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Seems every time I put in a google alert there are more and more Romaine Brooks paintings which is a good thing. I am so pleased to see that Romaine's work is still generating interest 30 years after her death. Her hey day was the turn of the century and through the mid-thirties. Yet somehow her paintings and drawings continue to attract new audiences and viewers who are captivated by her images. The latest come from <a href='http://newsodrome.com/art_news'>Newsodrome - Art News</a> where an image of Cocteau by her was posted. Brooks painted him before he became famous as a priest of avant-garde culture. She later discarded him because of his use of drugs and his connection with Dolly Wilde, Oscar's niece. She detested Cocteau because he aided Dolly in her addictions and she considered him a faux artist because he was to her mind superficial and more interested in celebrity than real art. Sounds familiarly like our own culture these days where celebrity trumps almost any other kind of achievement. Paris Hilton, give me a break!