The Ottawa free trader. [volume] (Ottawa, Ill.) 1843-1916, 1876-12-16

ity is not claimed for the quotation, but the
aptitude of its application to the present tale
| IS equal to the most original originality. Is
| it supposed for a moment that the loVely
forms we see in the picture exhibitions, on
the walls of the academy, and in the parlors
of our friends, are drawn from the eXuberant
lamentations OF the artists; that the Ewes and
angels the nymphs and gtaces, the Greclan
slaves and bathing beauties, the dainty We
muses. literally on the half-shell, are evoked
from the internal CONSCIOUSNESS or those VINO
put them on canvas? NOthlng OF the klhu )
the trlmness of the ankle, the swell OF the
calf, the bend Of the knee, the curve OF the
hin, the grace of the turs0, The undulatlon OF
the line, the exuberanCc OF the lacteal tounts,
the droop of the shoulder, the turn OF the neck,
the pose of the head, are all studied from the
actual and the real. The Y enus eli Mcdlci,
the coarse hoydcns OF Teniers, the far, fat
and forty frows of RubCnS; the luscious lux
uriances Of Titan, the pulpy beauties OF Ety,
the sensuous sirens ofthe French schools, the
anatomical revelations Of the German matters,
are all studied from the ripe and real, ana he
who would attempt to portray the human
form divine" without going TO nature, would
buresque the physical, and merely succeed
In producing such monsters as the world new
er saw 1t was the facilities OF observation
and study employed by the Grecian artists, IN
country where youth OF both sexes joined IN
the undraped Olympian games, and matrons
gloricd in their charms at the festivals OF me
Bona Dea, which produced those marbles,
Standing to-day the models OF beauty, which
gave to an admirlng posteriiy that statue
which enchants the world.
Ladies of noble birth and spotless rcputa
ton have gloried in submitting their beau
%, ,,annI al tho Z | nIV IIlinll l.
ton in England, Mn. Recamtr in France,
and many others, have stood clothed only
in "the golden glory of their hair" that their
loneliness might be perpetuat,d, and though
the great bard has said:
The charicst maid is prodignl enough
If she unvci her beauties tcthe moon,
as that member of the Astronomical arrange
ment is not artistically lnclired, one doesn't
see what advantage could be Obtained by
such an expose.
In the old world the model business is as
legitimate rs any other, and many women who
have nothing to depend upon but the periec'
ton of their form, prefer allowing studies to
be made from it rather than starvc or do
worse. Until very recently theAmercan ar
lists had Insuptrable difficulties To overcome.
If they wished to pant Gods masterpiece,
lovely woman, they had either II take her al
second hand, or CarlCGture her attributes IN
ignorance of that line of beauty and grace
which Hogarth explained, Etty worshiped,
and all men admire. TO hint at drawing from
the nude" was horrible, ana 10 SIT rs Il
"model" would have consigned any woman
tn intamy. In the name of art and The aumi-
ration of beauty, thank heaven RouSchdHJt toHt
c,il, and nowhere in America where arr
schools are found Is the living model now
absent At the foundation OF the Chicago
academy, IN the days before the big IRE, II
was almost impossible TO secure IL female
model for the public classes, although several
artists were fortunate enOughi to ind iair-
limbed sirens who would "sll' in the cl0is-
tered solitude of individual atelirs, whose
supple forms may be still seen n such OF
Phllhpps studies and George Harvey genres
as escaped tina, contlagratlon. The present
art institution has been more fortunate, anG
It's "lifc' class has seldom been without II
subject for the charcoal, crayOn, o. cOlorDoA
of lis members. Sometimes good ana some
times Indifferent figures have Invited the IN
dustry Of the students, but never such mag
nifCent model rs the one now nOurncd by
the dlsconsolatc artists who gazewistiully at
their unfinished sketches ana gIp up all idea
of finishing them in despair, Tor never again
upon the raised dais shall stand he nodded
marble of those charms which emapturcd all
bcholGcrs until last Monday nigh.
/ \ few weeks ago, u magnificent girl of thrt
| tropical type which is frequently seen in Gu
! ba, and which owes its origin Il the land OF
the olive and orange, called upn Secretary
! Root and in modest terms OF inquiry asked
If the academy needed model Sweeping
! the graceful being before him viii II critical
/ eve, and tracing contours that dnpcry could
., hila hs ~ har gprh n
shape rs might supplement the"Phryne Be
| fore Her Judges" OF Jerome 1.-The Rather
! Surprised" of Etty; CT the Cleopatra" Of
the Philadelphia exposition, and an arrange.
ment was speedily made The lady was, AS
our artistic friend supposed, from the sunny
south of Spain, and quite romance was con
ncCtcd with her appearance In UicagO-But
of this anon. On the evening of the first
"pOse' the artists were in raptres. As she
stood in her dazzling beauty, dothCd in ro-
Seatc bushes as a garment md crowned
with "A mellow light which playd around her
lefty Curls like the miniUns onR Sainted vir-
gin, she took them by storm Sciwerdt eiacu-
lated, "Mein Colt in Himmelr Pickering
forgot his habitual lassi,udc; eookns' pen
Gil trcmhled in his hand; Nolk moulded i'm
aginary clay with spasmOdic flyers; Spread
dalliod nervously with his uDes of color
i-lhlin i'l SNN MS Sll'uNlu M mn
STAR and all fell 10 lovingly tnciug the COR.
geous outlines OF her glorious body. y yer
since Tie art school has been IN operation
were such sketches made, never before had
they thcl opportunity OF making such. But
pleasures are like po?pic. spre.d, and
There are are no pleasures hIy on ,ar,a
That have not here an end;
for before those sketches lpcnd into round.
ness 10y the addition o! light am shade, an &C
cidcnt prevented their comptton forever
;, The Donna lncz dcG---. To- such was her
name, had been an artists mdlcl in the ar,
school of Madrid While there she had fallen
SpaniShly-that Is, dcspcra,cly,-in love with
la young artist who had studied from her
form. The affection was Mutual, but the
course OF true love never vet ran smooth, and
, parental influence interfercd whh the arrange
ments; the art student was driven from home
and took refuge in America When in New
York he wrote home 10 his ailianced, but re
/, ceiving no reply for weary months he fancied
\ himself forgotten NOT ga however for the