The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1897-06-20

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FroTa the London Giobs.
PARIS, June 5.-The art season is nowia full
swing, and everybody 10 occupied with It. II we
arc TO rely on the opinions OF tho critics, neither
Of the two rival salons is up to tho mark this
year. Let us, therefore, leave tho artists and
turn to their models, Of whom many interesting
things may be said. The model does not earn so
much as might be expected. Tho sitting lasts
half a day, and is paid at tho rate Of four
francs for men and Eve for women. There
are exceptional cnsos In which the TO.
Enumeration is higher. The man model has one
advantage over tho woman model-his figure
does not change so quickly, whereas tho woman
model, after four or flvo years, is no longer ut for
tho service. Tho record for posing WINS held for
some time by an Italian named Fousco. who be-
gan TO sit when he was only two years old, and
continued to sit up to the ago OF scvcnty-slx. lie
was called the King OF Models, and bore that
title on his cards. All painters know Gelon, who
Is sixty-flve. and whose robust form still fur
nishcs II good model. The same number OF years
have also passed over the head OF Mezcrino. who
has posed for Romans to n generation of artists,
and the enerx aGH,p eSpr eSsS, ne Of r III facdpa ro Hp.
other type was Schluinbergcr, who died n couple
OF years ago, and whose blue eyes, heavy mus.
abled. him to sit for the Last OF The Gauis."
The black model was for o long while repro
eenteu Dy salem OF IlmDuCtOO, VINO said he was
formerly q prince in his nativo land. lie fought
In the war OF 1907, and though decorated
with the Legion of Honor and in receipt of a
small pension, resorted to posing TO increase his
Income. He .was for many years employed by
Gustave Boulanger.
Although the man model has not tho Same re-
sources as tho woman model, yet he finds means
OF auEincnting his earnings. The most success
fnl method is to have many children, and TO in.
walk. Other models. having acquired n taste
for painting; study the art, and manage to get a
who figures In q picture by Levy at the I.uxem-
bonrg, Is professor OF painting at one OF the city
an :" atelier." for which he has obtained the sup
port OF some Of the masters for whom he has
served sn"cI as 2 model; his pupils are numerous.
agency for the supply of models to the painters.
Mention must also BIO made of Dubosq, who by
10000 francs. When hc died he left his little
fortune to the School of Fine Arts. to be spent in
INCREASING the pensions of the Prix de Rome.
from the barracks. Jean Beraud, when he has
shops. L'Hermitte chooses his peasants from the
fields. and Renout his sailors from the sc ashore.
or striking iikcnesses. The most celebrated
"sosie" was an old c"ostermonger in the Quarter
Latin. who was the very image of Victor Hugo.
He sat for almost all the portraits OF the poet to
be found in the picture shops. Nearly all the
man models arc Italians, who live chiefly in the
Rue des B~oulanRers, the Rue Saint Victor. and
the Avenue du Maine. They congregatc in the
Place Pigallc, at where the paint.
ers abound; and where they are hired.
not last long. There are, however, exceptions.
The most remarkable was Josephine, who posed
OF Sevres up to 40 years of age, and received "A
pension from the Government. During the
Sometimes the model is married. This was he
case with II German woman named Cclestine
Gurr. who came to Paris after the war and was
engaged by Cabanel. She was not particularly
handsome, but her build was perfection itself,
and her husband was jealous OF her. On tho
first day Gurr arrived with his wife. and while
she posed before n score OF students he sat down
In a corner of the studio. This kind OF guardian.
ship aroused the students. who resolved to put
a stop to IL. The next day, on tho arrival of tho
couple. all sorts OF unpleasant tricks we're
played on Gurr, He resisted stoically for that
and did not return to the school. His wife then
came alone to pose.
fession. are seized with nostalgia and return to
shop on the Boulevard Raspall. furnishes an a in.
she got married and set up in business. All " yea,
well for, six, years. when she suddenly Gesci cd
her husband and the shop and again becan.r 4
model. A short time after she Disappeared. and
the artists say she was carried Off by a r.ch
are becoming rerer every day. Many OF the
masters. however, have their own models
who are not allowed to ST; for anybody
become the faithful model of Gtrome and &C
companies him in all his artistic Journeys In the
suuiUleT, Hllu IN the winter lives III u snug apart
mcnt Oh the Boulevard de eli, by. A Belgian
woman named Alice. after having first appeared
in the studio OF Puvis dc Chayanncs. went over
to Hcnner, 10 whom she sits for his luminous
nudities. Martha, who was born In Senegal. IL
much sought after FOR Oriental subjects; she
poses frequently for Benjamin Constant. Mex,
to these models come Blanche IBriant. IAurC
Serepan, Alice Baudct. ,Corinc, and Eliza Davali
all OF them are engaged by the greatest mast.rs
Notice must also be taken OF Sarah Brown,
Of English origin. as her name indicates,
who was one OF the most beautiful
motels ever seen: she sat for Jules
Lcfebre. and died u year ago. Another cNtraor
binary model was Nictorinc. who posed in sew.
cral OF the pictures OF Manet. The minority OF
models on quitting the "atelicr" get married.
II not infrequently happens that the painter
marrics his own model. Others less fortunate
have to resort to n~ccdlework to earn their daily
bread. \ certain number join the ranks OF the
"~demi.mondc, become notorious. and in that
way pass The rest of their lives. or commit sui
eide, as was the case the other day, when two OF
them put an end 10 their existence. Such. in
conclusion, is the way the artists models live
and die in Paris.