Word: draftsmanship
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...protest is still there. But it is stated in poetic rather than in "proletarian" terms. Shahn still draws for two hours every morning ("like doing finger exercises"), and the liveliness of his draftsmanship keeps even the vaguest of his new works from seeming too diffuse...
...fame rests as much on his draftsmanship as on his wit. The rule for cartoonists is to develop an instantly recognizable style, and stick to it. By ignoring this rule Steinberg has made himself the Picasso of the profession. He can enclose what he sees in a few simple lines, like bent coat hangers, or dissolve it into a haze of dots, a la Seurat. He draws on top of photographs, and occasionally draws imitation snapshots. He can and does mimic passports, old maps, and documents with ink drawings that look fairly convincing and 100% illegible. He will make...
...Midtown Galleries this week, struck at least one critic as coming "perilously close to academicism." But Paul Cézanne, who was no academician, would have approved Koerner's Mother and Child (opposite) for its delicate interplay of geometric planes. The master might even have envied its draftsmanship. The plain young mother and her beefy, carrot-topped boy are treated as coolly as a still life, yet his energy and her weariness are perfectly conveyed...
Professional critics have praised her just as warmly. Oddly enough, U.S. critics were, and still are, inclined to temper their praise with a touch of condescension. They note her obvious limitations of draftsmanship and range, and only then admit her ability to evoke atmosphere and create lively scenes. But the European reaction has been full-out. A Zurich critic speaks of her "magic spontaneity . . . completely unsentimental, and as untouched as nature herself ... a phenomenon of our times." Paris' Arts votes "thanks to Grandma Moses for the happiness she shows us." Vienna-born Otto ' Kallir flatly insists that Grandma...
...cover is a shocker: a much-worse-than-usual product of poor idea, poor draftsmanship and poor choice of colors. An attempt to capture the fall atmosphere, it succeeds only in being drab...