An outtake from the January 14,1952 cover memoir: FAMOUS BRITONS—A PORTFOLIO BY ALFRED EISENSTAEDT. Pictured here is painter Augustus John who was featured on the cover 66 years ago this week. LIFE described him as “the grand and grumpy old man” who recently turned 75 and was still working and going strong. Eisenstaedt said of John: “He is enormous, he couldn’t glimpse better and he kept turning on a perfect Mephistophelian glare. (Alfred Eisenstaedt—The LIFE Picture Collection/Getty Images) #thisweekinLIFE #Artists #AlfredEisenstaedt
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