This photo from 1897 from the Archives of American Art shows a women's art class with instructor William Merritt Chase. In that era, men and women attended art classes separately -- where women were lucky enough to be able to get an art education at all.
POLL: What do you wear when you're painting? Vote by clicking on your choice in the list:
1. An old shirt.
2. An old shirt and pair of trousers.
3. An old dress.
4. Overalls / coveralls / dungarees.
5. An apron.
6. Nothing special, whatever I'm wearing that day.
7. Not a thing, I paint in the nude.
8. Something else.
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