before his time. His was an old-fashioned mythology picture, called Ignis Fatuus. In the painting, there were the nymphs who, according to fable, lured reckless sensation-seekers across the bogs outside of Rome eager to discover the secret of the strange fires that burned upon them. Artist Mattison had included in his composition a man chasing the three false fiery girls. He was clutching at them but his hands were empty, the nymphs were laughing and the man was about to sink down in the bog. The background of the picture was mostly the entrance to a large...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Art: Prix de Rome | 5/14/1928 | See Source »

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