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LEON KOURYContinued from Page Fivebegged her to pose for him, she had refused thinking that: he was making fun of . her. She. had looked in hermirror'and found nothing worthy of note. She-had failed to see the beauty of character, and the sublimeness, of peace which i's to be found often in the faces of a subservient race.aThe first thing. a person notices wbfle talking to Leon Koury are the keen dark eyes; which look directly at one, and . the expresr sive thin hands; There is a gentleness about his manner and you sense immediately his interest in every thing, about him. The aloof, bored air one has beeri taught to expect from the artist is lacking in this Mississippi scuipr tor. He will chat about:any thing you chance to bring up and is well informed on most any subject.aAs I sat waiting for him to bring in pictures of some of his other works our eyes traveled to the book case. There were.books on every subject tucked in beside the works on sculpturing. Parkes’ “Sculpture of Today rested at peace beside the works of Shakespeare. The versatility of the mind of the man could not better be brought out.And what of his antecedents? His father, is a native of Syria who. spent some time in France before comipg to this country. Koury speaks of his father as having an embryonic talent which has never been developed. Artist all of them, born with a love of beauty, His uncle is a wood carver and can duplicate any piece of carving he has ever seen. He. possessed the same love for his work that his nephew does.ILeon Koury has been his own teacher.. He has studied anatomy from text books; but he has learned more by quietly watching the movements of muscles as they strain under the heavy loads and the rythmic ripple of. them as they move in a dance. His eyes have taught him and his sure thin hands are learn--ing each day to be more and more dextrous, as he works to execute the dream that he has had, a dream which he will not rest in peace until it has been fulfilled.Each day this Mississippi sculptor is gaining more recognition of his works. Several of his negro heads have been sold in California and New York. He has just completed a head of Douglas Brooks Wynn, son of Mr.' and Mrs. W. T. Wynn of Greenville.In speaking of the work of the moderns he shook iiis head.“I can’t see things as they do all in globs,, and it is better for me to stay here and do the things that I love as I sec them. I would rather give it all up than to have to do things as they do not appear to me,” lie said.+ »The words about truth and beauty came to my mind as I took one last look at the, figure of the workman outlined in the gray light.
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Greenville Delta Weekly
Greenville, Mississippi, US
Mon, Dec 27, 1937
Page 12
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Tyler D.
MS, USA 06 Apr 2016
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