The morning star and Catholic messenger., 1878-07-28
NUMBER rs.

of productions Of minor merit Every one Of
the pictures one ses here hiss produced Q cen.
sat,on b. FIRE - made its appearance in the
artistic wealth 10 private property. About
one-si1th part only Of all the exhibits belong
| to national museums."
| the greatest modern painters of France died In
| the last eleven years, aud are scarcely repro.
sented at the Camp de Mars. Theodore Rous-
| seau, Millet, Corot, DiaE, Courbet, Fromentin,
Henry Regnsult-all are dead; their works are
scattered all over the world. and no effort hae
been made to borrow them f,r this occasion. a
to the collectors OF British paintiu 20, brought
together in the art department of Great Britain
everything that was worth looking st. But
no such step was taken by the French authori-
ties. They simply loaned zach specimens OF
the paintings Of deceased artists as they hsd on
hand In the national museums, and did not
complete collection Of the works Of men who
will forever remain the foremost figures in
the history OF French art Of the nineteenth cen.
tury.
Bat IL the great dead artists have been neg
looted, the living artistic celebrities Of France
have bad 1t all their own way. Meissonier not
Only OILY naa @ the o choice h OF the Place where his
Riohe: The oonoeissds painter probably in.
sS Ssst sss as &c 19 sSs
the background. His moss remarkable work
in the Exhibition 10 the "Cuiressier Regiment"
WeibiuB toE IN OE0or 10 A6Leck.. Tnef0 10 no
dust in the picture, and every log Of every one
Of the many hundreds OF horses 10 discernible.
The picture 10 so full Of life that the loeker.on
fsnoies q, he hears the clsshing of the arms and
the undertone OF talk among the horsemen.
More than ever has MeIs ,onier shown here his
great defect Of reducing painting to Q micro
soopio art: THIS tendency on his part was
thirty years ago; but he pushed the principle
too far, and has generated school much moro
ne to paint on porcelain than on canvas
tha dad all
so many magnifed paintings on gilt Sevres
vases.
Around Meissouier are grouped mess of his
I'd hereuts - Georges Vi6ert, Louis Lsloir,
Worms, Moreau, FIrmin Girard, Berne, Belle
cour and many others. Leioir's best oanvas
% the "Baptism" But one Of the most suocees-
fnl pupils of Melssonier's, Edouard Detaille, fs
missing. His pictures. having always refer
ence to the late Franco German war, had to be
excluded from the Exhibition in accordance
With the rule established by the Government,
hat nothing in any way offensive to foreign
nations participating In the Exhibition should
DO accepted. The gallery Of Goupil, however,
pictures have given ample opportu mites to the
'isitors to see what that young artist has been
working at of late.
THE AWARD OF MEDALS.
Although not officially announced, It 10 now
retty generally known what painters are to
ave the medGilles dhoRHeEr at the French Ex-
lbition. Three are given to France, two to
sngland, one to Spain, Belgium, Italy, and
tossia respectively. The French recipients are
ie!s Iouier, Gsreme and BoDpert; the Eng.
sh, Millais and Herkomer. hear there was
ONE hesitation % to admitting the olams Of
lr Mtliats. His art is not ever popular with
be French schools. Nevertheless he makes .
apitSl show. The portraits of the Mi sss Arm.
tronR may not improve with age; the faces
ield more and more to the dret sss, and the
icsure SCENE more than ever Representations
I three marvellous costumes backed up by
zsleas and gold screens; but "ChilI October"
&c impressive es when first exhibited, and
akes one wish Mr.. MillAiS would paint more
that key.
The praise denied to NilIsiS, French artistic
wish freely upon HeTkomer, whom they well
,me as . comrade If the brightest promise.
he hne qualities Of the "Chelaea PensioDeRS'
% folly Appreciated, and the Frenohmen
I'VE Herkomer quite an ovation when he was
PAris.