Do you have a copy of "The Artist's Model - from Etty to Spencer" by
Martin Postle and William Vaughan, Merrell Holberton?
This gives a brief British history.
You could also look at "The Victorian Nude - Sexuality, morality and
art" by Alison Smith, Manchester University Press.
For those practicing you could look at http:
www.princesdrawingschool.org/
www.heatherleys.org/
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hesketh_Hubbard_Art_Society
There are also a couple of "atelier system" schools that I can think
of in Europe that hold on to a "particularly traditional" approach to
the discipline.
In New York there is:
www.theartstudentsleague.org/Navigation/Home/HP-FRAME.html
Hope this helps
Alastair C. Adams
Lecturer in Illustration and Animation,
Loughborough University
On 6 Aug 2007, at 12:24, Alan McGowan wrote:
> I'm trying to do a bit of research on the history of
> life drawing and am interested in places/ studios
> where it would have been practised and/or taught,
> especially ones which are still operational. The most
> obvious example would be the Royal Academy Schools in
> London.
>
> Could anyone recommend others of historical interest
> especially in Europe or North America? And does anyone
> have experience of working in them?
>
> Thanks
> Alan McGowan
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