New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1897-06-06
FRENCH ARTISTS MODELS
THEIR WORK. THEIR WAGES srn 49,
LIFE THEY LEAD-sOMH
NOTED MODELS

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OPINIONS OF the critics. neither Of the two rival
salons is up to the mark this year Let US there
nore Ieave the artists and turn to their models Of
whom many interesting things may be said The
model does not earn much as might be ex-
pected- The sitting lasts half day. and is paid
at the rate OF four francs for and five for
women There exceptional cases In which
! the remuneration is higher. The man-nodei has
Che advantage over the woman model: his figure
does not change so quickly. whereas the woman
nodei. after four or five years. is no longer ut
Tor the service. The record for posing was held
| Tor some time by an Italian named FOusco who
| began TO sit when he was only two years old and
continued to 81. up to the age Of seventv-six
| He was called the King of Models and bore that
.tie on MS cards. All painters knew C;eIon who
| is sixty-fve. and whose robust form, still T,r
nishes good model. The same rumber OF years
rave also passed the head of AIezerino VIII,
mas mas posed Tor romans to a generation OF art
ISIS thankS 10 MS aqune nose. his regular pro-
file and the energetic expression of his face An
other type was Schlumberger. who died a
couple OF years ago. and whose blue eyes heavy
mustache blond hair and fair complexion ena-
bied him to sit for the Last of the Gauls The
PACK MODEL was for long while represented by
Salem. of Timbuctoo who said he was formerly
a prince in In his native land He fought in the
war or IoO-'11. and though decorated with the
Legion Of Honor. and in receipt of a small PEN
s,ch. resorted to posing to increase his income.
BE was Tor many years employed by Gustave
THE MAN-MODEL
Although the man-nodel has not the same re-
so as the woman yet he hnds means
iul method is to have many children and to in
can walk Other models. having acquired a
taste for painting, study the art and manage
10 get living out of it: One of these models.
an Italian. who figures in a picture by Levy at
the luxembourg. is professor of painting at one
S'a tne city schools Another named Colorossi
mas rounded an ateiier." for which he has OBJ
tanned the support OF some of the masters for
wnom ne has served as model: his pupils are
numerous. Socci. another Italian model has co.
tabiished an agency for the supply of models
70 the painters. Mention must also be made OF
Duoosq who. by dint OF economy scraped to-
s s not less than twenty thousand francs
when When he died he lief, his little fortune to :he
RI n la
the pensions of the Prix de Rome.
some painters rarely employ professional
nioueis Roil. for example. draws his soldiers
from the barracks. Jean Beraud when ne has
Workmen to produce. gets them from the work
fields. and Renout his sailors from the seashore
Sometimes the painter makes Of "sosies,. or
striking likenesSeS The most celebrated ..sosie's
was an old costermonger in the Quarter Latin
VINO was the very image of Victor Hugo He
be found in the picture shops. Nearly ali the
man models are Italians who live chiefly in the
the Avenue du Maine. They congregate In the
Place Pigalie. at Montmartre. where the paint
ers ABOUND and where they are hired.
LONG-LIvED MODEL.
I have said above that the wcman-moae, do.
mot iast long There are. however. exceptions
The most remarkable was Josephine who posed
or Sevres up to forty-five years OF age and ~
ceived pension from the Government Dur
stays Sometimes the mode, Is married Thts
was the case with a German woman named
and was engaged by Cabanei She was not
particularly handsome but her build was per
lection user. and her husband was Jealous OF
her On the first day Gurr arrived with his
wHe. and: while she posed before a score OF
STUDENTS. he sat down in a corner OF the studio
ms KIND of guardianship aroused the studenta
VINO resolved to put stop il. The next day
on the arrival OF the couple all sorts OF mn
PHEASANT tricks were played on Gurr He re-
listed stoically for that day. hut he was bound
10 confess himself beaten. and did not return
10 the school His wife then came alone to pose
THE RULING PASSION
Many models. after having given up their
PROFESSION. are seized with nostalgia and re-
turn 10 the studio Mime. Lucienne c.. whk
kept shop on the Boulevard Raspai furnishes
an instance OF this kind. On leaving the ate
ner she got married and up in business.
All went well for six years when she suddenIv
deserted her husband and the shop and again
became a model a short time after she dis
appeared. and the artists say she was carried
on by rich amateur painter. Good models
we are told. are becoming rarer every dav
Many OF the masters however. have their own
models VINO are not allowed sit for anvbodV
else Such. for example is Emma who has
become the faithful model of Gsrome and ac.
companies him i'm all his artistic journeys in
the summer. and in the winter lives in a snuH
apartment on the Boulevard de Clichy Bel.
gian WON an named Alice. after having first an
peared in the studio OF Puvis de Chayannea
went over to Henner. to whom she sits for his
luminous nudittes Martha, who was born in
Senegal Is much sought after for Oriental subj
Jects; she poses frequently for Benjamin Con-
slant. Next to these models come blanche