St. Paul daily globe. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn.) 1884-1896, 1885-08-30
MODELS In MINNEAPOLIS.
A Leading Artist Says There Are no
Nude Ones There.
But Little Demand For Them--Al-
most n Duel.

''Yes, there are professional models in
Minneapolis, aud most of the artists here
have seen them pose. Within the past few
months, however, there has been no demand
for them and have heard of none"
The speaker was an artist of considerably
more than local reputation. and has perhaps
had wider and ripper experience than most
OF the Minneapolis handlers of the maui
stick. He had said true lover of art would
be above making the revelations he had read
in the papers under the name of interviews,
but when once into the subject talked along
almost uncOnSciOusly.
II rarely do anything of that kind and
have done less of it in Minneapolis, but art
requires education with inspiration. and
models alone will not answer. Artists lie
sometimes about the models, and YOU may
hear great many things from them that
must be taken with allowance. When l
say there are professional models here do
not mean nude models, TO which yOn
probably refer. There was one professional
who posed nude, but she is not here now
there was not sufficient demand to make it
pay and she went to Chicago. A certain
artist. about two years ago, wanted model
and succeeded in getting a girl employed
somewhere in South Minneapolis. She had
a form that Aphrodite might have envied,
but he could not get her into graceful atti-
tudeS in spite of her beautiful lines and had
to give her up"
''HOw did she go through with ito"
IN very mechanical, matteT-Of-fact
kind OF way. He wanted q profile. and
that was her strong point. She took the
attitude angelic, with her folded hands
drOpt down, looked down at herself very
cOmplaeently and asked: Is that right?'
Oh, it was entirely unsatisfactory, and
was considerably amused ut the
efforts to get the outlines he
wanted Drawing from models is
like sitting for a photograph. The pose that
strikes you as most easy and graceful would
never do, and some of the elegant attitudes
in which you see actresses are really pain
full aS the rack. Professional models know
this, and artists prefer them always At
ST. Louis once, l attended class before
which a nude model posed. She was
/ young girl of superb form, but with
melancholy look that haunted
me. She would pose for ten minutes and
then throw 4 shawl about her shoulders
and sit down for about the same time.
The instructor, and the entire class for that
matter. regarded her just as you would a
piece OF sculpture. If am not mistaken,
one of the students once brought a re-
| porter in there and succeeded in raising no
end of a TOW when it was discovered.
Yes, recOllect some quite interesting
incidents connected with this subject. A
! certain young lady of this city became i'm
bued with the idea that she could make
good living as a model. She was
assured it was all right, and was per
| fectly consistent with modesty and dignity
I and all that and had about worked herself
up 10 it. y day was appointed, but she
backed down at the last moment and is now
clerking in one of our dry goods stores.
know of another young lady who posed for
| several lady artists, and to whom a certain
portrait painter offered snug sum as a
model, but she let her brother hear of it and
he and the artist nearly had duel over it.
She never posed. might tell of dozen
cases, differing somewhat in detail, but they
occurred elsewhere and would be without
local interest"