![]() ![]() Male models, however, were paid more than the female models were. Flocks of them waited outside of studios, hoping to be chosen for a day’s work. While I do believe those who worked more frequently with an artist (as Victorine did with both Manet and Alfred Stevens) did necessarily build real relationships, there were plenty of models, perhaps to be compared with aspiring fashion models today, and they were more or less considered disposable. SS: What was the life of a painter’s model like in 1860s/70s Paris?ĭD: Long hours, low wages, esteemed lowly, especially female models. I had constant brain fire while I wrote this! ![]() Well, it was also fortunate, because it made me determined to keep digging until I found more, and it kept me excited the whole time I was writing. ![]() Unfortunately, even when I began researching her, there wasn’t a whole lot to know. Less than a year later, I was standing before the actual painting, telling her I was ready to listen. ![]() DD: I was literally introduced to her by seeing a slide of her as Olympia in a literature class called The Painted Word, and I was struck by the painting, sure the model had something she wanted to say to me. ![]()
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