Ezra Pound sketch © donna mcgee

Charting the Contours of a Controversial Poet Ezra Pound

The subject of this portrait is the face of Ezra Pound (1885 – 1972) a complicated man with a formidable reputation and known for his virulent anti-semitic outbursts. This angular and introspective looking face, lined with the contours of a life of controversy was mesmerizing to me and prompted this charcoal sketch.  [credit: Irish Times] He made […]

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