, 1884-12-04
ART STUDENTS
In Munich, the Paradise of Students,
Music, Pipes, and Beer.
American Art Glasses, and HOW ths
Scholars Live and Amu.e Them
seIves-A Privileged Glass
Poverty.


But como with mo and see tho aboys"
themselves. If 1t were midday we would
step into the Cafe Union, where. there is n
table especially reservod for American art
Students. Although it Is only the second table
from the door, the regular pltrcnso Of the cafe
have learned TO respect it, and select some
other place in the room: while our artists
themselves protest hat they would feel quite
lost II they were obliged to sit anywhere ex-
cept at that table. But as It is evening and
the gas-1ets have just boon lighted, we will
wend our way down Augusten strasse, 70 the
corner Of Brienner, where a large establish
ment known Us tho "Walhalla" islocated- It
Is at least a ~second-class establishment on the
restaurant and billiard plan The curtains
are all drawn, according 70 a curiously I'M
enterpriaing custom, but we will enter by the
side door just As II we owned the whole
establishment.
Shall we ask to DO shown to the American
tablesi 1t Is quite unnecessary. II there are
any Americans in you can find 1t out quick
enough by a mere cursory survey OF the
room. II there are not, II is easy to find the
tables, since they arc usually c. vered with
sketches and caricathres that have been care
lessly drawn on the surface Of tho soft white
wood, while the boys are lingering over their
beer. There, I've written it. The worst Is
told. People who come here TO live speedily
succumb 70 the beer-drinkdng habit, which
rules with even more despotic sway In
Munich than elsewhere in German. Thus
even the ENTHUSIASTICALLY dictu-ars
usually seen dallying over the foaming
beaker.
But they are jolly, good-hearted, sensible
fellowA- 1 had not expected to find sue
bright, modern, wide-awake young men
among the ranks hore. They don't go about
with long nails, disheveled locks. and gener-
ally unkempt condition. Nshing OF the
sort They are decently dressed, inteIe ted
In other things beside art, and, most re-
marlEable of all, they can talk nationally.
As you will speedily infer. III 80 students
live frugally. Most Of our students are such
as find 1t necessary TO economic, and in no
place can economy be better practiced than
in Munich. Living expenses are at a mini
mum here. Clothing is ~fabulously cheap.
The tuition bills are exceedingly moderate.
At present the charge is only about S11 90 a
year, but there Is every prosIe,t now that
this sum viii DO raised to elb. 10. When a
student entsSzthe department OF composition
be is Furnished with free studio and free
models
The art students arc recognized IN a thou
sand other ways. They are accorded re-
duced fares on the railways, cheap tickets to
the opera, and complimentary tiuke.s to va
rious exhibitions. They enjoy immunity
from arrest except I'm cases Of the grossest
crimes. Each student carries u certificate OF
membership signed by the academy OF au-
thorities, which he has only 10 present to a
policeman In case Of emergency, and he Il
politely requested to call at the station at
q certain hour on the following day. Thus
substantially Is art encouraged by the Ba-
varian state. That there Is poverty among
the students can not DO denied, and In q few
cases power y Of the pinching, grinding sort
There has been almost a panic among those
who were paying their own way here, b0-
cause OF the small number Of tourists who
have come here TO purchase paintings for
their homes in other countries. This has
come the hardest upon those who were copy
Ing well-known works In order to get the
funds with which to prosecute independent,
original work. One American who Is now
copying @Leni Before the Corpse Of Wallen.
steinn for the faculty of Cornell univer ity
told mo OF a recent experience Of his A
Chicago lady saw HIM at work In tia New
Plnakothek, admired his skill. heard Others
similarly praising 1t, and ordered a portrait
Of a young woman
@What style do you p~referf' be inquired.
She indicated a portrait which she ad-
mired, and no went to work. After long
weeks Of arduous skilled labor he had the
a1Al $3.50 @@aA - vi ~ 49, aA1@
lady. Tho latter kept It a good many
months, and then returned 1t to the artist at
his expense, with the statement that he had
not followed the original strictly. Had 1t
taken her all this time TO find that outl Tbs
truth was that she had thought to sell q real
Munich picture to great advantage, and
when she found that there was no market at
Chicago for the work OF an unknown artist
be IL never so meritorious-she resorted to
this contemplate excuse. For an artist to
have copied faithfully would nave been IL
legal, and It was only tho general style Of the
original hat she had asked him to follow.
dropped in upon a young man from Ohio
the other day who was drawing a death
mask with charcoal. Before him he had q
skull, and half a dozen works on the mat
omy OF the head; and there he was com
pletely mastering the internal and external
physiology Of the human head, an accessory
10 the task of sketching q simple death
mask. He looked up with a long-drawu
breath as l entered, and said, in response to
a question:
@Oh, no, Of course, we art students don't
think any. An inspiration blows in through
the window and we catch It The folks al
home write for specimens Of my work. II ]
sent them this little drawing they wouldn't
understand the five weeks OF weary labor
there are behind it. 1t wouldn't look beauti-
full TO them Sometimes l am tempted 10
just rush back home and earn a fortune IN
dashing of campaign pictures and cheap
caricatures, but / should never be happy II |
did-it would break my heart. / suppose ]