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Certainly that was the case when the two men first met in Paris around 1905. Henri Matisse was then leader of the Fauves--the wild beasts--whose abruptly brushed, feverishly colored canvases had taken the lessons of Van Gogh and Gauguin to the inevitable far reaches. Pablo Picasso, 12 years younger, was still little known and working--though sometimes to surprising effect--with the dwindling resources of fin-de-siecle Symbolism. Both men were coming to grips with Cezanne and the means by which he represented space--with shallow patches of pigment that create the illusion of depth but still...
...This is how Rembrandt painted angels," Vincent van Gogh wrote to Emile Bernard in 1888. "He paints a self-portrait, old, toothless, wrinkled, wearing a cotton cap, a painting from life, in a mirror ... and, why or how I cannot tell ... Rembrandt paints a supernatural angel with a Da Vinci smile within that old man who resembles himself." That description certainly fits the superb 1669 Rembrandt self-portrait, on loan from London's National Gallery, currently hanging beside Van Gogh's own 1888 Self-Portrait as an Artist. It is the centerpiece of "Vincent's Choice...
...should, call a shuttle or walk on the University-approved safety path back to the Quad when they feel unsafe. But the designated route takes potentially cold and tired students out of their way, and the wait for a shuttle can drag on interminably, even before the Evening Shuttle Van Service stops taking calls at 2:40 a.m. Given these barriers, it is hardly surprising that many students opt for less safe methods...
...seat. Executive editor Chris Porterfield was backstage at The Ed Sullivan Show when the Beatles made their first appearance on Feb. 9, 1964, and recalls the "piercing din of screaming. That noise level was something new in pop performances--beyond Frank Sinatra's, even beyond Elvis'." Retired correspondent Bruce van Voorst was on the chartered Air France 747 that carried Ayatullah Ruhollah Khomeini from his Parisian exile back to Tehran on Feb. 1, 1979. "At sunrise, somewhere over Turkey," remembers Van Voorst, "the Ayatullah said prayers, then wa* As served an omelet for breakfast...
Though Taylor says he feels that competitions were helpful in jump-starting his career, he does not plan to enter any more in the future. During the years following the Van Cliburn, he performed all over the country before getting his Masters in teaching at the New England Conservatory of Music. He believes teaching is an important part of being a musician...