New-York tribune., 1902-08-31
ART STUDENTS HERE.
HOW THEY LIVE AND WORK-SCHEMES
OF DECORATION.

| Nearly every woman who comes to New York
| with the determination to make art a profession
comes at personal sacrifice to her affections.
| her comfort and her pride,'' said woman ARTIST
yesterday. .'She leaves a home the supporting In
come Of which may not be stretched beyond It's
narrow confnes she leaves the home circle and IT'S
/ dear companonship: she must make up her MIND
to live in houses less dainty and refined In appear
| ance and surroundings. to dress economically, OF
| tentines almost shabbily; to do without all the
| small tri1es that go to make up the sum or
| woman's pleasure In life. In the face OF such sac
rices is 1t any wonder that these students inevita
| bly, attain at least a modicum of success?
| The time to all of them when they must
give up the ideal always chershed) of being paint
| ers only-perhaps, in time of being celebrated.
| That insistent question 'Wherewithal shall be
| clothed and fed? emerges from a sort of night
mare into an actual reality, demanding instant
| answer; and the brave young woman seeks design
| ing, illustrating-not the highest-and the
/ making of fashion plates and fancy work. Many
a young artist has sunk ambition beneath the
pressure of necessity and become third Illus
| traitor.
| 1T is difficult for the general public to conceive
| of the lengths to which lovers of art will go in
order TO become artists-the utter self-abnegation
| OF young Americans whose enthusiasm literally
enables them to walk through the paths of starva-
ton and humility in order to carry the struggle
OF that higher self which cannot find its life
| side of art.
| AT a certain leading art school of this city
| there is young who does menia work, odds
and ends of tasks around the school, in for
his tuition and, as human nature demands material
4 care, he poses for various classes thus earning
| sufficient to support life
| Women students. however, have not the advan-
/ tages of even these small helps. They may
main at night to close off the gas. lock UP and put
things In order Theirs is the harder field of abor.
| AN example of what may do is shown
| in the work of beautiful Canadian girl. She
| to New-York without bit of money to for
the art education which she had determined to get,
and entered the free classes of Cooper Institute.
/ She is working hard in the antique class at this
school, and pays her living expenses by posing for
the head and costume in several Of the prominent
schools of this city. You just ought to her.
exclaimed woman before whom the young stu
dent poses; she has lovely gold brown hair great
| violet eyes. an exquisite, fair complexion. and
beautiful face 1 think it is perfectly noble of her
to work hard for her art education. she has
| the courage to succeed
| FOR LOVE OF HER WORK
Almost parallel that of girl with
pre-Raphaelite face, pathetic gray eyes and shad
| owy hair She came from the Far West with
| widowed mother. and supports both her mother
| and herself by posing for the head and costume.
| She has studied art before, and puts in all her
spare time at it, doing really good illustrating
| by way Of helping to pay expenses. This girl has
| succeeded well that she has paid for years
tuition in Europe, and that means great deal to
| struggling art student
| Many girls when they begin to make money,
love to get into art colony like the large studio
| buildings-and there they have fine time running
| in and out OF another's studios, exchanging
IDEAS and entertaining their friends. 1t is ideal
existence for art student, but can't do
very much work when goes in for entertaining.
1 had TO give it up and take quiet studio uptown,
where work all day without single interruption.
| l cannot bear to he disturbed for luncheon,
| and so 1 manage to accomplish good deal.
ITO the students who do fashion plates for
living is due the credit Of raising the standard Of
art in these necessary forms of illustration, and
| number of women do this sort of work in connec-
| ton with their painting
The mere interior decoration of a studio fur
nishes interesting ensemble TO who has
studied sufficiently understand and apprec-
ate it's idiosyncrasies. Artists divided into in
Vulnerable schools their studio decorations IN
fallibly denote which these
Some to devote their artistic talents to
color in draperies. and the studios OF those
hung-and, might almost say, rehung-with
rich hued draperies Velvet and silk and tapestry
all have their place and often the color effects
produced through the means of canton
tful high lights and soft shadows in rich colors
are to be had in this homely material. Common
among the drapery loving students to be found
East Indian cotton hangingS. with bright broad
stripes CT color running crosswise; the heavy
draperies of the American Navajo Indians
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