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  AMERICAN 
  HOMES 
  AND 
  GARDENS 
  

  

  November, 
  1907 
  

  

  Art 
  Schools 
  for 
  

   Women 
  

  

  in 
  the 
  

  

  Open 
  Air 
  

  

  

  

  

  An 
  

   English 
  Method 
  

   of 
  Teaching 
  Art 
  

  

  By 
  W. 
  C. 
  Fitz-Gerald 
  

  

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  iHOUSANDS 
  of 
  women 
  and 
  girls 
  in 
  the 
  old 
  

   countries 
  take 
  a 
  thoroughly 
  practical 
  course 
  

   in 
  art 
  training 
  for 
  several 
  years. 
  One 
  of 
  

   England's 
  most 
  famous 
  and 
  successful 
  por- 
  

   trait 
  painters, 
  Mrs. 
  Jopling 
  Rowe, 
  did 
  not 
  

   begin 
  to 
  learn 
  drawing 
  or 
  painting 
  until 
  

   four 
  years 
  after 
  her 
  marriage; 
  and 
  her 
  in- 
  

   come 
  to-day 
  is 
  probably 
  $40,000 
  a 
  year, 
  chiefly 
  from 
  por- 
  

   traiture. 
  Mrs. 
  Rowe 
  argues 
  that 
  even 
  if 
  a 
  girl 
  may 
  not 
  de- 
  

   velop 
  into 
  a 
  Rosa 
  Bonheur, 
  she 
  may 
  at 
  least 
  turn 
  in 
  useful 
  

   dollars 
  on 
  black 
  and 
  white 
  illustration, 
  miniature 
  painting, 
  

   fan 
  and 
  china 
  decoration, 
  or 
  even 
  what 
  is 
  called 
  "design" 
  — 
  

   artistic 
  and 
  original 
  conceptions 
  for 
  wallpaper, 
  carpets, 
  cre- 
  

   tonnes 
  and 
  figured 
  goods 
  of 
  all 
  kinds. 
  The 
  openings 
  for 
  

   real 
  talent 
  are 
  very 
  many, 
  and 
  really 
  good 
  work 
  is 
  highly 
  

   paid. 
  

  

  Moreover, 
  as 
  we 
  shall 
  see, 
  an 
  art 
  training 
  nowadays 
  is 
  

   robbed 
  of 
  much 
  of 
  its 
  old-time 
  drudgery. 
  Of 
  course, 
  steady 
  

   hard 
  work 
  is 
  absolutely 
  necessary; 
  what 
  woman 
  ever 
  hoped 
  

   to 
  play 
  a 
  sonata 
  of 
  Mozart 
  or 
  Beethoven 
  without 
  many 
  

   months 
  of 
  practice 
  at 
  monotonous 
  scales 
  and 
  exercises? 
  

  

  Nowadays 
  the 
  course 
  at 
  

   an 
  art 
  school 
  in 
  Paris 
  or 
  

   London, 
  instead 
  of 
  being 
  

   suspended 
  during 
  the 
  warm 
  

   summer 
  months, 
  is 
  merely 
  

   transferred 
  to 
  the 
  country, 
  

   where 
  in 
  a 
  sweet 
  environ- 
  

   ment 
  of 
  meadow 
  and 
  

   brook, 
  birds 
  and 
  flowers 
  

   and 
  trees, 
  the 
  students 
  

   work 
  in 
  the 
  sunlight 
  of 
  

   garden 
  or 
  lawn, 
  with 
  very 
  

   real 
  instead 
  of 
  artificial 
  

   models 
  of 
  cows 
  and 
  horses, 
  

   rustics 
  and 
  wagons; 
  lovely 
  

   landscapes 
  and 
  moonlit 
  skies, 
  

   against 
  a 
  picturesque 
  back- 
  

   ground 
  of 
  perhaps 
  seven- 
  

   teenth 
  century 
  cottages. 
  

  

  Some 
  British 
  art 
  schools 
  

   for 
  women 
  are 
  actually 
  

   transferred 
  abroad 
  in 
  sum- 
  

   mer. 
  Thus 
  there 
  is 
  one 
  

   which 
  migrates 
  across 
  the 
  

   English 
  Channel 
  from 
  

   May 
  to 
  August 
  to 
  the 
  

   lovely 
  Norman 
  seaside 
  re- 
  

   sort 
  of 
  Dieppe, 
  not 
  far 
  

   from 
  medieval 
  Rouen, 
  

   whose 
  venerable 
  cathedral 
  

  

  has 
  for 
  centuries 
  been 
  a 
  favorite 
  subject 
  for 
  artists. 
  The 
  

   most 
  popular 
  open-air 
  English 
  art 
  school 
  is 
  that 
  of 
  Mr. 
  

   Frank 
  Calderon, 
  son 
  of 
  a 
  member 
  of 
  the 
  British 
  Royal 
  

   Academy. 
  The 
  headquarters 
  are 
  in 
  fashionable 
  Baker 
  

   Street, 
  London. 
  The 
  school 
  year 
  is 
  divided 
  into 
  three 
  terms 
  

   of 
  about 
  twelve 
  weeks 
  each, 
  commencing 
  in 
  January, 
  April 
  

   and 
  October. 
  Classes 
  are 
  held 
  for 
  drawing 
  and 
  painting 
  

   from 
  live 
  horses 
  and 
  dogs, 
  as 
  well 
  as 
  casts 
  of 
  all 
  kinds, 
  still 
  

   life, 
  and 
  also 
  from 
  the 
  human 
  figure, 
  both 
  nude 
  and 
  in 
  

   costume. 
  

  

  Lectures 
  by 
  the 
  most 
  eminent 
  living 
  authorities 
  are 
  ar- 
  

   ranged 
  on 
  art 
  and 
  anatomy. 
  But 
  the 
  moment 
  the 
  sun 
  re- 
  

   turns 
  in 
  the 
  spring 
  the 
  entire 
  school 
  is 
  moved 
  down 
  into 
  the 
  

   country. 
  It 
  is 
  in 
  the 
  little 
  village 
  of 
  Finchingfield, 
  Essex, 
  

   not 
  far 
  from 
  the 
  Countess 
  of 
  Warwick's 
  beautiful 
  place 
  at 
  

   Easton, 
  that 
  Mr. 
  Calderon's 
  school 
  is 
  found 
  during 
  the 
  

   summer 
  months. 
  

  

  His 
  headquarters 
  are 
  established 
  in 
  a 
  beautiful 
  rambling 
  

   old 
  country 
  house 
  covered 
  with 
  honeysuckle, 
  purple 
  Bou- 
  

   gainvillea, 
  and 
  vines. 
  Behind 
  stretch 
  rolling 
  meadows 
  

   starred 
  with 
  daisies, 
  buttercups, 
  and 
  blue 
  bells, 
  and 
  drop- 
  

  

  A 
  Summer 
  Morning 
  in 
  an 
  Outdoor 
  Art 
  School 
  

  

  