tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5227064496185547313.post6317327324513419454..comments2024-03-28T11:21:09.694+00:00Comments on Magnon's Meanderings: Unsung heroines.Cro Magnonhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06840670227576695352noreply@blogger.comBlogger22125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5227064496185547313.post-44876976655963244952015-02-12T22:16:51.904+00:002015-02-12T22:16:51.904+00:00What a beautifully written post. Almost art in its...What a beautifully written post. Almost art in itself.Kev Alvitihttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04992625860900617194noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5227064496185547313.post-44890342834952733042015-02-12T21:55:04.805+00:002015-02-12T21:55:04.805+00:00I'm lucky I can draw stick people and have som...I'm lucky I can draw stick people and have someone recognise it. My former neighbour is an artist and spoke about some of the models who sat in some of the classes she had. I wondered at how she viewed them as simply something to draw and not living beings.megan blogshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04555646904983619596noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5227064496185547313.post-1921787176897180472015-02-12T19:10:32.798+00:002015-02-12T19:10:32.798+00:00We had a husband and wife team. They never posed t...We had a husband and wife team. They never posed together and we would wonder which of the pair it would be at each session. One day the woman who was very tall and quite broad too started to sway. the lecturer who was small asked if she was okay whence she fell forward onto him in a faint as if she had been felled. The poor man was completely covered by this woman. She took some pulling off him I can tell you. Frugal in Derbyshire https://www.blogger.com/profile/10221169113482164565noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5227064496185547313.post-18428825492955438942015-02-12T19:02:46.351+00:002015-02-12T19:02:46.351+00:00Reading ChurnDash above reminded me of the old jok...Reading ChurnDash above reminded me of the old joke<br />which went the rounds in the old days about one of the artists meeting the model in the street. She spoke to him and he is reported to have said, "Sorry I ignored you but I didn't recognise you with your clothes on." (you probably fell out of your cradle laughing at that joke).<br />One of the other models at that time in the class I went to was the daughter of the leading ice cream maker in the area - certainly not on the bread-line either. But you are probably right about a lot of them Cro. I suppose it brings into question why they were actually doing the job.The Weaver of Grasshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13947971556343746883noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5227064496185547313.post-57252575678856655242015-02-12T16:12:43.707+00:002015-02-12T16:12:43.707+00:00I think they enjoyed the short poses the most... i...I think they enjoyed the short poses the most... it gave them a bit of 'scratching time'.Cro Magnonhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06840670227576695352noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5227064496185547313.post-8893196040718004002015-02-12T16:11:05.666+00:002015-02-12T16:11:05.666+00:00I wonder if THEY thought about that?I wonder if THEY thought about that?Cro Magnonhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06840670227576695352noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5227064496185547313.post-22546505270685319982015-02-12T15:42:52.356+00:002015-02-12T15:42:52.356+00:00Or a sense of humour?Or a sense of humour?Rachel Phillipshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16053924416805878169noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5227064496185547313.post-10351113908567018462015-02-12T12:56:50.434+00:002015-02-12T12:56:50.434+00:00My son told us about one of the life model's t...My son told us about one of the life model's tattoos - terrorist was one word inked on her.<br />One day he saw one of them whilst he was walking around campus, he wasn't sure whether to say hello or not.<br />He has mentioned how hard it must be for them to hold a pose for so long. He certainly appreciated them.<br /><br />HelenChurn Dashhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13060909536864106475noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5227064496185547313.post-31066049618623001402015-02-12T12:51:18.524+00:002015-02-12T12:51:18.524+00:00Ah, but they all became immortal in your's and...Ah, but they all became immortal in your's and other's drawings.Starting Over, Accepting Changes - Maybehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06032033918798053005noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5227064496185547313.post-8903268304778467492015-02-12T12:27:05.021+00:002015-02-12T12:27:05.021+00:00Are you sure he still has juices?Are you sure he still has juices?Cro Magnonhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06840670227576695352noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5227064496185547313.post-3640520623888174552015-02-12T12:26:08.163+00:002015-02-12T12:26:08.163+00:00I almost knew this would happen! You do realise (I...I almost knew this would happen! You do realise (I hope) that I was jesting?Cro Magnonhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06840670227576695352noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5227064496185547313.post-89122134491495712502015-02-12T10:22:47.980+00:002015-02-12T10:22:47.980+00:00This one will get tom Stephenson's juices goin...This one will get tom Stephenson's juices goingJohn Going Gentlyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14958171262765033946noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5227064496185547313.post-43684279955109567342015-02-12T10:10:46.490+00:002015-02-12T10:10:46.490+00:00Well Cro - I am one of those models at Art School ...Well Cro - I am one of those models at Art School which you talk of and I certainly don't fit into your mould!! I posed the first time because my boy friend (later my first husband) asked me to when the model rang in to say she couldn't be there. I quite enjoyed it and so stood in in the futured whenever anyone called off at the last minute. I must say once I got used to it I quite enjoyed it - it was always a bit scary when the tutor pulled somebody out of the class and got them to come and have a closer look. The tutor incidentally was Toni Bartl, whose drawing you so admired on my wall the other week. So maybe that class was the exception.The Weaver of Grasshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13947971556343746883noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5227064496185547313.post-73181007835757026052015-02-12T09:56:12.204+00:002015-02-12T09:56:12.204+00:00What a dreadful thought. One forgets how rampant i...What a dreadful thought. One forgets how rampant it was.Cro Magnonhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06840670227576695352noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5227064496185547313.post-19034462933199297982015-02-12T09:36:17.146+00:002015-02-12T09:36:17.146+00:00Dead from Aids. Sad but likely. I saw a photo of f...Dead from Aids. Sad but likely. I saw a photo of four hairdressers from the 1980s in my city, all famous personalities through their work and their night jobs as DJs in some really fashionable night clubs. Every one dead of Aids. So sad.MrsC (Maryanne)https://www.blogger.com/profile/14440723067459232998noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5227064496185547313.post-29837995930911139892015-02-12T08:27:52.751+00:002015-02-12T08:27:52.751+00:00I expect he had less printable names too.I expect he had less printable names too.Cro Magnonhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06840670227576695352noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5227064496185547313.post-54214580676713036762015-02-12T08:27:07.217+00:002015-02-12T08:27:07.217+00:00If only that were so, Andi; but I think I might be...If only that were so, Andi; but I think I might be right. The male models were probably more successful later on in life. They were mostly gay extroverts, and were more ambitious. I imagine they ended up as theatre staff, antique dealers, or film extras. Who knows!Cro Magnonhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06840670227576695352noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5227064496185547313.post-62138265446875115712015-02-12T08:20:18.475+00:002015-02-12T08:20:18.475+00:00Oh Cro, we can do better than that for these ladie...Oh Cro, we can do better than that for these ladies, surely? One is well known in the business as a steady character actress, another got a job on a cruise ship and spent her life overdosed on calm and ozone somewhere sunny, yet another met her prince and lives in domestic suburban bliss...Andi's English Attichttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04136573194920355678noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5227064496185547313.post-60845151305098185262015-02-12T07:35:07.395+00:002015-02-12T07:35:07.395+00:00I dont know if it is realy true, but if it is , it...I dont know if it is realy true, but if it is , it's never too late.Yaelhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15181961536405061470noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5227064496185547313.post-29990373608818928702015-02-12T07:28:57.596+00:002015-02-12T07:28:57.596+00:00We had a little old man known as naked Jack!!!We had a little old man known as naked Jack!!!Young at Hearthttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07585882466695145340noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5227064496185547313.post-67352260118365511082015-02-12T06:10:48.559+00:002015-02-12T06:10:48.559+00:00One of our male models regularly appeared on Top o...One of our male models regularly appeared on Top of the Pops (dancing).Cro Magnonhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06840670227576695352noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5227064496185547313.post-38916121406714610292015-02-12T05:47:48.685+00:002015-02-12T05:47:48.685+00:00Lucky you. At my art school we had to make do wit...Lucky you. At my art school we had to make do with a skinny, mature lady with more wrinkles than John Gray's bulldog. No guys, ever!Suehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10787732343048847565noreply@blogger.com