SIGN OF TIMES
ARTISTS FEEL THE PINCH
FAILING LITERARY DEMANDS
v „ r.-HJINDONy-April 6:. ,ii The economic depression has been | very severe on artists the world ou-r i and especially in Germany, wln-re | painters offer their work at unheard-of i prices. The exchange system is widely ; practised and oil paintings by artistsl of merit are somtimes sold lor as little ] as £1 os or even 12s. Advertisements j to paint portraits at a cheaper price than that charged by a photographer are common.
Even in the literary world the same distress is evident. In «n advertisement in one of Berlin’s largest dailies, a, German writer, claiming to he of world-wide reputation, offers to write the story of anyone’s life in a manner guaranteed to be artistic, and based ~n personal notes of those who wish to be written up. To attract business, he stressed the value of such a life story Lis 0 suitable present for Christmas. Twice a week writers offer then wares in an exchange, in the hope of finding a buyer, or of meeting representatives of newspapers.
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Hokitika Guardian, 9 April 1932, Page 6
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179SIGN OF TIMES Hokitika Guardian, 9 April 1932, Page 6
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