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Several answered with enthusiastic, informative letters. Maurice de Vlaminck, Georges Rouault and Marc Chagall sent along some of their own writings. Andre Derain's reply was a collector's item, a beautiful letter apparently done with brush or drawing pen. The best came last, from Raoul Dufy, who wrote that he wanted to help and would like a favor in return. He asked Dalton to find a house for him to rent in Tucson, where he could go to treat his arthritis. Dalton got busy and, as requested, kept the news of the trip to himself...
...paid them a visit, began telling Andy how to paint a head, finally took the brush out of his son's hand and began to show him his idea. Betsy stood furiously by for a while, then walked out and slammed the door so hard the plaster fell from the ceiling. Next day N. C. came to Betsy and said, "I've been watching you for five years and you're all right, young lady. The stage is yours." He never interfered with Andy's work again...
...National University of Mexico's summer session enrolled two 10 o'clock scholars: U.S. Ambassador William O'Dwyer & wife, he to take Spanish lessons, she to brush up on native culture...
Ayrton also took up the brush himself to try to prove his point. At 19, he was earning good commissions in commercial art and stage design. At 21, he had his first show of paintings and a reputation as a prodigy...
Exam period was drawing closer and the freshman had no time to waste. This was his first big test, and some men of '26 decided that one of the Square's many tutoring schools might be just the thing to help him brush up on his courses. Prepared or not, the freshman was looking forward to these two weeks with a mixture of fear and anticipation. The ordeal came and went, and those who had pulled through breathed a sigh of relief. Their first term at Harvard was over...