Wheeling register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1878-1935, 1895-04-16

| of a life class causes a thrill TO ag-
/ late them. They picture a crowd OF
/ eager men or women painting or
/ sketching from a voluDtous woman or
/ a handsome man and having their
/ senses intoxicated by the vision be-
fore them. The reality Is mighty
/ different thing.
/ The students who are enrolled at
+ the Ccrcoran School Of Art and who
are far enough advanced 10 study from
I human nature. instead of plaster casts
and marble staWaTy, are engaged ev-
/ cry day i'm transferring to canvas or
/ drawing board the human form di-
vine from live models. Several Of the
/ latter are regularly engaged and are
/ of both sexes, and while they are on
duty. the classroom is the most pro-
sale. matIer-Of-fact place imaginable.
| In the sec0ud-stOry rear building Of
/ the C0rcoran School Of Art, which Oc-
cupies the narrow lot back Of the Cor
coran Art Gallery, is the lile-class
room.
1t is a large apartment, lighted from
the top and severely plain with its
white walls and drab woodwork. The
bare floor is well spotted with paint,
and around the walls are frames which
hold the unfinished work of the stu
dents. Easles are bundled together
pr0miscuously in corners. and at one
side are several plaster figures, one Of
which presents a man with his cuticle
removed, showing all the exterior
muscles like a physicians chart. This
is intended to give the pupil a proper
idea of the anatomy of the body. TWO
or three plaster casts hang on the
walls, and at the south side of the
room is a small platform just like that
used in the school room to elevate the
DedagOgue's desk.
IL is upon this affair that the model
stands when the life class is at work.
Friday afternoon q naked, well-built,
splaudidly formed woman stood upon
it fin natural attitude. with her arms
raised and her hands touching above
her head. For twenty minutes she re-
NAMED mOtiOnless. for an an Observer
could discover, while half q dozen or
more ambitious young women trans
ferred her outlines to their canvas
with black crayOns. One drew the full
rear view and did it with an artistic
touch that won the teachers praise;
another worked upon a side view, and
the others from various points.
Friday night a slender, Well-formcd
man occupied the platform. His left
lee was raised and his foot rested up
on a common. unpoetic soap box. His
body was bent forward and his left
arm rested on his elevated knee, while
the right hand pressed the left wrist.
He seemed to have no difficulty in re-
tanning this apparently irksome posi-
ton. His strong face, that might be
called handsome. looked down toward
the floor. Around the room were young
mon busily engaged in sketching him.
At neither the afternoon nor even
ing posing was there anything roman
tic. Models and students alike We're
bathed in the prosaic atmosphere Of
downright hard work. There were no
comments: no side talk. The life
classes were there for business, pure
end simple. ard the sights they pre-
scented inspired only one thOught-that
models and students alike were i'm
bued with artistic feeling alone, and
were giving their best efforts and ener-
gies to promoting its influences upon
themselves WashiIg tOn Post.