A trained engineer, he was the cousin-brother of steel magnate and philanthropist Andrew Carnegie , and a partner in the Carnegie Steel Corporation , a forerunner of U.S. Steel . Early years George Lauder was the son of George Lauder, Sr . and Seaton Morrison.
pretentious. adjective. 1  Claiming that or behaving as if one is important or deserving of merit when such is not the case: a pretentious socialite. 2  Showing or betraying an attitude of superiority: made pretentious remarks about his education.
Iâve âadoptedâ the term âNew Symbolismâ (âadoptedâ meaning the assumption that the name has already been used in different instances by many other people) to assert myself and other artists of similar ilk as being practitioners of the opposite of oblique and pretentious art.