DOI issue:
Nr. 143 (February 1905)
DOI article:Van der Veer, Lenore: Art student life in Munich
DOI Page / Citation link: https://doi.org/10.11588/diglit.20711#0036
Munich Students
who are not able to go to schools may work from represents everything that is impressive and awe-
the model during the day or evening by paying a inspiring, and to tell the truth, there are few
very small sum—fivepence—for the whole evening things in life more serious than these very learned
For example, many a poor fellow who is just able men of Germany,
to eke out a living, with no surplus for
regular school fees, gets his start in art
training in this way, while to the fully-
fledged artist in straits as to model fees,
the little workshop comes as a boon for
keeping in practice from the figure. Men
who work at these rooms are called
Hospitanten.
Everybody in Munich, from the Prince
Regent down to the petty shopkeeper,
takes special interest in her art students,
and be a man ever so shabby and unpre-
possessing in appearance, it makes things
all right the moment he shows his student
ticket. The concern of the workpeople Jtk
of Germany for the artists and art students
is really extraordinary. There were thou_ ,;;," .
sands of peasants at Lenbach's funeral, |
and most of them had walked miles to
get there. There has never been such
a gathering of the lowly for the great
since the death of Ludwig II., and it
goes to show how personal is the big \.
feeling for art amongst the people of . t\ V% |>
Germany. \\ , ff
The Prince Regent is a familiar figure ■ , \
at the Academy and in the private ateliers A\ \„___-.....-
of the artists and students. He drops in , /
at the most unexpected moments, some- ■'.
times very early in the morning, just to x
see how things are going. He is looked
upon as the patron saint of young art,
and is very liberal in his purchase of
unknown men's work.
To the German student his professor "an art student" by Arthur s. covey
who are not able to go to schools may work from represents everything that is impressive and awe-
the model during the day or evening by paying a inspiring, and to tell the truth, there are few
very small sum—fivepence—for the whole evening things in life more serious than these very learned
For example, many a poor fellow who is just able men of Germany,
to eke out a living, with no surplus for
regular school fees, gets his start in art
training in this way, while to the fully-
fledged artist in straits as to model fees,
the little workshop comes as a boon for
keeping in practice from the figure. Men
who work at these rooms are called
Hospitanten.
Everybody in Munich, from the Prince
Regent down to the petty shopkeeper,
takes special interest in her art students,
and be a man ever so shabby and unpre-
possessing in appearance, it makes things
all right the moment he shows his student
ticket. The concern of the workpeople Jtk
of Germany for the artists and art students
is really extraordinary. There were thou_ ,;;," .
sands of peasants at Lenbach's funeral, |
and most of them had walked miles to
get there. There has never been such
a gathering of the lowly for the great
since the death of Ludwig II., and it
goes to show how personal is the big \.
feeling for art amongst the people of . t\ V% |>
Germany. \\ , ff
The Prince Regent is a familiar figure ■ , \
at the Academy and in the private ateliers A\ \„___-.....-
of the artists and students. He drops in , /
at the most unexpected moments, some- ■'.
times very early in the morning, just to x
see how things are going. He is looked
upon as the patron saint of young art,
and is very liberal in his purchase of
unknown men's work.
To the German student his professor "an art student" by Arthur s. covey