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An example of work by Natalie Ascencios
Artwork images are copyright of the artist or assignee
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This biography from the Archives of AskART:
| A muralist and illustrator, Natalie Ascencios is especially noted as
the painter of the mural in the dining room of the Algonquin Hotel in
New York City. The mural depicts members of the 'Round Table',
the 1920s legendary group of writers who gathered regularly at the
hotel and have given on going fame to the hotel. Included in the
mural of the Round Table are short-story writer Dorothy Parker,
novelist Edna Ferber, playwrights Robert Sherwood and George S.
Kaufman, drama critics Robert Benchley and Alexander Woollcott, and
magazine editors Heywood Broun and Harold Ross.
As an illustrator, Ascencios had had work published in The New Yorker, Time magazine and The New York Times. She has also illustrated adult and children's stories and designed a series of stamps for the United States Post Office.
Information provided by the Algonquin Hotel, New York City.
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