The pioneer express. [volume] (Pembina, Dakota [N.D.]) 1883-1928, 1885-09-25
ARTISTS MODELS.

ARTISTS MODELS.
rhs Price Paid by Artists in Europe and
America 70 their Models.
From the Cleveland Herald.
Five years ago it would have been
next to impossible to find a profess
sional model in Cleveland. Now there
are half a dozen here, and they all
make considerable although not large
sums of money. One of the obstacles
in the way of securinggood models was
the foolish prudery of many who
raised great hue and cry at the very
idea of female posing for q company
of artists. Sensational articles from
the pens of lewd literary scrivners for
alleged newspapers have appeared at
stated intervals, calling attention to
the terrible state of affairs in artists
studios, but it may be safely asserted
that the artists have in the main con-
Quoted themselves with remarkable
propriety with respect to models.
utS 10 CINC vi dil hIucIlCStu, LOuuOH
and Munich artists. Mr.. Dolph, the
New York artist, said recently:
1--WE have all the models we need in
New York, and there are many excel
lent female models. They charge from
81 to SIS day, the hours being from
8 o'clock in the morning to 2 o'clock
in the afternoon. The rates are about
the same in Paris, with the difference
that man will often assist an artist
about his studio and even black
the artists boots before the hour
of going to work. Many models
are we'll posted as to pictures
and costumes. and when an ar
fist desires q certain costume the
model knows where he can get it.
When costumes are necessary for a
picture an artist will have to pay
$3.50 week for them. own the
costumes that use and have about
81 200 invested in them. The cos
TUNES of the characters in that pic
ture of Il drinking scene were purchas-
cd by me in Paris. They represent the
dress of the time of Louis XIII.
That leather coat cost me $50 and
those boots with wide tops were $25.
In Paris professional female models
look on their calling SIMPLY in the
light of business, and have none OF
the backwardncss and awkwardness
about assuming q pose peculiar to
the amateur"
Munich is the paradise of models.
Few cities have more OF a more varied
assortment. The pay is poor and the
spectacle of richly dressed model is
seldom seen," said an artist lately re-
turned from Munich. at is SO much a
matter of business with them that
when a female model visits a studio to
secure an engagement, she will dof her
garments without hesitation to per-
nit the artists to see If her form will
meet their requirements. 1t isn't u
work OF any great moment to reclothe
herself, for never saw but one model
that had u full outfit of even the plain
est garments, let alone the late trim
med and dainty belonging which al
American woman calls necessities.
There are SO many models that
an artist will frequently have four
or five visits u day from models
desiring engagements. The ruling
price there is about eighteen cents
an hour. The females are mainly Ger
mans, with sprinkling of Italians.
Some ofthe poses are difficult, and one
cannot maintain the position more
than ten minutes. We painted six
weeks on one model ofa man suspend
ed from a cross. 1t was a difficult
pose; and the man was to be pitied."
Some of the well-known artists are
famous amongmodels as exacting men,
who will enduren no thrilling. Bougereau
is one of those. A practical model
will soon learn an artists peculiar
tiles, and if he is easy-going the mod
el will soldier" and sag back from the
proper pose, in order to rest. 1t is q
severe task to pose in one position an
hour us models in ordinary postures
haveto do, and it is no wonder that
they shirk. If desired by a female
model, she wears u mask, but the we'll
formed model who posed before the
life class recently was unable to
wear a mask, as the features were re-
quired for the completeness Of the pic
ture. Unlike many models with good
forms she had q handsome face and q
faultless bust, the only imperfection
being too great width Of hips. shedid
not meet the requirements of IL classic
figure, which should be 5 feet 81
inches tall, 80 inches bust measure, "a
inches waist, 8 inches from armpit to
waist, long arms and neck. A
aueenly woman, however, should be
5 feet 5 inches tall, 81 inches about
the bust, 90 1-2 about the waist, 35
over the hips, IA 1-2 inches around
the ball of the arm and 1-2 inches
around the wrist. Her hands andfeet
should not be too small. The model
that posed before the life class had as
delicate and graceful foot as ever
graced woman. Usual defects of
form are smallness of the limbs be-
tween the knee and thigh, or too great
prominence of the knee caps. The
most common thing however, is with
respect to the bust. A good hand Is
also q rarity. Thomas Nast's model
for the figure OF the Goddess of Liberty
is his wife, and the qucenly woman
with delicate features that figures in
Du Maurier's designs in London Punch
represents his better half.
Animal, and especially horse paint
crs, are put to great expense for mod
els. tits customary topaint the horse
standing still, in orderto get the effects
of light and shade, and then watch the
animal as it gallops up and down the
street, in order to get the position OF
each part. Its forelegs serve as the
fulcrum by which it takes ADVANTAGE
of the law of gravitation in locomo-
ton, and its rear legs serve as propel-
lers. The faster it goes the straig6ter
it projects its head in order to give
the air free access to the lungs, and the
wider it distends it's nostrils, for a
horse never breathes through it's mouth
in running:
A Bar Room Transaction That
Made q Noise.
Chicago News.
They wore winter clothes, and about
their cyeballs and noses there was the
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