The Roanoke times. (Roanoke, Va.) 1897-1977, 1897-12-25
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have also posed for Mr. Edwin Fl.
Bashliclu, more especially for number of
lying figures which are among the ceiling
ornaments OF Dir Coils =. Huntingdon S
ruin avenue house The manner of nos
ing Tor these latter was quite unusual or
course do not know how to fiv Yet in
order to catch the right outline it was nee
cssary for me to 30 posed in air. conldn't
pe hung In Il strap attached To rene sus-
pchucu from tho ceiling, nor from couplo
Oh trapczos. For u studio is not u gym
hasiuni' ana that kind of apparatus is not
To DC iound there So l was prou,ru ovcr
tho back OF two or three chairs and so
posed Tor these flying figures. think MIR
Huntington would have been amused If
nc could have looked in about that time.
on ask me why have boon favoritc
model with artists 1t seems TO ne hayo
occn throwing good many flowers mt
myself already. But will tell YOU what
have heard from artists They say that
seem to have intclligencc--urtistic tenn
permanent, suppose. They seem to think
that suggest in my poses the feeling they
want Ia get into IL figure Seem to un-
derstand the effect they wish to reproduce.
have never posed ut art schools and
very rarely for women artists l don't
caro- to pose for women because l think
they are less considcrate of their models
IMAM men are. The art schools I've never
posed for because don't care to nose MT
wholesale, so to speak
You have no idea how wrapt artists
become in their work. The time during
which model is posing for an artist will
often pass without ~ word being exchanged
between them They tell story of n
sculptor who was modelling from an ex.
trcmcly we'll shaped model. During the
work, however, she talked He never sent
for her again. When asked the reason. he
said, Statues never speak. Nor do artists
have any use for models who AFRO in nny
way ashamed of their calling They re-
gard 1t MS an honorable one. and their at
titudc toward their models is as respectful
ms that OF reputable physician toward his
women patients.
II suppose there arc about 100 artists
models i'll this city. l ought to know by
this time how much n model receives, and
when am told or some models who re-
ceive $40 day | say that that is all
tonmyrot. a model receives 80 cents
an hour, or S3 for day of six hours No
model gets cent moro from n serious
worker l never posed for any but serious
workers, for don't care to be caricatured
There are a lot OF society fellows in town
who like to pose ss artists whose studios
are gorgeously appointed but whose
paintings are enough to make Romo howl
Now, these buffers, as we call them, may
pay models $40 day, but it's tho kind OF
engagement which means come any old
time and n case of luncheon OF supper.
Oh, I've had innumerable letters from duff
fers but 1'vo never answered one of them.
II have sometimes heard it said that
abroad when an artist finds good model
he is apt to marry her in order to save the
expense of hiring her. Tho only instance
can recall here didn't suvo any expense.
for after the artist married his model she
didn't care To pose any more Posing was
work, and sho hadn't married for that,
so he had to hire another model.
What do l know about men models?
Nothing except that it takes man longer
to get the Torso than it does woman"