Telegram-herald. ([Grand Rapids, Mich.) 18??-1892, 1891-09-27

The art students are coming To town.
They come from all parts Of the country,
and they briag with them greatly vary
Ing ideas o. what they are to do and how
they are going TO do IL.
New YORK has a rapidly increasing
number OF centres for art study, but the
INCREASE Of smaller schools has OF iats
mosttfsi in no appreciable way the posi-
ton Of the four chief fields for study
Cooper Union, the schools associated with
the Metropolitan Museum. the schools Of
tie Academy Of Design AMI the Art Stu
dents League.
ing again. Already the applicants are
on the ground or are fling their appli-
cations by mail The Academy school,
having behind 1t tbs teaching OF veneer
able institution, Is naturally most con-
servatiye In its method OF receiving
pupils In your application for admis-
sion to the Academy school, en- applica-
tion which must be accompanied by an
example OF your drawing, you are obliged
TO explicitly state your age, place of birth,
the name Of your teacher, IL you have had
any, the name Of the person to whom you
refer for certificate OF personal char
acter, and whether you intend 10 practice
art as a profession There Is another
question as to whether the drawing sub
mitted is executed by yourself, which
might seem superfiuous TO any one who
did not know OF the queer things would
be art students are sometimes willing to
do In order TO squeeze their way into q
class.
The antique and life classes of the Aca-
denny will be taught this season by VIII
II. Low, n. A., Edgar NJ. Wari, n. A.,
and Charles Foster; TON" Eakins will
talk about anatomy; Frederick Dielman
will teach perspective, and the compost
ton and sketch classes will be under the
wing OF Mr.. Low.
At the League. the most popular and
influential OF metropolitan art schools,
everything has a thoroughly business
like air, but there is less conservatism
than at the Academy. The list of in
structors is a strong one. j. Fl. Twacht-
man puts the young men and women
through their first degree. Among the
classic casts appear j. Carroll Beckwith-
always pet Observation-Disclosures Cox,
that consummatc master Of the nude,
and Willard l.. Metcalf, who halls from
the studios of Boulanger and Lefebvre.
In the life classes the instructors include
beside Mr. Cox and Mr.. Metcalf III. Sid
dons Mowbray, young and brilliant
painter. That master Of sculpture, Au-
gIstus Saint-Gaudens, presides over the
modelling CLASSES; while the painting
classes are in charge of three strong men
William VI. Chase, b. H. Fitz and J. AL
deu Weir There are both sketch and
costume classes at the League on three
days of the week.
New York repeats none Of the anoma-
lies of art student life in Paris. Its class
rooms are quiet and moral to an almost
prudish degree. Great care L. exercised
even In the selection OF models-a pre-
caution OF which the Partisan schools
have never been accused. Some of the
students have hard time OF IL TO max,
ends meet. In this respect student lif'
If not 30 much different from student lift
at Munich ut the French capital A few
OF the students "a might be implied by
one Of the Acadomy's questions, come to
play with art. This II especially true OF
the women. who so often only intend to
20 home and paint Tides. The great
mass are serious; AL it is a pretty hare
struggle from the beginning.
Mart IAMar