Munsey's Magazine, December 1894

MUNSEY'S MAGAZINE, DECEMBER 1894 This issue features a substantial article titled "Artists and Their Work," surveying contemporary European and American painters. It covers H. S. Marks's illustrated reminiscences of mid-nineteenth-century London painting life and the "Gridirons" club of young artists including Philip H. Calderon, George Leslie, George du Maurier, and Fred Walker. The piece also examines Frederick Goodall, an English academician specializing in Oriental subjects, particularly Egyptian desert and city scenes; Ulysse Butin, a Parisian painter of the Norman coast; and Frederick Stuart Church, an American painter of ethereal compositions featuring maidens with animals. A separate section discusses New York artists' models as a profession, noting Minnie Clarke's prominence in Charles Gibson's work and the theatrical "living pictures" that have drawn models from studios. The issue also contains "The House of Orleans" by Thomas C. Quinn, a historical examination of the Orleans pretenders to the French throne, their wealth, and claims to divine right.