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Professor C.K. Chatterton's figure drawing class | Vassar College, between 1915 and 1948
Professor Clarence Kerr Chatterton, head of the Department of Applied Art and Vassar’s first artist in residence, comes to teach at Vassar. At a time when prominent colleges taught basic drawing skills using only still life or sculptural objects as subjects, Chatterton introduced live male and female models to his studio art classes. The move was revolutionary and not without controversy. The college initially required a chaperone for the class, but soon dropped the requirement as the practice became standard for other studio art departments across the country.
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