DETROIT JEWISH CHRONICLE
Friday, September 12, 1947
to get his order.
turning from abroad.
"I'll take the best," said David-
Her paintings were exhibited
at Columbia University and at son. "Your $5 dinner."
"Yes, sir," said the waiter. ''On
the Ainslie Galleries in New York
and then in many museums white or rye."
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throughout the United States.
DAVIDSON HAS A keen sense
LITTLE TRAINING
MISS NEWMAN HAD very of humor and an outrageous gift
children had grown up that Miss little formal art training but in for repartee.
By LILLIAN NELSON
Ile once told a headwaiter that
Newman published her first book, the opinion of many painters
whose advice she sought, she he couldn't eat the fish because
AMERICAN
Jewish
"Fairy
Flowers,"
in
1926.
This
AMONG
needed none. She developed an "long time, no sea."
women Isidora Newman stands book was translated into the ma-
Of a certain politician, it was
instinctive ability to' picture the
out as one who, after being freed jor languages of Europe and was
color and drama in the life of said that he had gone through
awarded
an
academic
palm
from
of domestic ties when her chil-
the Negro people of the south ten campaigns. Davidson snorted,
dren grew up, started out on a the French government.
"So has a mule, but he's still a
Other books by Miss Newman which won for her the title
professional career.
jackass."
"Gauguin
of
Louisiana."
Born in New Orleans in 1878, include "Shades of Blue," (1927);
A painting by Isadora Newman
Miss Newman published her first "Neger and Negerlin," (in Ger- hangs in the permanent collection
man,
1929);
and
"Flowers,
Facts
book at the age of 48, at which
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of the Louisiana State Museum.
time she embarked seriously upon and Fables," (1935). The latter
Not content with writing books
GREETINGS
book
won
the
Eugene
Field
award
a dual career in literature and
and was accepted as a supple- and painting, Miss Newman also
art.
To Our Many Friends
mentary reader by the board of tried her hand at sculpture and
Isidora Newman was born Mir- education of New York City.
was awarded a degree by the La
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iam, daughter of Isidore Newman.
Horde Society of Paris.
Much of Isidora Newman's writ-
She studied playwriting at Col-
She did a bust of George Gersh-
umbia University and some of her ings and paintings is devoted to win which was acquired by the
one-act plays were performed by Negro folklore and tales of the Young Men's Hebrew Association
university and settlement thea- south. During 1928-29 her work of New York. The bust she did
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was acclaimed at exhibitions of
of her father is now in the Isidore
ter groups.
Inc.
her
paintings
in
some
of
the
lead-
But after marrying Edwin A.
Newman School, named for him
Neugass in 1901, she had little ing capitals in Europe, anc$ in a in New Orleans.
1228 GRISWOLD
time to devote to her literary recital tour of the continent dur-
ing which she appeared in Vienna,
and artistic talents.
Paris and London.
As so often happens to native
FIRST BOOK IN 1926
American talent, Miss Newman
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IT WAS AFTER THE' death received her first major recog-
of her husband and when her nition in this country after re-
Isidora Newman, Artist,
Began Her Career at 48
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Again he took his stance, again
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"Strike three, and out," he
cried, and added "Gee, Dad, am
I a pitcher."
But he found out better. He
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and the best homerun hitter in
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A CERTAIN INDIVIDUAL was
very proud of his painting and
sculpture collections. On one
occasion he was showing the lat-
ter to famed sculptor Jo David-
son, who nodded agreeably until
they came to the marble bust of
a young woman coiling her hair.
Davidson shook his .head criti-
cally.
"That isn't true to life," he said.
"But why?" asked his surprised
host.
"She ought to have her mouth
full of hairpins."
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