The Sunday herald., 1886-10-17
THE ART STUDENTS LEAGUE.
II Enters Upon Its Second SEASON Under Favorabi,
Auspiecs-Interestins Chat About the Club and
Its Nole1s-uts Weunhepsh1u. Atr

Il Eaters Upon Its Second StAson Under Favorable
Auspiecs-Intereatins Chat About the Club and
Its Aodels-1ts Membership, etc.
"well, how Ia II with the Art Students' Lacquer
Going to operate this wlnter?" said the scribe man
to the art man.
"Yes, we had q very successful season last year;
In fact, better than was to be expected for the first
year Of such an undertaking, 30 we start out this
season with good membership Of heart and
with a stock Of experience to smooth the art stu
dents path"
"Have you no rlvalry9" Injected the pencil
pusher
"No There ia noantagonlsm. We have the good
opinion and kndest wishes OF the artists Of the cy
and why shouldn't we? we don't Interfere with
private classes In the least. In fact, an applicant
must be considerably advanced In art before being
accepted to membership In the League; and real
artist is an artist In his whole makeHp and willingly
gives advice and help for the advancement OF any
scheme that has true art for base"
"Do the fees paid by members go as an income to
any individual, are they absorbed In the running
eXpenses?"
ave are not a money-making concern. All the
fees are used for the good OF all concerned, and
every MEMBER has voice In the management, and
la expected to share all responsibility; but the
monthly expenses are by no means small. 1t Is q
common opinion that artists are bad tenants,
but that libel, and we like Others, pay rent for
rooms. Then there ls gooily sum each month to be
| paid ont for fuel and lights. The largest item,
however, Is the salary of models"
| "DO you employ many mOdels?"
| Yes, we have list OF a dozen or fifteen models
the majority OF whom can be called upon only for
the portrait or raped class but we manage to keep
| the nude classes well supplied"
"Then the models have speciality In their posing?"
| ayes; portrait model Ia generally only good in
that line, and Ia selected not from standpoint OF
beauty but for strength OF features or character.
| The nude model Is OF the chosen few and must Of
necessity be possessed Of very good figure. can't
tell you the names OF our models; In fact, don't
know them. Their names and residences as a gen.
eral thing are only known to the model committee,
| whose business 1t is to engage them. There Ia no
conversation allowed with the models. Rules, how
ever are not necessary In this respect for the art
student sees nothing but a model, just as he sees
any other object, as stone or q statue We have
| been extremely fortunate In nude models; we have
two males on our list that near perfection as
the human form can be, who In Paris would make a
good living, II not fortune"
SHOW about the female m0des?"
"The female models In the nude are not forward,
as many suppose; neither are they shy. They pose,
rest, pose again, dress in their private room, and
are gone-no one cares where. 1t Ia merely q mat
ter of business, you see. The posing time Is usually
one hour, with rest every fifteen minutes-quite
long enough for person to stand or Sit In one posi-
tion; try 1t some time. ! was once q member OF q
class, not connected with the League, and female
model was engaged for pose 'pose' takes three
evenings Her pose was reclining one, rather
strained, and she refused to rest move, but kept
kept that same position for one mortal hour. The
poor girl frightened; 1t was her first experience
and we never saw her again."
Here the scribe was about to leave, when the ar
man cordially invited him to call some day when tht
portrait class was at work. In reply TO question
about the personnel OF the club he sad "Certainly
II you'd like the names Of our embryo genluses Il
be carried down to eternal fame via THE SUNDA,
HERALD, here Ia o list Of some Of our budding
Raphaels, Rubens, Reynolds, and Rembrandts.
They are Miss Sylvester, Miss Waller, Mr.. Noel
Miss Perre, Miss solomons Mlss Taylor, Miss Tiera
Mr.. Noerr, Mr.. Burnett, Mr.. Ferguson. Miss Brooks
Mr., Chiffon, Miss Chapman, Miss Garrison. MI
Hatch, Miss Holmes, and Miss Johnston.