Words of Wisdom: More Hints from ‘Shorty’ Lasar
by Matthew Innis |Charles Augustus C. “Shorty” Lasar (1856-1936) was a Pennsylvanian-born artist who, like many of his fellow Americans, travelled to Paris to further his art education.  In the atelier of Jean-Léon Gérôme, Lasar’s draughtsmanship was legendary¹, and after several years successfully exhibiting in the annual Salon, he decided to open his own atelier catering to English-speaking,…