Artists, even student artists, need models to perfect their skills. Cincinnati’s Art Students League drafted one of their members to fill that role. Artists and their models have attracted ...
Art students posing their model, photographer unknown. John Storrs papers. Archives of American Art, Smithsonian Institution. (all images courtesy the Smithsonian’s Archives of American Art) The model ...
The model has long been essential to the work of the artist. They often serve as artists’ muses—mortals who can sometimes be almost otherworldly in their ability to inspire creativity—yet a talent for ...
Helga Testorf is considered to be the last unknown person made famous by a painting. Testorf was Andrew Wyeth’s model from 1971 to 1985, during which time Wyeth secretly made over 240 paintings of her ...
Two models—one a finance professional-turned-artist and the other a tech expert—share the reality of vulnerability, safety, ...