New-York tribune., 1880-04-04
ART IN PARIS.
PICTURES FOR THE IIlIE NEXT SALON.

TRAIT, BOTH IN COLOR AND IN INK-bANDhi
PROLIFIC FANCY AND GREAT ENERGf-"oH
OF THE AMERICAN COLoNY-DAyIss PoKIHAi
OF HORACE GREELEY.
IfROM THE REGULAR CORRESPONDENT OF THE TRIBUNE
PARIS, March 10.-The studio fever which an
nually precedes the opening Of the Fine Arts Exh
blton in the Champs Elysees is at its height
good many pictures and by first rate brushes VII
10 sent to the Salon in an undried state, and nu
merous will be the last touches given to them ate
| they are hung.
Carolus Duran, who has acquired reputation a
the portrayer of infancy born with silver spoon
| it's mouth, sends q little Red RidinghoOd VINO
said to be the daughter of financial baron. Ih'
scarlet yestures are evidently made by an outftte
of children in the Rue de Rivoli or the Rue de Ii
| Pax and the wearer is too thoroughly Partisan Il
amuse herself picking flowers ina wild wood. ThC
technical skill which is displayed in this picture is
very great, and the ensemble has that chic which
delights the French public, and well bears the ell
graver's Interpretation. / will not institute par
allcl between this Red RidinghOod in high life y
and the dear ariSOcratc dots, full of beautiful
promise, which tho old bachelor Sir Joshua painted.
The great English painter had nothing in common
with any Frcnchman of our day. and least OF all
with Carolus Duran.
Mile. Abbcmas portrait of Nile. Barctta, OF the
Franchise, is clcvcrly executed. GOssips OF the
studios say that il has caused storms OF jealous rage
todcvastate the soll of Mile Sarah Bernhardt, who
does not wish tie Paris painters to see charms In
any other head than her own. The friendships
which Dona Sol strikes up with persons of her sex
and profession are legendary. They very exclu-
siye and very ardent while they last, and generally
end in violent quarrcls. Mlle Abbema is a CORE
lia,onist Of Mlle Sarah Bernhardt. Jews hang to-
gcihcr closer than Scots used formerly to do
Thus il is IIrsch who is employed to portray n.
Naquet the divorce apostle. and ~ Emile Levy
the Baroness Solomon of Madrid. Becker, who
some years ago exhibited the hanging of RIgDah's
seven sons, prodig;ously sensational composition
and one that would have been greatly admired and
wondered at if exhibited in the market-places of
country towns, sends in o very well painted head
of General de Gallifet. This warrior distinguished
himself for bis ferocty at the head of the counter
guerilla army in Mexico and when he commanded
a brigade sent from Versailles to put down the
Commune of Paris. He is q great nephew OF the
Duke dc Richeieu, who negotiated the Treaty OF
Vienna. and a man of strange, complex ana I'M
estimable character. His HAIR, though he is
yOung is white snow. His eyes burn
like Goals ablaze There is in their look something
that reminds both of snake and flame com
mingled and struggling with each other for as
cendancy. General de Galfet is delightful man
"
in his manners, as we'll as courteous and amiabe.
But do not trust to this outward charm; to this
mundane gloss. Under the kid gloves there are the
tigers claws. He has been much favored by Mad
anc Adam, at whose house Gambetta formerly was
in the habit Of meeting him at dinner and In the
card-room. The acquaintance Ipencd into inti-
macy General de Gallifct. who had mutIlated
statue of the Republic at Dion, of which he
four years ago the military governor. in
breaking from of the head the Phrygian Cap which
the sculptor judged we'll to place on it. saw that
the game was up with the Moral Order party and
pronounced for the other side. lie has long been
mAnnuvrng TO get himself appointed Governor
of Paris, aud might have succeeded but for tho
resolute opposition of Deputy Cemcnceau, who
showed UP IN La Justice the feline side OF GalietS
nature.
PORTRAITS OF GREvY AND GAM3ETTA.
Bounat. a very vigorous brush aud truo pencil,
sends portraits of Gr6vy and Gambetta. lie brings
ont the anlilhctical character of the two men.
Gr6yy the respectable bourgeois; narrow, honest
prudent and grave as tho elder of Presbyterian
Church He is probity ITSELF but insensiblc to the
point Of honor and is totally devoid Of majestic
attributes of any kind. Victor lingo, whose like
ness was painted for the Salon of 1870 by NJ Bon
nat. has the majesty of thought sublime stamped
upon his brow. Among the portraits Of other liter
ary men be was rs Mont Blanc towering above mole
hills NJ. Grevy belongs TO tho hills of Jura. in
which tho tourist finds the rocky severity of the
Aps without the sublimty which they attain 10
Switzerland. Much more is he the representative
of the bourgeoisie than was VI. Thers, who had in
him something Of Pericles aud touch of AlcIbiades
which he derived from his Greek grandmother.
Gambetta as portrayed in BOnnats painting of
him. s tribune, politician and Republican of Cor
inth. lie is not shown in the best light; but he is
80 o.ltI,
there Is not particle Of bourgeois mcanness in him.
Sarah Dernhardts young girl visited by Death Is
sensational picture, ably executed. Ii is the old
ballad OF Death anu the Lady" arranged Ia mode
do Ia rie Parisicnne.
Fair lady. leave those costly robes aside;
No longer shall YOU glory In their pride.
No pitch Of honor from my dart Is free
My name Is Death. and nm como for thee"
The lady is beautiful damsel-or rather "de- |
moiselle (which means that she is neither maid |
nor matr0n. arrayed ia ball dress and natural |
also VISIBLE, falls upon her, and she Is chilled by it
and fajnts Sarah Bcrnhardt has morbid terror of |
the grave. on which her thoughts constantly run.
She does not expect TO live long. aud the wealth |
which has nowod into her hands and the luxurious
she has procured with 1t render death
the moro hdeOus in her apprehension which il
Jewish. and not frightened with tho hope of gio-
rions Immortality beyond the tomb.
Manet and his lmprcssionist disciples have been
liOnist school (which one wonld say 10 judge only
rom their works is formed of neaT-sghtcd artists, |
who paint exclusively, and without the aid of eye
ylas3es, distant Objectsl, sends to tho Champs
sys6es PORTRAITS OF Clomenccau and NJ. Antonin
'roust. Gambetta's future Minister OF Foreign AZ
airs. admire their courage III sitting to Manot
Who has, to do him justice. felt in what the superb
Tity of Clemenceau lies. The Deputy for
lontnartro IS fOeman worthy of Gam
'ettas steel, and ought to be tho repre-
onatIVe of les nOHreilcs CoHcheS Socales when they
'ec0me more thoughtful and less Instructive. Ho
will bn yOnng enough to bo their Joshua when tho
ew Public Instruction bill has done It's work. The
of Clemenceau is more remarkable for
hat It suggests than for what 1t shows. II signl-
les intensity OF inner life earnest, strong convc-
ions and manly virtue wAch docs not particularly
to be patted tho back by the press or public
o them when hc was Mayor Of that quarter during