It was a proof of her remarkably early artistic maturity that she should have triumphed as the Countess in The Marriage Of Figaro at the age of 21.
As Dickran Kouymjian writes in his essay in the exhibition's substantial and wide-ranging catalog, which is available in English, French and Italian: "Armenian artists were remarkably open to artistic trends in Byzantium, the Latin West, the Islamic Near East and even Central Asia and China".
The pictures are remarkably evocative and artistic: with rain boots and trash bags left by the door and notes taped to the mirror, the rooms have a lived-in quality and urban melancholy reminiscent of an Edward Hopper painting.
"Crane has a distinctive and eccentric voice that is consistent and riveting from the first story to the last," Jennifer Reese said here in 2003, and her work "expresses a remarkably strong and coherent artistic vision".
Beyond a portrait of Shakespeare, the very first acquired by the gallery in 1856, rooms lead through centuries of British monarchs and assorted luminaries, with literary and artistic genius competing remarkably well with military and imperialistic prowess.
The group was not a school, as is commonly understood in artistic circles, but a remarkably talented collection of intellectuals who liked to eat good French food and converse, among other activities.
Independiente's artistic and commercial breakthrough came remarkably quickly.
Conversations in Travesties about whether art exists to serve the cause of the state, the audience or the author also feel remarkably relevant, 42 years on, to the artistic identity crisis created by the digital marketplace.
Simone's artistic energy — and, all the more remarkably, the connection between the mere accident of her popular career with her creative force — is exactly what Mort elides.
