New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1883-09-30
FRENCH FINE ARTS.
- ,,,,r rpIrNNIAL EXHIBITION.

;... coma from the Triennal Exhioi-
.;on il, the Champs Elysees. ms sno" 10 80
nod of the cream of the works Oh "r' 49, 80,
;taa within the last three years az .ne s'"io 80
and Of uaiutings sent by great arus's W"v ~
.Iccf from annual exhibitions. Among the D,'e.
are Bandry Jules Dupre. and Melssonie',
n,r.tor Of Fine Arts Ia high official In the MINISTRY
rr~,,;. Instrpctionl. assisted by avery competent
.aff. organlzed the show. He is q man Oh oel,o"'o
t..ta .nd has made oharsning and intelligent use
of .he vast collection of Gosems tapestries AZ
tbe Garde Meube. The vast winter garuen !"
which the statues are on view is surrounded w "
floor and first floor arcade oil IRON. Iae"
Of the arches now serves as frame Tor UoOe''u'
tarestry appied 10 ground of crimson clo'n' :" "
impossible to imagine anything more eleeSn' 80
the effect so produced The same kino OF uec"ia'o"
10 repeated on the staircase and IN the io"'' -
hundred and seyenty-eight oil paintings are eA"io-
tied in the rooms upstairs. They are 80 Pi"0SN
10 be seen easily and great care was 'aAen ~ " J
ing them 20 prevent the SENSATIONAL ou's .iO.
.trornr the value of those of cool ara so'ei -
Fault was found with the Government ioi s -,
an exhibition when the whole world Is OUT Oh -"
d., pors ,s never so delightful as In the last nan
-, Son,eroher Rich people who love pictures eau
.a.,lv run back to town from the country VI 'no
.sas;de The early autumn is the season wnen '"s
rn,lisb ore abroad and tourists from All pa'S y,
the world are crowaing the bouievards - a."
IN. be.ter that those insuferable "hlgh-liie ou'
tertlies which swarm in the spring III every p"o
pnhlie amusement should shine by their ""se"e "
The trienpal Salon. Ii they crowdedthere III 0ep
tember. the small and estimable bourgeoiSio "iu
working classes would not have sueh gooo opp'i
tuuities. There are two free days TWO oaSe VIZ"
the cost of entrance is only 80 cenilmes' anu WV
DAYS when 1t costs franc IN the ai'er""o" ""
he
10 a,clock. Pressure was brought 10 pear
- az ,osbionahle world on the Government TO
make Tuesday fve-franc day. But IL was MAJ,
decided that snch an arrangement would not NC
democratic. and so the proposal was rejected
The Ministry of Fine Arts directs this exhloi'ioh'
s,a tho Institute Zine Arts secuon) noh-lha'es
the iury. One of the reasons why there Is 'ii'"
NAL exhibition to counterpoise the capr'ors VI
talent and keep old traditions and
from being suddenly swept away CohVe' t'ona"N
il no longer held in public favor Inc Ie"iis''
nainters are the ones now most IN vogue IL '"ei0
were an artist who could paint as lurguehen "Io'e
his p,e,ures would fetch more than authehuc "o'S
Families by Raphael. Were Olive Luc Mersoh
"celorIst" he would at once rank as king VI '"e
.xbibi.iop. At the present time classcahty Is ou'
in the cold so far as the pnblc Is concerheu. D"V
bospta!ity is offered to it within certain hmis at
A. Chomns Elysees by the Direc or OF Fine Arts
The TennIal Exhibition therefore, exercises con-
,arvotive action. 1t holds ont helping hand 70
artists of great ability who prefer not to natter Tue
,nult,tude by painting scenes from real HE. Anu
the classical school is thankful for this small mercy
Throughout the Empire. ana tor some "'no
after il had fallen, the painters Oh INC
Institute would not suffer the WORKS VI
INV realistic artist to be placed near tno
line or cimaise That much-cOveted part oil TEE Wills
was for themselves and their friends. CoarpeI was
long kept ont of the Salon. So was Mlliet WHO
was looked upon by the Hanging Committee as
pernicions heretic. could cite many other note
worthy instances of the tyranny OF the Ihstllu'e'
Convention was placed far above truth, sensiblhty
and Penetrating observation. Those who liked to
paint the class winch does not habitualIy wear d
mask were cried down as vulgar"
Nearly everything in "Salle 3" is funeral or
traeical. The exceptions Dutch landscape by
Jyeibermann. who so well knows how to caress rays
of sunshine as to make them give golden color
10 tho gray mists of Dykedom speaking portrait
nv the VJenpese Makart. and cemetery in Prov
.ncc. near Agnes Monies, by Monteuard. Aes TINS
abode of the deaf near the bright blus sea ana
nader bright blue sky has gay look. Here aIso'
IS" La Gfeye des Mineurs" Golfers Stnk6h ny
Roll. What a poignant thing II is. to be sure Inc
.c,pe Is the mouth of coal pits in Northern France
from the Chamber of Deputies, to which
Nine Theirs presented it, to be exhibited
here In the next room hnd SIX
painiiogs by Nlttis One represents an after
noop tea in q fashionable drawIng-Toom another
TIE TuIleries and the ruins OF the palace the
third his erispy executed view OF La Place de la
Concorde the fifth, the flower marke al the Palais
de Justice; and the SIXTH an Old garden. Ii were
eternally banished from Paris, should were rich
enough to do So get Nittis to furnish me with a
number Of pictures Of the streets, pubic prone
nades etc. la looking at them one might forget
tie decree of banshment, they approach So near to
reality. Tley are impregnated with the Pa1s!an
eu1t and bathed in Partisan atmosphere. Roll
again crops up IN "Salie L." His splendid COW is
there and near it is his old quarrymau. Ooe can
sec by his stub5ly beard that be is only halfway
fhrongh the week. The blessed effects Of Sundays
resi- have been almost worn out weight of care
is expresssd in the wIinkied forehead and bent
shoulders.
AIessonier holds the sceptre in Sale g." There
is great inequality in his six pictures. two OF
which are portraits One of the latter IS
Mrs. Bonanza" Mackay. l do not
think it one of the best of the hali-dozen The old
woman with lighted taper IN a chapel is incom-
parablv better and so is NJ Victor Lefranc. not
withs,andng the Disagreement of a blind eve This
painting Ia a chef C9uyre. And the cavalry SOL
die,s are hard and dry in style. if they of
PAINTED zine. But his 'Viste au Chateau" in the
time of Loals Kill. . admirable. Tie ruins OF the
Tnieries IN 1871 are singulaIly sad. MISSIONER
was greatly patronIzed by the late Emperor, and
reached the apogee OF bis career under the Empire.
He exhibits portrait of him and the late Prince
Imperial, which lsbors OF love, and are done in
a close, neat, vigorous ard truthful style.
Machaud Is an imitat0r OF Copley. His portraits
are very agrecably doue. Que could long keep COM
pany with them and not get tired of their refined
graces Paris do Chabannes sends collection of
nude figures young girls on the seashore going to
battle Ills " Lady at her Toilet" although only
half undressed appears mere naked than the Joyous