The Sedalia weekly bazoo. [volume] (Sedalia, Mo.) 187?-1904, 1880-06-22
NUDE MODELS.
How They are Taught to Pose
Before Artistic Eyes for Re-
production on Canvas.

Ladies Of Fashion @ Models
Interesting Fscts About the
Human Form.
ksnss. City Times.
Since Mr.. John Mulvany'a removal
to bis new studio q large number Of
the ladies of fashion in this city have
called to inspect the artists striking
ideal figure piece, "Love's Mirror,"
which represents q Venus led by
Cupid to the edge Of a limpid stream.
in whose depths she sees her glowing
charms reflected.
ut is quite amusing" said Mr..
Mulvany to q Times reporter. ITO
witness the awkward manner in which
some of the ladies make known the
object of their calls. For instance,
very pretty and modest married
lady came into the studio the other
day and asked if she might look al
nv pictures. l surmised IN moment
that she wanted to gee the Venus.
but of course l did not presume to
intimate az much to her. She loitered
around awhile. cycling this portrait
and that, and finally she said. You
have "a piciure-of-of Venus
may NAV see it. You should have
seen her blush a. she spoke. Ger
tainly. madam l replied. and
stepped to the large frame aud threw
hack the curtain. Then | went u
nv easel and resumed work, because
had no wish to embarrsss the lady.
and you western people have . g11
share IF what is called false modesty.
She studied the picture for a long
time and then left, having first
apoloeized for having made what
might seem an immodest request.
The truth of the mater is, mule
pictures, if not suggestive or other
wise coarse. are becoming more and
more popular. There is nothing more
beautiful, more artistic. or more
delicate-both 10 fact and sentims Mt
than
THE HUMAN FORM MoDEsrLY POSED.
Il have heard your Venus crit
cis-d." ssid the reporter.
| "Yes, know what you mean.
replied Mr.. Mulvany 'ycu xllude
to the objection which is often made
to the dimples which appear in thu
knee. But the criticism will NOT
stand, because I have nature on my
side. In painting the picture, l hsd
at least . dozen models and each
one. when standing in the position Of
my Venus, presented the very dimple.
to which objections have been raised.
but wasn't the figure palntel from
one model"
swell, no, that is to say, while
had one woman in my minds EYE
all the while, / did not confine my
self altogether to my idea of be'
form, nor would presume to repre-
sent her face upon the canvas.
may, however, say that there is al
original OF my Venus-a Kentucky
lady, beautiful, modest aad wealthy
But that she should ever become /.
s.odel was out of the QUe.ssii 4. al,
are the best models in the world
Their forms are better preserved
throughout. 1t is fact not general,
known that at least forty per cent o
{ wONANKIsD ARE Bow-LEGGED,
or knock-kneed, while not more thar
Eve per cent of men are similarl,
afflicted. have never heard any
explanation of this singular facl
given. 1t is not. however. a yer,
difficult task to obtain good models
What artists call perfect models arr
hard to be found. Very many figure.
that look we'll dressed. are, when
denuded. scrawny aud ill-shaped
The best models look large and some
times gross when dressed. Sometime.
q dozen different models are required
to form what, from an artistic stand.
point, constitutes . perfect figure. A
model may have q beautiful arm
and yet her neck and shoulder NAV be
scrawny or otherwise faulty. A
figure that combines all the excellence.
of shape and mold lie rare"
"Are models hard to find ?" asked
the reporter.
"No. not particularly SO. In the
eastern cities they sre easily secured.
A good model in the cities of Boston,
New York, Baltimore. PHILADELPHIA
or Washington can be procured far
City cents an hour In western cities
the rates are higher; in st. Louis,
for instance. model cannot be had
for lesa than q dollar an hour, while
here in Kansas City the terms would
run as high az two dollars an hour"
Are there any models to be had
in Kansas City!"
. MODELS IN KANSAS CITY.
"There are no professional models.
Of course. but there would be No
difficulty in getting one. An adver.
tisement in the Times would bring me
in perhaps fifty applications. The
trouble with AZ inexperienced model
is. however. not only the fac. that
she demands exOrbitant remuneration.
but that she has to be instructed in
the business of posing. And that is
always vexatiOus to an artist, for
artists 90 about their work in the
most cold FLOODED and unsympathetic
way."
What is the modus operandi of
sketching from q model ?"
THE model is usually attended bv
her mother or an elderly friend She