PAVEMENT ARTIST
RECOGNITION OF WORK BRISBANE MAN AT HOME LONDON, March 21 Rex Villiers, a Brisbane jeweller, who (unie to England in 1922, and has since worked as a pavement artist, hopes to reach 'fame through the assistance of Mr. William'Nicholson, portrait painter. Villiers sat for months in the West End, beside pictures painted orr cardboard, under a scroll, inscribed, "I intend to get to the top of British art." Recently Mr. Nicholson stopped and inspected the paintings, and slipped a ten-shil}ing note into Villiers' hand. Later, he paid £lO for 'a daring "Portrait of a Man," which now hangs beside old masters in Mr. Nicholson's studio. "I do not like all Villiers' work, but. his management of crimson highlights proves that he has something fresh to say about portraiture," said Mr. Nicholson.
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New Zealand Herald, Volume LXX, Issue 21453, 29 March 1933, Page 10
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