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THE ARTIVYJAMAICAN WINNING HIGH PRAISE IN HOLLYWOOD.iT vr 1 not dtfnmed the penf-t’ it vo o ght of I\ y de Verley. Jama in born artist who has been residue in Los Angeles. California. the past .10 years.M a dp Tie fie Vi » . who in private 1 i Mrs Vrraey O’Davoren. w ife of Captain ODavoren, is in -ternafion.illy known as th# creator of thr I. :'e Ma k which is a pyscho-logical portrait of the subject paint- | ed Hrr work hn« boen compared »o t^oof the old masters for ‘he f r iMtanding individuality ando; c n I tv of treatment.Aid ng to Ravmond Rlath-\k ,ivt. ’he not^d critic, “Mmc de Vn!r\ k is invented a system of po?t: .it -r which is nothing less *h .n M r i.ipk^n of the death mask f? ; r' kT plt; ? I ■ a Mure and the effect i c • ■ n / Thev arc prrimrns rfp vc* o' ]vs;: *n the most viv id and ' M mcsninrj o# the word’*]'? lt;• 'Ptos are equally cn-th i F r instance, Los An-grlr Y ’ g Herald exclam •.•Mow *io Ver lev’s portrait heads * ' p' id They are full of af thr r unheard voices ”IT! DIED IN EllOPK.Mrne de Wrlc is a daughter of p.' late Louis, K Verley and she !stril haa interests in this island She first pursued her studiea In Europe In Berlin she was a pupil of Bcrkowsxi and n London no less an artist than Sir William Orphen was her teacher She alsohad lesgons with Richard Jack Mme. de Verley’s Scarab Studio in London was one of the mostwidely known art centres m Rutland some years ago She establish* ed a atudio In Hollywood which haa become as the most popular meeting* place of the intelligensiaof the colourful mm e community for the ‘.alentrd Jamaican artistquieklv won appreciation thei%.IN SOCIAL CHICLESMme de Verlev and her h is* band are well-known in Los Angelesand Hotly wood social circle Invi* tations to their home are ragerle sought since thefr aenua-nt ■■neesnot onlv number important per*sons w ho reside In the mm ie cn«lony. but numerous internationallyknown literarii and artist*Recently ihe coil pie held a bnt*liant reception at the Scarao Studio on Lm Palmas Avenue. Hollywood*in honour of Mrs. Malcolm Carqjr* bell Johnston, better known a May(Continued on page 23)
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Kingston Daily Gleaner
Kingston, Kingston, JM
Mon, Jan 09, 1939
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