Don Bachardy

Competent, sometimes sensitive, occasionally penetrating portraits executed in pen, brush, ink and wash, of well known theatrical and literary personalities, are of only casual interest artistically. From a documentary point of view, however, Bachardy does manage to freeze personalities like Stravinsky and Dorothy Parker in off-guard moments in such a manner as to arouse uncommon interest. Bachardy’s most precious weapon, his line, is too often affected, though he shows unusual skill in capturing a resemblance and in rendering the essence of simplified forms.

—Arthur Secunda