The morning times., 1896-12-27
Art and Anatomy.

those are the exceptions. This woman is
one of the best models / ever saw"
Art and Anatomy.
AS she made criticism that moment
tomical facts which started the question
as to whether art demanded thorough
kno Wedge OF that branch OF science. She
replied that 1T did not Some people
seem to think" she said, that medical
kno Wedge OF anatomy is desirable. But
/ think il is detriment rather than
help. If one knows where muscles and
bones are he is bound to indicate them
unless he is a master, and that is not
true to life as we see 1t. There is re-
finement of anatomy which is practical
and necessary to art students, but TO go
into absolute dissection, no, no.
In Marie Bashkirtseff's journal where
she speaks of her life as a student, there
is a paragraph which says: II no longer
have need OF wealth. Two black blouses
"A year, a change of linen that could wash
10 yself on Sunday, the simplest food, and
the means to work, these are all l want.
If YOU were to visit the Washington art
most alone in possession during the day,
YOU would think that all of them had
taken this for standard These women
students seem TO have lost the feminine
vanity of dress. The rumpIed condition
or their hair might be said To be artistic,
but it is as hlousy as their gowns This
is not said with disrespect, but as an in
teresting matter of detail. They run their
hands into their hair in desperation, then
they settle down to work and forget the
coiffure. 1t gradually gets 10 look like
er, fury is the word.
Disheyeled Young Women.
/ spent an afternoon with these young
women. At first / was startled at the
general dishevelInent of appearance among
them, but | grew to like it. 1t meant
SO much. When woman throws ) away
all thought of herself and gives up To
purpose. "A goal ahead, she becomes a more
interesting enigma than ever before she
is bewitching but unsatisfying- / found
one young woman who was described to
me to have talent in so many directions
that she would settle upon nothing. She
engaged the fancy at once by her general
appearance and after n round with the
instructor / went back To her and settled
down to watch her work. The class was
| drawing portrait from a model. Ny
| Young woman stood before her work with
her thumb through her palette brush
| in the other hand. her head ON one side,
| and attitudiniZed She was for doing
aesper, - things with her canvas al
| times and again was dreamy for long
minutes. She Wore quaint gown OF
| green wool with a baby waist and long
empire skirt. Her hair was tousle. Her
hands W ere tiny and daubed with paint
| and ON the first finger Of her right hand
| she wore Roman gold rim z with a large
emerald sunk in the top. Above it was a
silver ring with a Napoleon and two fleur-
| de-lis carved upon it. l went near her
| finally and said:
| You are giving your lady the mouth
| of the new woman
What is that" said she, turning with
| animation. She had no idea who her
/ critic was.
The mouth of the new oman is ira giC,
| it droops at the corners most pathetiCalIy.
! 1t is the mouth of Dusc and Sonya KoveIev-
| skv, and other women geniuses.
And it is the mouth of the models.
! Mon Dieu, but the all get that way. They
look as though God had forSaken them.
| Then 1 have TO paint it as I see it.
When take my pictures home my people
say my portraits all have such mournful
eyes. They look as though they were
counting every five minutes like beads oT
a rosary. Do you paint?'
No
4 ~, hoo
tell me how
l decline to publish my answer. TIE
reader would scarcely believe 1 merely
laughed. 1t was too delicious moment
Many Are Ordinary.
But all the art students are not like this
| young creature, madly enthusiastic ovel
whatever subject is preached. Many oI
them Il ok extremely commonplace. AnC
the more commonplace they look the no II
delightful things they are doing. l saw u
Young woman in a hideous plain gown o
| ugly fit with her hair in an abominahl
condition. She had before her woman
with a sallow face in black cape with an
edge of violet lining revealed Upon the can
| vas was growing anideal woman
with some resemblance to the model, but
with face iliumined The sallow cheek
glowed, the lips Were rosy and curved in {
delicious smile. One wonders as he watche
what the muse is doing 10 the eyes of th'
artist that she idealizes thus.
In another room a young woman wa
posed on a high stool in dainty attitud,
of careless grace. Her head was pOiseC
to one side like q birds. She wore {
Greek gown of light blue and had hack
ground of grey drapery. In her lap wa
an open magaZIne. number OF youn
women were painting her in water colors
and she was very paintable- 1t was in
teresting to pass behind the easels an
note what the different artists We're do
ing with her. One sketch was full @
the grace of dreams. The models hal
was lightly blown about the face, tn
lips laughed, the yes sparkled. 1t woult
have made fine first page for ma ga
zine Ia the rest period the model wen
around and looked at the canyases. an,
she paused longest before this one
do you like to look at yourself ol
canvass 1 asked her.
Likes Herself on Canvas.
''Oh, yes, indeed; and this is exquisite
isn't it? / really am not like that, yo
know she said deprecatingly, mot S
pretty by far
"Oh, yes, you are" said. the painte
''she is an artist herself, turning to me
Though not with the brush,' and sh
mentioned the name of well-known voca
ist. THAT is what makes her pose
well; it takes an artist to pose
''They shall have real saints to dra'
from-Magdalene, Peter and Paul, mu
INJURED under my breath as turned ava
In the outer room i found Miss Cook vigoI
ously tearing to pieces the work of som
students in sin life. Do YOU imagine the