Template:Did you know nominations/John Vanderpoel

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The result was: promoted by Allen3 ^talk 18:59, 12 December 2011 (UTC)

John Vanderpoel

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• ... that artist John Vanderpoel, whose book The Human Figure (drawing from book pictured) is a standard reference for art students, was praised by Georgia O'Keeffe as "one of the few real teachers I have known"?

• Reviewed: Nun komm, der Heiden Heiland, BWV 62

Created/expanded by JNW (talk), Mandarax (talk). Nominated by Mandarax (talk) at 11:32, 28 November 2011 (UTC)

• Obviously, this picture can go without words, but how about:

ALT1: ... that Georgia O'Keeffe praised her art teacher John Vanderpoel, whose book The Human Figure is a standard reference (his drawing pictured), as "one of the few real teachers I have known"? --Gerda Arendt (talk) 13:31, 1 December 2011 (UTC)

• I have a slight preference for the first hook--it specifies the kind of "standard reference", and places the subject first, though the italics for the book followed by the italics for the drawing note is a bit awkward, and the second of course is an active sentence. Next DYK volunteer, take your pick. Drmies (talk) 15:19, 12 December 2011 (UTC)