, 1877-11-17
FAMILIAR TALK.

AItT-SCIIOOL~ IN NEW YORK.
The only regular schools Ut nst In New York
CITY uro those 1t, connection viii, the Satlonal
Academy Of Design, tho Cooper Union. tho
stutlet,ts' Art League, a1ld tho Ladies' Art As
sociation. The Academy Of Design has always
had Tor unn Vi tts Objects tile instruction OF
pupils IN tho various branches os art, but, ow-
Ing to u Inck Ut alcqintu resources, tts ct!orts
in this direction have brcm greatly hanpcrcu.
Its Bcllonls have experienced many virlssItudcs
tnrtny the more than l,alf-century sinte tho
Academy was foundca,-for this greater part Of
tho time stfugg'in. with shc yarlous dsad-
yantaecs of at!yersfty, mud occasionally being
!ogretl to close t!lclr doors altogether. The
teaching they lave afforded was, Until qultu re.
Gently, supplied by nrnaberA Of tho Academy,
apd, as u consequence u the unfortunate pr.
ctlniarv clrr,lthstanccs, was variable and un-
certain. Thu only revenue upon which the
Academy could rely fur the support 0f the
scl,ools was the besluest of 5000 from tho
artist SuydaiH.
Iu 1870 however, radical change WAS instL-
tutcd III the rlasses of the Academy, mud tue
entirc control was given to Pruf. 1.conar,l +.
Wilmartl,. Provision was ulalt for lectures ou
Anatou,y br Dr. Rlnl.ner. on Perspective by Dr.
Rrcy0urt, oa Comparative Anatomy by lrof.
Walcriluuse Hawkins, OH lEstllctlcs by Patkc
Goodwin, a,ll ull miscellaneous Art-Tuptcs by
Wtlliunl l'agu aill others. The attendance Of
punlls during &hts year reached vi times tho
number Of GOO. In 1871 class was formed for
1adtrs stuLytug frou tic ,ludc figure. It begun
with only SIX puIala, but Eosc to twenty In tho
three years which 1t was continued As stated
III MI article In tic Now Yurk SH"'
Tie hours wcre from 10 i p. ILL.,, three days in
wss Mess en1: s aF ssss
T!,a fstals aluaols were en!tEely nude, aud the
male unly slightly ttspu4., No conversation wa.
Thu. this branch uf stnds nE Was pEactteally con.
tinuntltn VI drawing roM xlltllAe ntalaes. and In
'ssa ins a1ssnens. ] % of aG and useu Which tLs oest.
! trained lnudeIs never entirely overcome t'na U!
tic fav0sItss was yuun; Indian half brced, whoao
foru,eti iilab. wcrs ll,oss Of NJ Apollo l'c,e4srs
He Ind strength Of muscle thai could, rycn ih
:aan Il. ae1x xxhsn scy ass
! at1nd bclofc The rsxu!uF rest OF ten minutes. 4
I'D VI is years was aro fayusttc In thu adtes'
aboui little Inconvsnsaees. such ~ tho tcmpcta.
sutc Of thu rt'0u,,-whlch was generally about w
s e9 s VIII S ot' a. ,fRs nt'ts s
nxoss. exquisite in co!os. al"ays wore n 'uask.
THIS class WIS discontinued IN 1874, aud tho
classc. for gentlemen In the life school were
Ihe Aralculy Was unable through lack 81
fuuls t., rr.cnyagu the srgyi.es III Prof. VII
marsh in 1875; hence tho s,lure ndsanrcd pupilt
| orEantzrA society rallied tho Art btudehts'
f.rasuc. Uhc hundred members were CUnlOlnttl
tp tic Association at ttle start. Tho npMual lcE
| Tor membership WIS put vt 81, al.t sElntlal
! amount Wus tn be ]a!Q per aNuntil Tor tnstruc'
| tlu,l In carh department vi att. Classca wGfs
formed In UtluGcr, ISIS, aud l'rof. Niltuart!
| DFQi{preu hts tcFylCt5 Eratuilu1ssy. IAr5 wcst
accepted, but very suon tho League was III d con
sst!ou 10 reward the.n suitably. In ILLS school
the i!fo classcs fur nlulca arc open six hours
daily, unl for ladies' ttreu hours Carh day. llit
thsfratt claAscs arc u,8n Aix hours during thsee
| iayx IL the week. mud y skctel! rlaas + a!cd
every .tay ffolll / until! i. III. Mr.: Walter
| Shirtaw Is engaged to teach FaiAttnR, Drawing
and Con,poslt.Un during the coming season
mud LECTURES VI Anatouy. Perspective, aud
Composition will ba given bs different lHFsuiis
during ths winter. The Art League, IL ~ I
Aouriahlug condftson, an4 j. saiu BY tho Non
! York .saa-thc authority relied upon Tor tllest
in uIt to be obtaillc1 tu this rs,untry.
SIncr thr beginning OF 1915, tho Academy o
Design las pai1 on it, debt Ut $.O,tkO, hut It'll
hus July the Suy4atn fund almt he proceeds u IL
rxltb.tIoua fur The uiaiuteuauga Ut tts schools
The allt.lue sclluos nuw hiss about Thirty nlcln
bers. Tbs tyeulnE t!fe-class, fur men, 10 opr1
six hours meck, aud Instruction tn I'LL the De
pastmtIts II free.
Industrial aEt alone IL taught In the Cooper
Union schools. LIE evening classes are attend
ed principally by tneu. Fur urmbxEsslp III th
glasses for WoIaeA tlefe wrse over 1oo applics
ttuas this kes,uIl, Il. Swain HlIorl sup Iviae
tns class III Painting from Sill Liz; Wyatt
E4tnu and Aaa Z. IL k4sAA4a4 tA.t ~ Tss4-ss~-s'