Art: Fuchs Fest

Radio sets attuned to WJZ one night last week caught neither bedtime Fuchs (the Austrian who drew Edward VII's portrait for British postage stamps) had the air. Sardonic, whimsical, he said:

"The American aristocracy must be nursed with flattery..... The farseeing painter will see that the shades of hair, face and eyes comply with the subject's desires, whether they match the actualities or not. . . . Everything has to be subordinated to the lips and the hue of the face powder. If we get those two right, the rest is easy. ......

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