A spare, clean drawing, composed of a few lines put down with conviction, can sometimes suggest a world. I have chosen the work of 4 artists for the first 4 illustrations and taken the last 4 from my own files.
Andy Warhol sketches Truman Capote and gives us a glimpse into the play of their rapport.
Diego Rivera made this drawing of flower vendors and their customers, and the composition is made complete and wonderful by the inclusion of horsemen gliding along behind them, one of whom turns his face to look at the activity.
Milton Avery has taken up a brush and set down, almost offhandedly, a mother in the midst of her day of care giving.
Henri Matisse hired a pretty model to pose. The textures of foliage, hair and fabric combine with her person to form a consummate decorative pattern.
Who can fail to understand something of how this man feels?
Here one is made to feel the terrific misplaced energy which sprung the frame, wrinkled the sheet steel, flattened the tires and punched out the glass of this former automobile.
Admit that these animals, made of a few hasty strokes of a pen, nevertheless look very heavy.
Am I the only one who sees the poignancy of this tableau drawn at a state fair?
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