The St. Louis Republic. [volume] (St. Louis, Mo.) 1888-1919, 1902-12-14
How EOu.u"reaus pandora
Was Posed For by 4 Quar-
tet of Specialists.
PICTURE WAS COMPOSITE.
Partisan Girls Reveal Secrets of
FaHOuS Studio While Dis
cnssing Chocolate at
at the Salon.

. Paris. Dec. i;-Dn vanishing day Il the
i!st Salon d crowd. as usual. stood i-ounI
the masterpiece. of the liInt.r SouSusreai.
which was, as usual. 4 dream ii i:ir WON
m. a Pandoia lifting loose ii flight Of it'll"
doves.
In the crowd there stood four pretty girls.
Though pretty. they we're not great boat
It's: though chic. they were not Tic!'v
dressed: though nice-mGnasreG. they We
n"t Ct society. and though Intelligent. they
could he neither printers nor critics.
Yet the fal.- girls took immens- interest in
the painting. and stiil more. they delighted
in The admiration OF the crowd for the Pam
dora.
"You might Think they had pa:nte.l the
Picture" | SAID to a friendly artist.
1t Is ;he!r picture. though they iii not
paint IT," vas his answer The Pa~iSr2
on the wall. there. is their portrait. 'om",
! will introduce you
Thus care to he presented tn four Of
B-uGUereatis best models. Willingly thy
let themselves be taken IN the buffet for q
glass OF chocolate and opportunity To sit IT
case ard watch the vanishing iay thror".
and willingly they disclosed the patchwork
composition Of thu be1uteOus Pandora.
You can see that rhe face is mine sail
the prettiest; and on examination ere could
trace how the baby face had been idea'iz"i.
Except that the eyes are mine said A
slender. soulful girl. with eyes lik. midnight
suns.
THEY ALL CONTRIBUTED.
'You posed for the eyes alone" l asked
in some astonfShment. because to me she
seemed quite as pCsahle as tho other.
They are Ely little capital she an
swsred.
Her ewes are he fortune. SIR detained
the painter. who had read some English
poetry.
And the torso is hers" added the girl
with the eyes generously Indicating her
romraniOn. a splandidly robust creature.
The rest of the figure is mine" added
the fourth girl. supple and ianSuorous.
And the hands ard the hair and the feet
and the rest" 1 exclaimed.
They are divided up among ne" an
swersd the baby face. "The hands are
those of Berthe here. SHOW them"
The soIlfui-eved one held I'D HI. ten love
" fingers. Thite and blue-veined and dim
pied. as in the too lovely hands of Bougue-
reau'S habitual her"ines- So We completed
the inventory. The Dink-and-white flesh
tintS We're from one girl. the rosy feet from
d second. and the golden trssses. bound in
sky-blue ribbons. from a third
Nothing is too good for the great Bou-
suereau,' observed the artist despitetully.
dora as 50 many samples. Nor did the
girls protest. DOUBTLESS each felt that she
alone would have done very well.
is th.r. much of this sort Of collaDora-
ton among models" | asked them.
None carry it so far as B"uguereau
replied the brother artist. but all who. IKE
~B6uguereau. 90 in for utter lovellness OF
form and tint must be content TO take II
here and theTe. as they can find il: \ real
woman made up Of such samples OF per
f.ctica would he monStrous,
JULES L1EFEBVRE'S MODEL
There are any number Of great painters
who would not dream of such a mixing up"
he continued. Take the case of NJ. Jules
I-nfebvre ami the model Laurie. who COM
mitted suicide. He had been using her for
20. 49,. .-I I.r lnneI aFt hip,
with It half finished. What did he do? He
turned il 70 the wall. Six months after
ward-but Ivy pure chance-he came across
carrying herself. the same look and the
ZANE PROPORTIONS as the unhappy Laure;
finished that painting
four pose together only for Bougue-
reau.' remarked the baby face.
together added the soulful eyes; They
are two sisters. who live IN the Rue Du-
perre. both models. both blondes. with
but one has splendid limbs and Il poor bust.
whiie the others torso is opu!ent and her
Zanne, And when they come to 4 studio TO
offer themselves for the altogether they
Have Yo1 need of a fine ensemble
HARD TiMES NOW.
There are bad times among the old style
professional models of Paris at present.
Naturalists or not. the painters. in the vast
majority. are no longer cOntenteu win
forms that are cldsSiCally beautiful. They
desire (" "naint true" and TO paint true"
their models must recall the truth as much
rs possible. Even the school OF Bouguereau
is a school apart.
are nc longer content. as In the time
of David, to put a saDsr in The hands of Il
Hercules and call it n warrior" said the
painter. Anatomy having made such prog |
ress. artists nowadays perceive that every
trade. every calling. every kind of activity
produces its particular muscular develop
ment. This s why We employ less and less
the professional models. Notwithstanding
their physical projections. Roll sketches
his soldiers from real ones engaged AROUND
about the barracks: Jean Beraud for his
scenes from workinemen's life. poses real
workingmen and I'Hcrmitte sketches his
peasants in heir fields
at IS the same for female models" spoke
up the soulful eyes. Not one of us four
was a professional model before We began
with Bouguereau. Sir &c then
Besides. you are specialists continued
the gallant Frenchman: Note. that the
professional model. and in particular the
classical Italian typ. is apt to lack ele-
gance in modern costume. Even for the
nude the tranquil professional. with her
fixed habit of falling into academic atti-
tudes. lacks the nervous charm. the up-to- |
date fineness and the morbid coquetry which
distinguish The figures painted or modelled
by artists who detest the 'helfer genre"