To: AnAmericanMother
I totally agree about her nose. Definitely a haughty French appearance.
So, why was lavender make-up considered to be so "bad"?
75 posted on
05/25/2005 1:18:31 PM PDT by
iceskater
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To: iceskater
Sargent himself said it was the ugliest thing he had ever seen. He hated it because she had no skin tone (and he was very good at painting skin tone.) She laid it on very thick, he said she looked like a medicinal lozenge.
78 posted on
05/25/2005 1:30:54 PM PDT by
AnAmericanMother
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