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The Oxford Dictionary of American Art and Artists (2 ed.)
..., The Fifteen painters, mostly leading abstract expressionists , who appeared together in a Life photograph taken by Russian-born staff photographer Nina Leen ( c. 1909–95 ). Published in the magazine’s issue of January 15, 1951 , with the caption, “Irascible Group of Advanced Artists Led Fight against Show,” the image accompanied a report on the Metropolitan Museum of Art ’s recently opened “American Painting Today 1950 .” The selection process for this exhibition, which included modernist work but ignored abstract expressionism, initiated...
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Brewer's Dictionary of Modern Phrase & Fable (2 ed.)
... . A group of US artists who in 1950 protested against the exhibition policy of the Metropolitan Museum, New York, demanding the setting up of a department to show modern American art. Their number included many leading lights of Abstract expressionism such as de Kooning, Newman, Pollock, Rothko and Still, and a subsequently much reproduced photograph of 15 of the original 18 members appeared in Life magazine on 15 January 1951...
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A Dictionary of Modern and Contemporary Art (3 ed.)
... Eighteen ( Irascibles ) A group of American artists who in 1950 protested against the exhibition policy of the Metropolitan Museum, New York, demanding the formation of a department to show modern American art. A photograph (now much reproduced) of fifteen of the Irascibles appeared in Life magazine on 15 January 1951 . Among them were many of the leading Abstract Expressionists , including de Kooning , Newman , Pollock , Rothko , and Still...
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Fowler’s Dictionary of Modern English Usage (4 ed.)
...irascible . So spelt, not -able . See -able, -ible 8 ....
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Fowler’s Concise Dictionary of Modern English Usage (3 ed.)
... , meaning ‘irritable, hot-tempered’, is spelt - ible , not - able . See -able, -ible...
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The Concise Oxford Dictionary of English Etymology
... XVI. — (O)F. — late L. īrāscibilis , f. īrāscī grow angry, f. īra IRE ; see -IBLE . So irate XIX. — L. īrātus ; see -ATE 2...
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New Oxford Rhyming Dictionary (2 ed.)
... • babble , bedabble, dabble, drabble, gabble, grabble, rabble, scrabble • amble , bramble, Campbell, gamble, gambol, ramble, scramble, shamble • psychobabble • technobabble • barbel , garble, marble • pebble , rebel, treble • assemble , dissemble, Kemble, resemble, tremble • Abel , able, Babel, cable, enable, fable, gable, label, Mabel, sable, stable, table • enfeeble , feeble, Keble • dibble , dribble, fribble, Gribble, kibble, nibble, quibble, scribble • Abu Simbel , cymbal, gimbal, nimble, symbol, thimble, timbal • mandible • ...
