﻿November, 
  1907 
  

  

  AMERICAN 
  HOMES 
  AND 
  GARDENS 
  

  

  429 
  

  

  Neighboring 
  Farmers 
  Cheerfully 
  Lend 
  Their 
  Animals 
  for 
  Models 
  

  

  devotion 
  to 
  their 
  artistic 
  

   labors 
  is 
  most 
  noticeable. 
  

   Mr. 
  Calderon 
  assures 
  me 
  

   he 
  has 
  the 
  greatest 
  difficulty 
  

   in 
  inducing 
  his 
  pupils 
  to 
  

   take 
  a 
  holiday 
  or 
  rest 
  at 
  all. 
  

   Sometimes 
  they 
  will 
  sit 
  

   under 
  big 
  lawn-sunshades 
  

   or 
  parasols 
  for 
  three 
  or 
  

   four 
  hours 
  at 
  a 
  stretch, 
  

   sketching 
  a 
  rustic 
  milkmaid 
  

   milking 
  a 
  cow 
  on 
  the 
  sward 
  

   beneath 
  a 
  giant 
  oak. 
  

  

  There 
  is 
  nothing 
  arti- 
  

   ficial 
  about 
  the 
  composition 
  

   of 
  such 
  a 
  picture 
  ; 
  for 
  you 
  

   have 
  but 
  to 
  walk 
  away 
  

   from 
  this 
  most 
  interesting 
  

   of 
  schools 
  to 
  the 
  farmhouse 
  

   over 
  the 
  hill 
  and 
  you 
  will 
  

   see 
  similar 
  "compositions" 
  

   at 
  every 
  turn, 
  with 
  no 
  

   thought 
  of 
  art 
  at 
  all. 
  The 
  

   only 
  animals 
  taken 
  down 
  

   from 
  London 
  are 
  the 
  dogs, 
  

   of 
  which 
  Mr. 
  Calderon 
  has 
  

   an 
  immense 
  collection, 
  

   ranging 
  from 
  Russian 
  

   wolfhounds 
  to 
  tiny 
  

   lapdogs, 
  such 
  as 
  fine 
  ladies 
  

   ping 
  gently 
  to 
  a 
  brook 
  such 
  as 
  Tennyson 
  would 
  have 
  loved 
  take 
  with 
  them 
  when 
  driving 
  in 
  the 
  park. 
  

   to 
  describe. 
  And 
  round 
  about 
  are 
  old 
  tumble-down 
  barns 
  "Learn 
  to 
  draw 
  from 
  the 
  living 
  model 
  at 
  once" 
  is 
  the 
  

  

  and 
  outhouses 
  with 
  all 
  the 
  paraphernalia 
  of 
  an 
  ancient 
  Eng- 
  rule. 
  "Cultivate 
  your 
  memory; 
  do 
  not 
  lose 
  sight 
  of 
  your 
  en- 
  

   lish 
  farmhouse. 
  thusiasm, 
  and 
  refrain 
  from 
  working 
  when 
  it 
  goes 
  against 
  

  

  Out 
  in 
  these 
  gardens 
  and 
  lawns 
  you 
  will 
  see 
  groups 
  of 
  the 
  grain. 
  And 
  do 
  not 
  attempt 
  to 
  paint 
  until 
  you 
  have 
  

   well-born 
  girls 
  and 
  women 
  seated 
  at 
  their 
  easels, 
  palette 
  in 
  learned 
  to 
  draw." 
  Couture, 
  the 
  French 
  painter, 
  used 
  to 
  say, 
  

   hand, 
  painting 
  assiduously; 
  an 
  old 
  patient 
  plow 
  horse 
  acting 
  "Look 
  for 
  five 
  minutes 
  at 
  your 
  model 
  and 
  one 
  at 
  your 
  draw- 
  

   as 
  model, 
  with 
  perhaps 
  a 
  picturesque 
  rustic 
  astride 
  his 
  back, 
  ing." 
  This 
  is 
  the 
  golden 
  rule 
  borne 
  in 
  mind 
  at 
  all 
  these 
  

   In 
  showery 
  weather 
  the 
  pupils 
  assemble 
  in 
  one 
  of 
  the 
  old 
  open-air 
  art 
  schools 
  of 
  the 
  Old 
  World, 
  

   barns, 
  and 
  here 
  horses, 
  

   cows 
  and 
  peasants 
  are 
  

   brought 
  as 
  living 
  models. 
  

  

  Neighboring 
  farmers 
  

   cheerfully 
  lend 
  donkeys, 
  

   goats, 
  pigs 
  and 
  other 
  ani- 
  

   mals, 
  well 
  knowing 
  they 
  

   will 
  be 
  taken 
  care 
  of 
  and 
  

   well 
  fed 
  and 
  petted 
  by 
  the 
  

   students. 
  The 
  life 
  of 
  the 
  

   student 
  is 
  certainly 
  an 
  ideal 
  

   one. 
  There 
  are 
  but 
  two 
  

   classes 
  a 
  day, 
  one 
  in 
  the 
  

   morning 
  and 
  the 
  second 
  in 
  

   the 
  afternoon; 
  and 
  for 
  the 
  

   rest, 
  ardent 
  students 
  roam 
  

   at 
  will 
  sketching 
  the 
  many 
  

   choice 
  "bits" 
  which 
  abound 
  

   in 
  every 
  direction. 
  For 
  in- 
  

   stance, 
  there 
  are 
  quaint 
  old 
  

   mills 
  driven 
  by 
  wind 
  or 
  

   water 
  which 
  were 
  here 
  in 
  

   days 
  when 
  Raleigh 
  was 
  

   Elizabeth's 
  favorite. 
  There 
  

   are 
  beautiful 
  hills 
  crowned 
  

   with 
  woods 
  and 
  flanked 
  

   with 
  wheat 
  fields, 
  picked 
  

   out 
  with 
  scarlet 
  poppies. 
  

  

  The 
  open-air 
  art 
  school 
  

   is, 
  in 
  short, 
  a 
  kind 
  of 
  sum- 
  

   mer 
  club 
  for 
  girls; 
  but 
  their 
  Groups 
  of 
  Girls 
  and 
  Women 
  Seated 
  at 
  Their 
  Easels 
  Painting 
  Assiduously 
  

  

  

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