, 1880-06-03
Over Seven Thousand Pictures at
the Salon, Many OF
Them Bad.
Carolus Duran's Portrait Of the Queen
Of Portugal, and His RECON-.
perse Therefor.
MelNQnnIer on Dia1-Mme. Caroline Ilasse-Iht
Matrimonial Agtnty-printa Do
Joinyille.

Ut t4M WuEk6 LlHAt llhFu u0 pLGlenHlbH "
art, now OFT exhibition ut the Snlon, far ex-
Notwithstanding tho appeals tn the judges,
md the cry Of horror TINT urose last yeur on
account Of Invasion by tho most wrotcl,ed
medlocrity, thousand objects more Of tllts
description have hetn received this time.
"Objects l call u,em," remarks the cele-
bratcd critic, NJ, Abort Wolf; II YOU like
1t better, will Gull them numbers but that
Is tho extreme concession shall mnke,"
To curtail my description within Its proper
limits In 4 letter treating on matters III goll-
eral, and Mt the snne time not to cnrtnil tic
impression 0f the magnitude Of tic Snlon,
will state that tho portrait OF "a Young
Girl" by Nine. Ayary, is tho first picture
whtcl, greets You OIL entering, and deco
ratcd pAitel by Xavier the lust to Which
you bid allen. Between these
Ti1EHE AIE 1850 PICTURES.
There aro thfrty-threo l,alls, four inter-
minnble galleries, I'M immense nave with
four aislcs and lateral alcovcs. III addition
to these there nre too exterior galleries, so
narrow that tho pictures cnmllot he seen ut n
distance, where dA,bs nro h,ing without any
classification, which arc thus described In
tho Ftgaro: "Never have such things boon
seen before, In any country or under atiy
NVFc4AHGlIl- i 1NG pfNCc W WulEA AAC1 AhSu
been assigned Is I'LL evidence Of the scoril
which tile Jury las In such things; md yet
this jury received these pittable utilities.
There, under the garing light Of the eupo1a,
lin II word, IN tho worst condition possible,
hundreds OF pictures arc crowded together
without numbers, md for 10 otller reason
than tho satisfaction their authors derive
from, seeing their Mn.nes in the catalug." Tho
cAtalOg contains D0G pages. I mention tho
above fact merely rs note Of warning 10
thoso who in.ngine that nil paintings bcar-
inr the caclut Of the Salon must be
.iss @ .,,,.'.ss, t..,,IS ~ ,.s...t "..a.,te
e'ieis.u uuuvtcs' ~ wonlu w l1lost nsteeuple
to noto tho magnificent paintings n tho Salon
Of 1850, and these are legion. There
f. The "rro ,t,, a5a" Il, Of N ~ rayis M
noble Gcauty;' the "JeanHo d'Arcs Of III
II bsMls viii, lie ideal in i broat and trliy
Juies Breton, III It's Wealth Of h harmony; ai
a'rnncrrtio n IL M0ntarue tIes Oliyiers,h by
NJ. SirnoI. Thia il n Eioriu,is snecimlen of Il
styn not nt nrespnt 4 Ia mode. but Which
nresiate psi pe fe''Seo "n'n 'fae ''s' AZ ua'S n.y.
Hnnnnt' cahane1 r,nro1us Durnn. nnt1 hnu-
lrctls Of others rIiglt curry out tlls category
nj tniinitulu; bit, as publicity viii Mot bs
SiT w reaSf 1sS Yor tteion Sii ngets io III lilo salon.
',r.or.., =, 1,.r,,,o ~, - ~, ,,o ,,,,u.v
| NECENI fAlNiIS4 Hf GAIfOLtS DUlhNt
! Which, although far superior to liy picture
Mt tho Snlon, IS coMparatiyeIy little k,!owll
Uuoen Of tias, county, Carpius. Us iio il
called hero was we'll Compensated for this
work by liz KIM, In money and honor. l,tlI
now suit OF clothes. Good, Rind, practical
pOrtueninot OILY ducorntes. .bl,t ng, furnishes
suitable Chilling, tO grnce tllo tecoratiol,. m
tic following tlispatch viii SLOW; "Iho
King, DOn. Suis, rcc0npel,ses II. Carolns
Durtu for the portrait he has Just completed
or elle queen, ny presenting INN Win th9
Goht md the Insignia of tlo Urtler Of Christ =
This example MiEnt nr0titaDly 10 follnwet
arrest ..tlle .Medaillomanle now rngsng; bnt,
with SUBSTANTIAL benelts H aau1tion TO inc
medals, the empty l9,rlta!iey or te honors II r
would disappear. l!a tholr present form II is
asserted that decorations ara useless; that, II
the artist has talent, y lMetnl is 9t 10 con
ridiculous tis incontestnblo Tint Michael
Angelo uecornted would not on TINT ncc9llnt
be n greater Michael Angelo; Or that Tnr-
te.npion "l.9n9rabay mentioned ~, ~ would re; };
that 1t is necessary to designate to tho public
men of talent, us It. Is incapable Of dis
| teuFntgI1nH them ifHG1f. In fhct tho NrtfHt