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An improved method and apparatus for imparting a smooth surface to a gypsum fiber panels. The method involves imparting energy to the surface of the slurry as the slurry is dewatered just prior to rehydration. The apparatus used to impart the energy is an air lance including an air source such as a blower, a distribution manifold and a plurality of nozzles to direct the flow of air at the surface of the slurry. In operation, the air lance directs a flow of air against the surface of the slurry. The flow disrupts the slurry to a fraction of its total depth, thus dispersing clumps or flocs of crystals in the depth that would give the surface of the finished panel a rough surface if they were allowed to remain.
1. An apparatus for treating the surface of a settable composite while the settable composite is in a slurry state, comprising:
a forming table adapted to remove water from the slurry and to convey the slurry;
an air source to supply a flow of air; and a plurality of nozzles connected to the air source and positioned above the pond of slurry to direct the flow of air onto the surface of the moving slurry only in a direction counter to the slurry's direction of conveyance.
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9. An apparatus for breaking up flocs of commingled fibrous reinforcement material and acicular calcium sulfate hemihydrate crystals in a fiber board forming line, the apparatus including:
a forming wire for transporting a pond of slurry, an air source to supply a flow of air, a plurality of nozzles connected to the air source, the nozzles fixed in position to direct the flow of air onto the pond of slurry, to disrupt the slurry below the pond surface, so as to break up the flocs.
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14. A system for producing a smooth surface set board from a settable slurry composition comprising:
a mixer for mixing a slurry of a settable composite having floc-forming materials therein;
a conveyor for receiving the slurry from the mixer and conveying the slurry there-along;
a vacuum-creating apparatus arranged with the conveyor for drawing moisture from the slurry;
a plurality of pressurized-air fed nozzles pointing upstream of and positioned above the conveyor for directing air flow against the slurry to break-up flocs near the surface of the slurry.
This application is a divisional application of U.S. patent application No. 09/312,471 now U.S. Pat. No. 6,416,695, having a filing date of May 17, 1999.
The present invention relates generally to the ability to improve the surface smoothness on composite materials for use in the construction industry. More particularly, the present invention relates to the use of air jets to impart energy to the surface of the material when the composite material is still in a slurry or semi-slurry state where such energy acts to break up flocs or clumps of composite material that otherwise would render a rougher surface on the finished product.
The United States Gypsum Company's gypsum fiberboard process, as shown and described in U.S. Pat. No. 5,320,677, and herein incorporated by reference in its entirety, describes a composite product and a process for producing a composite material in which a dilute slurry of gypsum particles and cellulosic fibers are heated under pressure to convert the gypsum, i.e. calcium sulfate in the stable dihydrate state (CaSO4 .2H2O), to calcium sulfate alpha hemihydrate having acicular crystals. The cellulosic fibers have pores or voids on the surface and the alpha hemihydrate crystals form within, on and around the voids and pores of the cellulosic fibers. The heated slurry is then dewatered to form a mat, preferably using equipment similar to paper making equipment, and before the slurry cools enough to rehydrate the hemihydrate to gypsum, the mat is pressed into a board of the desired configuration. The pressed mat is cooled and the hemihydrate rehydrates to gypsum to form a dimensionally stable, strong and useful building board. The board is thereafter trimmed and dried.
One of the many advantages of the process disclosed in the '677 patent is that the surface of the resulting gypsum panel can be smoothed, or in the alternative, textured as the panel is being formed. The challenge in treating the surface of gypsum fiberboard during in-line processing is the timing of the treatment made on the slurry or wet mat. The smoothing as taught in this application begins while the material is still in a slurry or just beginning to form a semi-slurry state.
As the rehydratable calcium sulfate hemihydrate and cellulosic fibers in a slurry form leave the head box, and are disposed upon the conveyor belt or forming wire, the slurry will have a temperature generally in the range of about 200� F. +/−10�. Thereafter, as the slurry is spread to create a forming pond across the conveyor the action of vacuum pumps begins removal of the free water and the temperature drops significantly and the rehydration process begins.
As the slurry exits the head box, the dewatering process begins with the action of vacuum pumps. However, commingled crystals and fibers may collect and form clumps or flocs, which is undesirable at the surface of the product. It is preferred that the clumps or flocs have a greatest dimension less than approximately 6 mm. When rehydrated, clumps of commingled crystals and fibers larger than 6 mm impart an undesirable roughness to the surface of the finished material. Roughness of wet felted products is detrimental to final installations where surface finish is important to final applications, such as painted surfaces (walls) and thin overlays (vinyl laminations). One contributor to such roughness is the condition present in the forming pond during substrate manufacture.
Typically at least two factors increase roughness high consistencies and long fiber content. These are known to be minimized by the addition of water to lower consistencies or by agitation in the slurry pond. Both of these methods though have other undesirable effects. The addition of water adversely affects drainage rates and may cause line speed decreases and increase vacuum demands. Agitation in the pond may adversely affect the preferred form of matrix formation which is collective sedimentation as the slurry is dewatered into a filter cake if the agitation is applied in the wrong stage of formation of the product or at the wrong level in the pond. In addition, if the agitation is used with a slurry having a raw material mix of widely divergent densities or settling rates, such as is common with high filler fine paper or wet process gypsum fiberboard, the lower density material will separate from the higher density material, causing a nonuniform product in the case of the wet process gypsum fiberboard. The separation of materials may also result in a decreasing first pass retention on the forming wire as higher density materials that should remain on the forming table are drawn off by the vacuum boxes during dewatering and returned upstream of the head box for recirculation into the slurry.
A variety of other methods have been attempted to modify forming pond characteristics to improve surface smoothness, such as vibrating rods, vibrating plates, rotating rolls, smooth top plates, water sprays, etc. The use of an air lance directed upstream, but located downstream of the forming pond has yielded the best smoothness with the unexpected result of improved flexural strength.
The present invention relates generally to producing gypsum fiberboard panels with a smooth surface texture. More particularly, the present invention relates to the use of jets of air to impart a smooth surface texture to gypsum fiberboard panels.
An air knife or air lance with proper pressure, angle of incidence and distance from surface, may be applied in the formation pond of wet felted products, particularly those formed at high consistency, to modify slurry properties during formation and improve properties, in particular surface smoothness of the final panel.
With reference to the '677 patent, energy is selectively applied to the top of the forming pond close to the wet line by an air lance of sufficient energy to disperse clumps in the pond surface and slightly below it, but insufficient energy to disrupt the pond more than slightly below the surface. This energy disperses clumps or flocs during mat formation without disrupting the preferred method of collective sedimentation.
The air lance extends across the forming pond from one side dam to the opposing side dam. The air lance is applied at a low incident angle and so gives much greater flexibility than a water spray, although a water spray is an effective alternative. In addition, the air lance has the advantage over the water spray of no water addition and subsequent required removal by the dewatering process.
One method of generating this air lance is via WINDJET brand nozzles manufactured by Spraying Systems Inc. These nozzles are installed in a manifold to yield a uniform airflow along a two dimensional path. Experimentation with various pressures and flow levels indicated better performance at lower pressure/flow levels. The lower pressures required for optimal results allows the air lance to utilize a blower as a source of air flow rather than more expensive air compressors. Experimentation has also shown an unexpected result of a higher bending strength value in the resulting gypsum fiberboard product.
FIG. 1 is a schematic drawing illustrating a production line for forming gypsum fiberboard having a head box, air lance, dewatering vacuums, a dewatering primary press, and a secondary press all for processing a rehydratable gypsum fiber slurry upon a conveyor;
FIG. 2 is an overhead view of the beginning of the forming line, including the head box, forming table containing the slurry pond, and air lance;
FIG. 3 is a side view of the forming table including the head box, vacuum boxes, side dam, and air lance.
FIG. 3a is a side view of the air lance apparatus including a depiction of the airflow from the air lance to the slurry;
FIG. 3b is a front view of the air lance apparatus; and
FIG. 4 is a perspective view of the air lance apparatus in operation configured with the WINDJET brand nozzles.
The present invention is directed to a forming system for imparting a smooth surface to gypsum fiberboard panels during their manufacture, and in particular, the use of an air lance to impart a smooth surface on the panels when the panels are still in a slurry or semi-slurry state.
The forming system, generally designated with the numeral 10 and best shown in FIG. 1, includes a head box 12, vacuum boxes 14, an air lance 50, and a wet (primary) press 16 for 1) nipping the filter cake mat to a desired thickness and 2) removing 80-90% of remaining water. The system 10 also includes a secondary press 18 for compressing the board during setting to a calibrated final thickness and aiding in achieving flexural strength in the final product. The secondary press 18 has a continuous belt 20 that also aids in achieving smoothness to the board surface as the rehydrating mat expands against the belt 20.
With reference to the figures, the head box 12 is used to uniformly disperse the calcined slurry having at least about 70% liquid by weight, across the width of the forming table 25, where vacuum boxes 14 are used to dewater the slurry into a mat of generally 28-41% moisture content (wet basis) (40-70% moisture content on a dry basis). The forming table 25 includes side dams 26 to contain the slurry pond and a conveyor or forming wire 27 to move the slurry away from the head box 12 and towards the primary press 16. As the slurry moves along the forming table 25, the vacuum boxes 14 dewater the slurry into a mat, creating a decreasing water content gradient in the slurry going from the head box 12 towards the primary press 16. At some point along this gradient, there is a zone referred to as the wet line, where it is observable that the slurry is changing into the wet mat. Put another way, one can see that the slurry is no longer fluid as the water is removed.
As a result of calcination in a previous step, acicular crystals of calcium hemihydrate were formed in the slurry. If they commingle with the cellulosic fibers into clumps or flocs at or near the surface of the pond of slurry, the clumps or flocs can impart an undesired roughness to the finished product. These clumps or flocs at or near the surface of the slurry may be broken or dispersed by the application of energy to the surface and slightly below the surface of the slurry as the slurry is dewatered. The application of energy also has the unexpected result of increasing the bending strength of the finished composite board. The air lance 50 as described herein is used to impart the energy.
With reference to FIG. 2, the air lance 50 includes a source of air, a conduit 55 or a system of conduits or other means to direct the air from the air source to the nozzles 52 used to direct the air flow upon the slurry. In the preferred embodiment, the air source is a blower 60 with an outlet that provides air at a sufficient pressure such that the pressure at the nozzle outlets is up to 10 psi. Lower pressures have been found to achieve best results in the range of 1-3 psi. The source of air can also be an air compressor, but that implementation is usually less economical. For instance, the outlet of the blower 60 is connected by a conduit 55 to the inlet of a distribution manifold 51. As shown in FIGS. 3b and 4, the distribution manifold 51 has a plurality of outlets for air flow to which the plurality of nozzles 52 are attached. The nozzles 52 in the preferred embodiment are WINDJET brand nozzles manufactured by Spraying Systems Inc., but other directional means may be used.
The manifold 51 and nozzles 52 are positioned above the forming table 25 at the wet line in an orientation such that the long axis of the manifold 51 is generally across to the wet line. Due to the nature of the slurry pond as it experiences vacuum extraction of water on the moving conveyor 27, the wet line is irregular and not a straight line, as would be clear to those skilled in the art. As shown in FIG. 4, the air flow is directed at the surface of the slurry by the nozzles 52 counter current of the conveyor, that is towards the head box 12. With this arrangement, the air flow from the nozzles 52 is directed at the surface of the slurry in a zone which includes an area where the slurry is still fluid. The air flow then disrupts the surface of the slurry pond to a fraction of its entire depth and in doing so, breaks up the undesirable clumps or flocs in that fraction of the depth so their greatest dimension is less than about � inch (6 mm) and desirably no greater than 2-3 mm. By varying the rate of air flow and the angle at which the air strikes the surface of the slurry pond, differing degrees of smoothness are obtained. It has been found that the best results are obtained when the air flow is directed at the surface of the slurry at an angle no greater than about 10 degrees with reference to the plane of the slurry. It has also been found that the low pressure air flow yields superior results when compared to a high pressure airflow over 10 psi; but the air flow should be sufficient enough to impart energy or disrupt the slurry to about one-tenth of the entire depth of the slurry. Energy may be imparted to a depth greater than one-tenth of the entire depth, but doing so does not further improve the surface smoothness of the finished product and may adversely affect formation and subsequent strength. Energy may also be applied to a depth less than one tenth of the depth of the slurry, but less than optimal results are obtained.
After the air lance 50 is applied, the manufacturing process may continue as generally described in the '677 patent. In the preferred embodiment, the slurry pond is further dewatered and formed into a filter cake after it passes the air lance 50 by the application of additional vacuum boxes 14. With reference to FIG. 1, the conveyor or forming wire 27 carries the filter cake to the primary press 16 which further dewaters the filter cake and nips the material to a desired thickness. The board exits the primary press 16 and is carried on the conveyor 27 to the secondary press 18. The secondary press shapes the board to a final calibrated thickness. During this time, the board begins setting and expands to fill the nip gap. The board expands against the smooth belt 20 of the secondary press 18 which further aids in rendering a smooth surface and increased flex strength.
Various features of the invention have been particularly shown and described in connection with the illustrated embodiments of the invention. However, it must be understood that these particular arrangements, and their method of manufacture, do not limit but merely illustrate, and that the invention is to be given its fullest interpretation within the terms of the appended claims.
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A case in point is the increasing trend of research results that sanction the surgical treatment of older patients with pancreatic cancer. There are a number of studies in more recent times that indicate that the Whipple procedure (pancreaticoduodenectomy) can be used to good effect even for patients in their eighties. This is welcome news, as adenocarcinoma of the pancreas tends to be a disease of older patients.
Now comes a more cautionary study by Kosuge and colleagues from the National Cancer Center Hospital in Tokyo, as published this April in Langenbeck's Archives of Surgery. These researchers compared the surgical and mortality outcomes of 22 patients older than 80 years of age with pancreatic cancer against those of a younger group.
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Defending champion Janko Tipsarevic has pulled out of the Aircel Chennai Open, due to start on Monday, after failing to recover sufficiently from a ruptured heel tendon. The 2014 edition would have been the 29-year-old Serbian's seventh visit to the city and sixth on the trot.
"I have had a difficult three months after injuring my heel," said Tipsarevic in a released statement.
"I felt I would recover well in time for the Aircel Chennai Open but regret to say that I will not be able to.
"I apologise to the fans who have always supported me. Chennai was always my favourite tournament to start the new season. I really look forward to recovering quickly and getting back to playing tennis soon."
After having started the year well with the title in Chennai, Tipsarevic first injured his heel in the fourth-round match at the Australian Open against Nicolas Almagro.
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Tipsarevic's place will now be taken by one from the alternates' list that includes Michael Russell (No. 92), Oleksandr Nedovyesov (93), Donald Young (96), Evgeny Donskoy (98) and Sergiy Stakhovsky (99) among others.
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Polonaise-Fantaisie (Chopin)
The Polonaise-fantaisie in A-flat major, Op. 61, is a composition for piano by Frédéric Chopin. It was dedicated to Mme A. Veyret, and published in 1846.
It opens with Allegro maestoso, 3/4 time. This work was slow to gain favour with musicians, due to its harmonic complexity and intricate form. Arthur Hedley was one of the first critics to speak in its favour, writing in 1947 that it 'works on the hearer's imagination with a power of suggestion equalled only by the F minor Fantasy or the fourth Ballade', although Arthur Rubinstein, Leff Pouishnoff, Claudio Arrau and Vladimir Horowitz had been including it in their programmes some decades earlier.
It is intimately indebted to the polonaise for its metre, much of its rhythm, and some of its melodic character, but the fantaisie is the operative formal paradigm[clarification needed] (Samson, 1988), and Chopin is said to have referred initially to the piece only as a Fantasy. Parallels with the Fantaisie in F minor include the work's overall tonality, A-flat, the key of its slower middle section, B major, and the motive of the descending fourth.
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Jeffrey Kallberg has suggested that the Polonaise-Fantaisie represents a change in Chopin's style from 'late' to 'last'.[1] It is suggested that the formal ambiguities of the piece (particularly the unconventional and musically misleading transitions into and out of the lyrical inner section) are the most significant defining qualities of this 'last style', which only includes this and one other piece; the unfinished F minor Mazurka (Op. 68, No. 4).
- ^ Jeffrey Kallberg. Journal of the American Musicological Society , Vol. 38, No. 2 (Summer, 1985), pp. 264-315
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- Polonaise-Fantasie: Scores at the International Music Score Library Project
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- Polonaise-Fantaisie performed by Valery Sigalevitch on YouTube :
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The building set to open in July 2015. The project is being financed with the support of donors, including alumni and friends of the College.
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Orange County Museum of Art
|Orange County Museum of Art (OCMA)
|1996 [1]
|850 San Clemente Drive, Newport Beach, California
|Contemporary art museum
|Todd D. Smith
The Orange County Museum of Art (OCMA) is a museum located in Newport Beach, California.
The museum's collection comprises more than 3,000 objects, with a concentration on the art of California from the early 20th century to present. Exhibits include traditional paintings, sculptures and photography, as well as new media in the form of video, digital and installation art.
Each month, the museum hosts events such as Thursday evening lectures, artists' talks and special activities for children.[2] Some 20,000 children and adults participate in award winning education programs annually.
Originally incorporated in 1918 as the Laguna Beach Art Association, the museum grew, expanded its facilities in Laguna Beach, Newport Beach and Costa Mesa into nationally recognized programs, and in 1996 took the name Orange County Museum of Art. In 2008, museum announced that its new building, planned for the Segerstrom Center for the Arts was to be designed by the architect Thom Mayne and his Los Angeles firm, Morphosis.[3] In 2009, the economic meltdown prompted the museum temporarily to suspend fundraising.[4]
As of 2013, the Orange County Museum of Art's annual budget is at $3.5 million.[5]
Exhibition History[edit]
The Orange County Museum of Art has organized exhibitions of contemporary art, including the first surveys of Vija Celmins (1980), Chris Burden (1988), and Tony Cragg (1990), as well as major exhibitions of work by Lari Pittman (1983), Gunther Forg (1989), Charles Ray (1990), Guillermo Kuitca (1992), Bill Viola (1997), Inigo Manglano-Ovalle (2003), Catherine Opie (2006), Mary Heilmann (2007), and Jack Goldstein (2012).[6] Thematic exhibitions of contemporary art have ranged from Objectives: The New Sculpture (1990) which presented the work of Grenville Davey, Katharina Fritsch, Robert Gober, Jeff Koons, Annette Lemieus, Juan Munoz, Julian Opie, and Haim Steinbach;[7] Girls' Night Out (2003), which presented work by Eija-Liisa Ahtila, Elina Brotherus, Dorit Cypis, Rineke Dijkstra, Katy Grannan, Sarah Jones, Kelly Nipper, Daniela Rossell, Shirana Shahbazi, and Salla Tykka;[8] and State of Mind: New California Art circa 1970, presenting an in-depth study of California artists in the 1960s and 1970s.[9]
The museum has also organized and hosted exhibitions of modern art and design such as Edvard Munch: Expressionist Paintings, 1900-1940 (1983), The Interpretive Link: Abstract Surrealism into Abstract Expressionism: Works on Paper, 1938-1948 (1986), The Figurative Fifties: New York Figurative Expressionism (1988),[10] American Modern, 1925-1940: Design for a New Age (2001), Picasso to Pollock: Modern Masterpieces from the Wadsworth Atheneum Museum of Art (2004), Villa America: American Moderns 1900-1950 (2005), Birth of the Cool: Art, Design, and Culture at Midcentury (2007),[11] and Illumination: The Paintings of Georgia O'Keeffe, Agnes Pelton, Agnes Martin, and Florence Miller Pierce (2009).[12]
In 1984 the Museum launched the California Biennial, focusing on emerging artists in the state. In 2013, that program evolved into the California-Pacific Triennial, the first on-going exhibition in the Western Hemisphere devoted to contemporary art from around the Pacific Rim.[13] The museum has co-organized exhibitions with the Renaissance Society, the Pennsylvania Academy of the Fine Arts, and the Grey Art Gallery, and its exhibitions have traveled to more than 20 museums in the United States and elsewhere.
Since 2004, the museum's exhibitions have traveled to more than 30 museums throughout the United States and in Europe. These projects include Kutlug Ataman: Paradise (2007);[14] Mary Heilmann: To Be Someone (2012); Jack Goldstein x 10,000 (2012); and Richard Jackson: Ain't Painting a Pain (2013).
In addition to its contributions to the field of contemporary art, the museum has also organized and hosted exhibitions of modern art and design.
Collection History[edit]
The museum's major holdings are California-based, highlighting such movements as Early and Mid-Century Modernism, Bay Area Figuration, Assemblage, California Light and Space, Pop Art, Minimalism, and Installation Art. Prominently featured are works by John Baldessari, Elmer Bischoff, Jessica Bronson, Chris Burden, Jija Celmins, Bruce Conner, Richard Diebenkorn, Robert Irwin, Helen Lundeberg, Stanton Macdonald-Wright, John McCracken, John McLaughlin, Catherine Opie, Alan Rath, Charles Ray, Edward Ruscha, and Bill Viola.[15]
The Museum's international holdings are a growing area of the collection, featuring work by Eija-Liisa Ahtila, Lee Bul, Katy Grannan, Joseph Grigely, Glenn Ligon, Christian Marclay, Inigo Manglano-Ovalle, Marjetica Potrc, David Reed, Daniela Rossell, and Lorna Simpson.[16] Guided by its mission, the Orange County Museum of Art's collection strives to link the historical and the contemporary; bridge local and global art and culture; and enlighten, inspire and engage visitors.
OCMA's School Tours program serves approximately 6,500 Orange County youth each year. Grades two through twelve are served with a concentration of fourth graders. Of the 27 school districts that partner in this free program, nearly 60% of the students come from Title 1 schools. In addition to the free tours and accompanying interactive studio component, OCMA is the only institution in the county to provide financial support to cover transportation expenses to schools that otherwise couldn't visit the museum.[17] The museum's Third Thursdays evening series provides adult audiences with unique and exciting access to exhibition-based events, including artists talks, film screenings, performance, and more. Additionally, the museum partners with the Newport Beach Film Festival to present monthly screenings and independent films under the moniker Cinema Orange. Artists of all ages may take part in Studio Sundays, in which artists and educators work with participants to create an eclectic array of contemporary art that is inspired by artists represented in concurrent exhibitions or the museum's collection. Another program for the community is Free Second Sundays, at which time, the public is invited for free to visit the galleries and participate in hands-on art projects, as well as attend live performances and family-geared gallery tours.[18]
- ^ History
- ^ "Orange County Museum of Art (OCMA)". Retrieved 2009-10-09.
- ^ Steven McElroy (June 9, 2008), Orange County Museum on the Move New York Times.
- ^ Mike Boehm (May 22, 2009), Thom Mayne museum building still a go in Dallas Los Angeles Times.
- ^ Mike Boehm (May 29, 2013), Starving artists? Not among the leaders of L.A. arts institutions Los Angeles Times.
- ^ "History". Retrieved 2009-10-09.
- ^ "History". Retrieved 2009-10-09.
- ^ Karen Jacobsen, Girls' Night Out: Exhibition Catalogue, 2003. Orange County Museum of Art
- ^ "History". Retrieved 2009-10-09.
- ^ History
- ^ Diane Haithman, "Museum Curators Laud 'Cool', 'Wack!' " May 30, 2008 LA Times
- ^ Christopher Knight, "Desert Paths" June 23, 2009 LA Times
- ^ Christopher Knight, "A Modern Silk Road" July 5, 2013 LA Times
- ^ Janet Jenkins, Exhibition Itinerary, 2007 Orange County Museum of Art
- ^ Collection
- ^ Collection
- ^ Educators
- ^ Events
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- Orange County Museum of Art Official Website
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She always likes to make a good impression, and Rita Ora seemed to be in good spirits as she stepped out for some media duties in London today (October 20).
Sporting a yellow, pink, orange and white coat with flared overalls and a burgundy felt hat, the "How We Do" singer greeted fans as she strolled up to BBC Radio 1 Studios.
During her relatively short career, Rita Ora has scored a slew of hits and plenty of endorsement deals so it's safe to say she understands what it takes to make it in show business.
The "How We Do" dame is featured on the front of the November 2014 issue of Teen Vogue magazine, sporting a camouflage sweatshirt from Michael Kors.
Always up for a fun-filled evening, Rita Ora headed over to the O2 Shepherd's Bush Empire to catch the Iggy Azalea concert last night (September 18).
The "How We Do" singer wore her own Adidas Originals line, including a black leather and sheer dress with a black jacket overtop and even made a guest appearance on stage with the Australian rapper before the night was over.
Looking forward to all kinds of crazy collections, Rita Ora and Ellie Goulding showed up at London Fashion Week on Sunday evening (September 14).
The blonde "Burn" songstress showed off her trim form in a close-fitting black dress as she headed over to the Topshop runway presentation before popping in at Stella McCartney's Green Carpet Challenge event.
Being the daughter of a Beatle certainly has its perks, and Stella McCartney had plenty of famous faces in the house as she showed off her 2014 Green Carpet range at London Fashion Week on Sunday evening (September 14).
Always a fan, Sir Paul McCartney showed up to support his little girl, flirting up a storm with Rita Ora throughout the night.
Adding some musical magic to the Mercedes-Benz New York Fashion Week festivities, a host of top-name pop stars invaded Brooklyn's Barclays Center for Fashion Rocks 2014 last night (September 9).
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Taking a break from the runway action, a host of stars piled into 4 World Trade Center to check out the REVEAL Calvin Klein fragrance launch on Monday evening (September 8).
Flying solo for the night, Amber Heard was dazzling in a black party dress as she rubbed shoulders with a cleavage-bearing Rosario Dawson while Joe Jonas posed up a storm in his blue getup.
Celebrating her rise in the fashion world, Rita Ora stepped out for her Adidas collection launch in London, England earlier this week.
The 23-year-old singer rocked a matching set with a jacket and jumpsuit as she posed up a storm on the red carpet at the special event.
The Royal Opera House in London was the place to be for star gazing last night (September 2) as the 2014 GQ Men of the Year Awards took over the whole venue.
Newlyweds Kim Kardashian and Kanye West showed up for the shindig in designer duds, and Kimmy even managed to take home the Woman of the Year trophy.
She's one of England's hottest exports as of late, and Rita Ora showed some love to her Los Angeles fans as she took the stage at the Budweiser Made in America music festival on Sunday afternoon (August 31).
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The top two teams in the NBA meet up Sunday when the Miami Heat visit the San Antonio Spurs. The contest is huge in terms of the battle for home-court advantage throughout the playoffs. Miami currently has a two-game edge over San Antonio and would hold a commanding lead if it completes a sweep of the season series. The Heat have won 28 of their past 29 games while San Antonio has won six of its last seven.
The contest could be a prelude to June's NBA Finals as both squads are the class of their respective conferences. San Antonio holds a 2 1/2-game edge over the Oklahoma City Thunder in the Western Conference and has a 32-4 home mark. Miami recently had a 27-game winning streak halted and has won 14 of its last 15 road games. The Heat bounced back from a loss to the Chicago Bulls by downing the New Orleans Hornets on Friday. The Spurs downed the Clippers on Friday behind Tim Duncan's decisive three-point play with 2.2 seconds remaining. Miami won the first meeting 105-100 on Nov. 29 when Spurs coach Gregg Popovich sent Duncan, and guards Tony Parker, Manu Ginobili and Danny Green back to San Antonio for rest.
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New data from Japan's National Police Agency shows that two-thirds of the victims identified so far in last month's tsunami were elderly and most of them drowned.
The agency said in a release this week that as of a month after the March 11 disaster, 65 percent of the 11,108 confirmed fatalities of known age were 60 or older. Another 1,899 identified victims were of unknown age. Adding those who are still missing, the disaster killed an estimated 27,500 people.
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Eugenie Estruc (1863-1931) known affectionately as 'Nini' in the Pissarro family, was the niece of Pissarro's wife Julie who had been maid to Pissarro's mother. Like her aunt, Nini was Christian and of peasant stock.
Pissarro drew, painted, and etched Nini. The 1939 Pissarro/Venturi Catalogue Raisonne (PV) reproduces six works. The Delteil Catalogue of his etchings includes one print. And the 1980 edition of his letters reproduces a drawing for this portrait.
The first portrait, a pastel in profile, was drawn in 1877 (PV 1536).
On the 22nd July 1883, Pissarro writes to his eldest son Lucien, 'I had Nini pose as a butcher's girl at the Place du Grand Martoy; the painting will have, I hope, a certain naive freshness'.
Pissarro is referring to his major 1883 market composition 'The Pork Butcher' (PV 615) in which Nini replaces an older woman as the central figure. The painting in the Tate Gallery Collection is presently hanging in The National Gallery, London.
Throughout his work, Pissarro would often base individual figures on more than one model. Given the shape and features of the head, and the sweetness of character of the young peasant woman standing alone as the principal figure in his major 1882 composition 'The Poultry Market, Pontoise'(PV576) in the Norton Simon Museum, Pasadena; also her similarity to Nini in 'The Pork Butcher', this figure, according to Joachim Pissarro and Christopher Lloyd,
may well have been inspired, in part if not wholly, by Nini.
On 31st October, Pissarro writes to Lucien 'I received from Nini a sweet, short letter, altogether delicate and humourous. She complains that you maintain a deep silence in London. She attributes this to your sleepiness and to your incurable laziness in the morning. There your reputation is sealed'.
Later that year, Pissarro painted a standing portrait of Nini alone (PV 653).
On Christmas day, 1883, he writes to Lucien, 'Nini is here until New Year's Day, and I will profit from the opportunity to begin a portrait, provided they don't play that endless trick on me by calling her home at the critical moment'.
By the 28th December the portrait is underway, 'Nini is here. I have begun a portrait of her. I set her somewhat sulky face under her curly-blond hair with a great cherry-coloured bow on a background of dark blue! I had a hellish time getting it right. You can count on my getting the proper harmony'.
Pissarro completed this portrait in 1884. He then painted Nini as the central figure for his large 1884 tempera composition 'The Market Stall' (PV 1389) in the Glasgow City Art Gallery. That same year, he painted another large single portrait of Nini (PV 1391).
In Pissarro's oeuvre, Nini is alone in being the only subject to appear, within the space of one year, as the central figure in four very important works. It shows his deep affection for her. And significantly, that he saw in her face and character something of the simple, fresh, robust innocence he found so touching and beautiful in the young peasant women he chose to portray in many of his peasant scenes.
Pissarro's peasant women were, said Degas 'Like angels who go to market'.
During the 1880's, the human figure increasingly dominates Pissarro's compositions. Many are of peasant women. 'These representations of provincial markets as in' The Butcher', can rightly be considered among Pissarro's major contributions to the web of Impressionist imagery', writes Joachim Pissarro, the artist's great-grandson and foremost authority on his work.
It was Nini who had introduced 'a certain naive freshness' – the vital element – into 'The Pork Butcher'. And her likeness was often to appear in his work.
In a letter to his wife Esther, in 1929, Lucien writes 'You don't realize that Nini had been my first girl friend, when I was quite a small boy. I know she is not elegant; and perhaps not as clean as she could be, but she is very good-hearted, and I know she would do anything to please me'.
Yet this is a serious almost introspective portrait – very possibly due in large part, to Nini's father (of whom Pissarro made a pastel portrait – together with one of her mother – in 1874 (PV 1521 & 1522). Violence frequently followed his heavy bouts of drinking, making Nini's life very difficult. During the 1880's, she stayed increasingly away from home, and with the Pissarro family.
Lucien expressed concern to his father in several letters. 'Estruc had already fallen over when I was in Paris. We foresaw a long time ago what is now happening – and soon perhaps the delirium! Poor aunt and poor Nini'. And 'Nini is exhausted by the life her father makes her lead, 'La Pauvre' has become paler. But I think that the tranquillity and fresh air will soon put her on her feet again'.
Pissarro too wrote with deep disquiet to his son. 'Father Estruc was up to his foolish ways yesterday evening. It appears he was in a terrible state, furious with a street boy who had irritated him; as a result of losing his balance, he created a disturbance in the street, and they were obliged to use force to bring him home. His rage turned on your aunt and on Nini to such a point that they had to tie his hands and feet. A doctor who had been called, witnessed the actual event; and finally, for the sake of peace and quiet, calmed him. The Police Commissioner is acquainted with the facts. It has made Nini, poor girl, ill…….It would be better for Nini who has nowhere to go, if she could nevertheless leave her mother and come and rest in Eragny'.
Nini's unhappiness touched the compassionate Pissarro. Furthermore, at the time of making this portrait, he was experiencing severe financial difficulties. He had four children (his daughter Minette had died in 1874) and another child (Paul-Emile) was expected.
John Rewald wrote of Pissarro's domestic situation during this time. 'Camille Pissarro's wife, a sturdy Frenchwoman of peasant stock, bore several children who filled the house with their boisterous play and innocent quarrels. In the midst of much turmoil and burdened with cares, often misunderstood by his wife - for the interminable succession of problems embittered her character - Pissarro who so seldom experienced the joy of knowing his family secure, accomplished the miracle of creating works distinguished by their calm and beauty'
It is fascinating to compare the resemblance of the 1883 pastel portrait of Madame Pissarro which Rewald reproduces in his Pissarro monograph (Abrams P.56) with this portrait. A charcoal drawing of Nini (c.1890) is reproduced full page (63) in the same publication. As is 'The Pork Butcher'.
On the 20th November 1883, a month before beginning this portrait, and following an unsuccessful showing of his work in London earlier that year, he wrote to Lucien 'Remember that I have the temperament of a peasant. I am melancholy, harsh, and savage in my works. It is only in the long run that I can expect to please, and then only those who have a grain of indulgence; but the eye of the passer-by is too hasty and sees only the surface. Whosoever is in a hurry will not stop for me. As for the young misses touched also with the modern neuroticism, they are even worse. The romantics were much less ferocious! If they looked into the past they would see to how slight a degree the old masters were – how shall I say – precious, for they were indeed elegant in the artistic sense of the word'.
At times, I come across works of mine which are soundly done and really in my style. And at such moments, I find great solace. But enough of this. Painting, Art in general, enchants me. It is my life. What else matters? When you put all your soul into a work, all that is noble in you, you cannot fail to find a kindred spirit who understands you. And you do not need a host of such spirits. Is that not all an artist should wish for?
That same month, Pissarro received a letter from his dealer Durand-Ruel. 'I am terribly sorry to leave you without a penny, but I have nothing at all at the present moment. I must even greet misfortune with a smile and I have to give the appearance of being almost rich'.
It is entirely possible that something of Pissarro's own sombre mood is reflected in this portrait. But also his profound reverence for the old masters. And for Rembrandt.
In Pissarro's 1891 etching 'The Vegetable Market, Pointoise' (Delteil 97) Nini again appears as the central figure. And then in the summer of that same year, she seems very credibly to be the seated peasant woman in 'Two Young Peasant Women Talking' in the Metropolitan Museum, New York (see Christopher Lloyd's accompanying letter). The painting, one of the most beautiful and important of all his peasant compositions, was completed the following January.
'Camille Pissarro' wrote the art critic and collector Gustave Geffroy, 'is above all a poet of the intimate: he extols the delights that surround us, the sweetness of life that he can savour at home, at his door, in the yard, in the garden. He does not feel the need to go very far to discover the décor of happiness. He knows that everywhere light visits all things, endows them with splendour or softness, reveals them with liveliness to our eyes and our spirit'.
This portrait has, until 1998, been owned by the artist's family. It will be reproduced in colour in the revised Pissarro Catalogue Raisonne being prepared by Joachim Pissarro and Claire Durand-Ruel Snollaerts. To their knowledge, the painting had, until the 1999 Fort Lauderdale
Pissarro exhibition, never been included in any Pissarro or miscellaneous exhibition.
'If we observe the totality of Pissarro's works, we find there, despite the fluctuations, not only an extreme artistic will which never lies, but what is more, an essentially intuitive pure-bred art. He looked at everybody, you say! Why not? Everyone looked at him too, but denied him. He was one of my masters. And I do not deny him.' Paul Gauguin.
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