The Helena independent. [volume] (Helena, Mont.) 1875-1943, 1890-09-07

the four ateliers for men and for women
have been entered annually in competi-
ton of the sexes-This being the only OPP
portunity offered either to see the work OF
in which the women have not carried
off the palm. A fuller statement than had
opportunity to ask for of the terms OF the
competition or the department Or classes to
which it Is extended, might modify this as
sertion Of feminine success, but the fact
for sculpture have both fallen this year to
former students Of the Academic Julian
indicates that the women have had worthy
foemen. There are not above couple
Of dozen American girls now pant
ing at Julian's, but American talent
can woman's steady, straightforward char
acter in the studios is warmly commended.
The work Of Mile. Klumpke, from San
Francisco, now Of Paris who has received
mention in the Salon; of Dora Wheeler, ~
which name she is still best known IN spite
Of her recent marriage; of Rosina Emmett
Sherwood. of Mrs. Brewster Sewell, OF MISS
Gardner, who received medal at the ex-
position, and of other former students from
the United States is spoken Of with enthusl-
asm.
In spite of the discontinuance of mixed
classes at Julian's there are some of the
professors who still consider them prefera- |
BILE. Benjamin Constant, understand. is
more than willing that things should re-
main as they are. so ls y. Robert f!eury.
are decidedly advantageous to women. Few
of them he says, are as strong workers as
the better students among the men. 1t IS
not good for them to compare their work
| exclusively with that of their own Sex.
They got on faster in the broader "a held &c Ma.
York and Philadelphia, but long resident
in Paris, heard the artist arguing to this
effect recently. IN. Lefebrre," said she,
may ask you question:"
Certainly, madame" replied the painter.
"You have daughter, believer
eyes, madame"
"Would you permit her to paint from
nude model in a mixed classT
Certainly not, madadame."
| The mixed classes are not. as rule, open
to visitors, but one can accomplish much
with the help of acquaintance and diplo-
macy. The studio in the Rue de la Grande
Chaumier, through which dark-haired,
bright-eyed girl of not more than 20 acted
as my guide, differed in few particulars
from the atelier for women IN the Passage
des Panoramas. 1t was larger, lower ceiled
and with ascorching sun blazing through its
skylight. The stairway leading to it was
narrower and the stair carpet more frayed.
The dais for the models was longer, for the
occasional accommodation OF two at
time. The walls were more thickly hung
with plaster heads and feet and arms, and
in the way Of properties" there were guam
il titles of faded hangings. Like every other
atelier have seen in Paris it was far more
dingy and battered and careless of comfort
than the not highly Ornamented or luxurl-
GUS workrooms of the New York Art Stud
ents' league.
The model was girl, possibly of 15 or is,
in the pose of a runner. Her loosened hair
, half falling on her shoulders. was Of warm
brown, heavy and beautiful; but for the rest
| rG,k <pf 10 md 1nn RhfN MN
] Bouguereau at work and thereafter held
him to possess the liveliest imagination Of
all mortals since he could paint such fe-
) male charms from such dirty females.
At the further end of the room group Of
> three or four were transferring to canvas
I; only the head and shoulders of peasant
boy with an olive skin and shock of tan
: gled hair. The number of students at work
. was not large, the classes not having filled
t up for the winter. Six or seven were
son does not afford a rule by which to judge
8 it when the cold weather crowds come
8 focking in, but this one was quiet and we'll
. behaved enough for decorous Boston. Tn.
: model has fifteen minutes out of every houl
f for rest, and in the intervals there was mucl
: lighting of cigarettes and eood-natured dis
z cussion and raillery, the women drawing
: apart meanwhile in little group of theii
own.
. "Ah. but it's not like this always" said Z
slender dark girl from Kansas City-6ve o.
!, the women at work being Amerioans-"ir
Il sometimes"
: 'The impression prevails in America tina
h conduct in the mixed ateliers sometime
70 borders on the scandalous."
i Eyes were opened L genuine surprise:
10 ant" said one of the young artists VIII
D. 'shas orders'' and who has exhibited in tn
l. Salon, "but except for rare episodes its nc
n worse than the nature of the thing make
8. it, the other students for the most part Il
p us alone. I've worked both in a atelier fo
Il women and in mixed classes. and while th
to is rather more of nervous strain lear
more and certainly with no more scandal.
It "Can young women who live BY then
W selves in Paris get about comfortably"
n "As to that the Latin Quarter Is muc
socially than we should find tho rest Of Ii
!. city. I've not tried it myself, but I knp'
I of girls who ride about in parties of thre
+ and four on the tops of the trans in th
,e evening and get delightful airings. The
We have our student clubs and chooolat
d. parties in our rooms and tea drinkings."
L. Sand nobody molests you when you Al
,h so independent"
r. 'sSome Of us, put in the youngest of ii
of girls, who had not thus far spoke
re- s'wouldn't know it if we were molested.
So don't understand twenty words Of Frens
~
n, on around me-"
9, With the hundreds of American girls wi
re are studying in Paris. the comparative pa
in city of achievement is accounted for by Of
at of the most prominent of living French q
tn tists-I do not venture to give his nan
or least he be visited with indiguation-by Il
d. assertion that American girls have mu.
ep talent but little application. One of the
he says. will enter his atelier and show he
ne self one of the brightest students there.
to the middle of the course she will be
he for trip to Belgium or to take the waite
vn at Carlsbad or Baden. She expects to leal
tn everything in three months; she does n
IN know the meaning of industry. This is Il
ty worst charge I hear against my countr
q, women. The final verdict may be again
lrt the mixed class, but not because in it Il
to American girl does not preserve the pr
p priety of her demeanor.
n, ELIZA PUTNAM HEA1oN.
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