For Beginners in Art.
I wish to become an artist, and would like to enter the Metropolitan Art School. Can I learn to draw and paint well enough to be able to open a studio of my own after graduating? When does the school open, and when must one apply for admission? How many classes are there, and about how long must one stay in each class? What is the age of the average pupil?
M. M., R.T.L.
There are at least two institutions in New York city to which you may apply for circulars. One is the Metropolitan School of Fine Arts, Carnegie Hall, Fifty-seventh Street and Seventh Avenue, and the other the Art Students' League, 215 West Fifty-seventh Street. The former was organized by pupils of the Metropolitan Museum when the schools of the Museum were closed, and is maintained by them. It is in no way connected with the museum. It is open September 30 to May 30. The latter is maintained by the art students of New York. Tuitions are from $2 to $12 per month, according to class. There is no graduation. Pupils stay as long or short a time as they please. Whether you could successfully maintain a studio at the end of one year's instruction, or five years' instruction, or at any other period, depends wholly upon yourself, as you can readily see.