The Sensual Art of Drawing
On any given day, Los Angeles teems with well-toned, fresh-faced
hopefuls waiting for their big break. You can find them on the beach or
if you get lucky, bump into one of them at Schwab's Drugstore on Sunset
Blvd. At least that's where, according to legend, a Hollywood agent
discovered the divine Lana Turner in the 1930's. If that same agent
lived in Paris in the 1880s, I wonder what he would think about the
beautiful barmaid at the Folies-Bergère, the one that Édouard Manet
immortalized in his famous painting. Though the girls there were known
for their easy virtues, this melancholic beauty seems lost in her own
thoughts and not the least bit interested in responding to us viewers
or the customer standing in front of her...
