Semi-weekly south Kentuckian. [volume] (Hopkinsville, Ky.) 1883-1889, 1886-01-05
The Nude in Art.
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There is young woman now in
London who has pursued this voca-
ton for some months with entire sue
cess. She is a blonde, with an ex-
quisitely proportional figure and a
Madonna-like face. She was thrown
on to the world entirely penniless a
year or so ago, and her first thought
was to 60 on the stage. She could,
probably, OH the strength of her per-
sonal appearance, have secured a po-
sition in the chorus of travelling
operabouffe company, OF, still more
enviable fate, joined the "chorus" at
the gayety or the comedy theatres,
but her friends pleaded earnestly
with her not to take such step, and
one of them-a lady who had tempo
rarily given her shelter-persuaded
her to become model. Her first APP
pearance in this character, sketched
as a belle of the last century, a la
Vatican, was so successful, and the
rounded and dimpled arm which
emerged from the short frilled sleeve
showed such promise, that she was
gradually induced to pose as a nude
model. She was fortunate in having
a friend-this elderly lady-to &C.
company her TO the studios, and thu
fatherly manner of the. middle-aget
artistic to whom she sat put her quit
at her ease after the first plunge wa
over. After all she was scarcely
more undressed than many a young
girl at ball. The lady who chaper
oned her, and who has some expert
ence of artists studios, declares tina
posing as a model is a question ell
tirely of temperament. There ar
some young women, though it mus
be said that these are mainly thos
who have been brought, up in tn
trade, who seem to be as little EN-
I barrassed as the sister OF Napoleon
the beautiful Pauline, when she 50
? entirely undraped for her statue
! Her answer to the question if sill
i did not feel very uncomfortable ha
passed into history. "No, the ROOF
J, was not at all cold"
Artists tell me that women i
"good society" who consent to pos
c for the header the arms,are so,numei
G GUS that professional models oftc
9 find their occupation gone in fave
4 of the bellies of Belgravia or Sout
u Kensingtou. II would be imposs
n BILE to say how many times certai
s countess has favored painters wit
a the example of her charms, and thel
:. is girl, high up in the matrimonii
market, whose curves have been III
yelled with even more liberalty tina
ball dress would admit of; she hs
q been induced to dispense with I'll
"a slender shoulder straps that .emphI
i. sized the whiteness, but interfere
n with the continuity Of arms and bus
n Women who sit as models say thi
" it is no more embarrassing than
. enter the general room in Turks
y bath. 1t is even said that the profe
II sional models include not few gel
Is uine art enthusiasts who take plea
. ure, in which vanity plays but a m
is nor part, in seeing themselves rcpr
duced in marble or on canvas.
NJ assure YOU" said lady over who
IS elbows artists rave, and who has
is pose of the head truly imperial, "it
II genuine delight to feel that one h
contributed even indirectly to a gre
l. art work. have stood in front of
10 marble statue, for which 1 had pose
s. when it was exhibited in the Roy
,e academy, and enjoyed the triumph
d TIE artist all the more because
y seemed II me that I myself had son
share in it.V