By sketching what appeared to be fanciful portraits rather than overtly fictional stories, he created a half-imaginary character whose presence haunts all his writings that of the author himself.
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The new pieces, plus two old favorites, Schubert's "Rosamunde" Overture and Paul Dukas's fanciful symphonic portrait of "The Sorcerer's Apprentice," will be performed March 10 at 8 p.m. in the Mertens Theater at the University of Bridgeport.
Two things above all impressed him: the unprecedented achievements of Robert Flaherty, world-famous for his hugely successful (if fanciful) 1922 portrait of Inuit life, Nanook of the North; and the innovative editing techniques of early Soviet cinema, particularly those of Eisenstein in Battleship Potemkin.
Along with "Cedar Bar," Mr. Grooms's fanciful 1986 group portrait of the artists and camp followers of the Abstract Expressionist movement, these outsize tours de force manage to combine high seriousness with low humor in an immensely satisfying way.
Ms. Blell, a photographer specializing in fanciful, neo-Classical portraits that are a cross between Greek mythology and Picasso, once set up a shot on the roof of 125 Cedar, with the south tower prominently in the background.
The animal things, like fanciful sculptures and pet portraits, are a tribute to Okie and Winnie, Ms. Kimelman's pugs, who spend their days in the gallery.
In "Biergarten at Night" (2007), dozens of characters some realist, including a self-portrait; others fanciful, such as an androgynous figure passionately kissing a death's-head hoist brews in velvety shadow and glimmering light.
Schumann's "Carnaval" came next, and Mr. Kissin brought vivid imagination to this fanciful suite of dances, miniatures and musical portraits of the composer's friends and colleagues.
