Springfield globe-republic. (Springfield, Ohio) 1884-1887, 1885-06-22


Grand Medal OF Honor or the first class med |
ais. These are the big ches,nuts they are oil |
reaching ior.) A second rla.s medal puts an |
artist llors COncours, usually marked II. c., |
which means, in English. hey nd or out |
OF rach ot competition. After that he can |
only compete for the Grand Medal Of Honor, |
in this salon, Emile Fran', o. Nancy, with n |
portrait OF young lady in sitting position, |
painted on a canvas, not over 5Gx7O inches |
in size, won his second medal by nine more
votes than Clairin did his, which goes to
show that it is not always the extremely large
csnvases that "do the business | am al
ways reminded thatof a very funny aud hu-
morous sgu on 9Th avenue, n. Y, iut above
2Gth street, which belonged to witty wag
OF sign-wrier by the name ot Nation or
something like that. which read thus: alt
all depends upon the style in which hs done
The painted panuel upon which it was writ'cu
upon an easel, and with natty, shocking
red headed man ("this was Mattisou' posing,
"debout,' in an extraordinarily spread eagle
style, pallet and brushes in hand, standing in
front Of it. Aud that level headed sign
writer knew thing or two, as we'll men,
ton the above probably at n seemingly uniu-
teresting length, but so well explains the pur-
pose OF the French schools OF art of today,
most certainly not the English especially OF
the old academy stylel With the advanced
French artists method and manoer is almost
everything, subject coming in secondary, and
not near so important Well looking Of it in
the capacity Of an art study, MS my little son,
Jerome Phillips who says, 1t 10 "very we'll"
1t is praiseworthy, excellent aspiration, for
after how to paint naturally will follow "de
suite subject, composition, motive, etc, nc
cOriiug To the artists ability and natural gifts
in III It direction.
The American artists are "well" represented
in more ways than one. White was
in such close proximity to the jury the
other day, and converting with one of tie
guards, he remarked that "les strangers
sOut plus forts que nous was
very certain that he aid not cay that entirely
from knowledge Of his own. hut echoed it
from hearsay, and that, "sans doute," from
some OF the strongest OF the French masters,
| as they only repeat what strong men say. He
| said the Americans were tar in the lead OF
other natious already, etc. | well knew what
construction to place upon his remarks, which
/ were that the strangers were put into COM
! parisOu with ,he competing French artists,
and not SO much those that were HOrs Con-
| COurs already.
shall not dwell at any great length on the
ueaIh ana "ostqules 0! Frances great
est of poets and writers, Victor Hugo. rhe
tunefal ceremonies and procession we're sim
! ply unparalleled in maguihCence. The tact is
that no pen can describe the spleador aud
| gofgeonsness OF ali the appointments rom he-
ginuing TO end, ana the weather was al lhat
could De wished. 1t certainly "as an uniOr-
iuha'e thlhR LOT the deceased great battle
piirler' aiphOnse de NeuvliIe thAt be should
nave died Jus! at the time and just previous to
| Tue uehth Oh VI. huso, Oy whom, 10 the aver
age Frehchman and Tor the moment, his death
| anu iuheraI were quite ecllpsed and oVetshad-
owed out "heh now one hnds IN every shop
"lnd"" tue photograph or some engraving
| or drawing Illustrative OF the hue features OF
tnal splendid artist ana aiongside OF those oi
victor hugo, While Autographs, engravings,
etchihgs' photographers ana all sorts OF me-
chHnicai copies of bis greatest works are visl-
ble everywhere, we know aud feel that
great artist has taken his journey TO join the
client army OF splendid artists who have died
since our soJourn abroad.
We went over TO tue Arc de Triompht
SUNDAY week ago, 3'h hsy') to see the dec
or"'ons OF that superb structure, aud cere-
MONIES, etc mat was the day previous to
,he oOs.qHleS' and tue weather being so hue
orousht immense crowns Ot "eIl-dFessed peo-
P'e' ipte'spfrStN "i'h' very batutaliy, very
III ,hS Peopie 'uht were hot so well dressed
iDe oiue' Was eAeeHeht anu especially 50
| ""'" w 'nhe iu'o cous'ueia atlou 'ue ''oieu,
Nou''hHu's'iI uethousua'ioh "hI'h occurred
| ou,, ven ua!s previous NJ the SetueIlefe fefe
% HH"'7e !" WIZ" sSeaes AHcn Feseth niihg
nose OF Il were rr-ehacted. Inc csfrloges
| gong u ana re'uFulhs from the polS-de-
Dou'o"ge were turned al hue ffesoJuFg, anu
50 'he 'ro"u sad tue hela AL 10 I'sei'' ana II
va ccf'n'n'y ahiu7'ug at the same TIM
'n'' II as u'sgutne' Inc Lunar ut TIE
p'o'es' cIas'e' o. an sizes ana s'Aes among
Tue c'o"us VIVA cualrs OF MI sofls, lricket5
""e' "e'a"lhsh apIes' 'ohts' benches ana
st'F-''u 'e's etc" any 'ulue 10 rent iof ten cen
"n'VS ''oh "ou' IL of 'or glahCe over The
uea"7 u 'ne c'o"cS 'o"afu7 the pace "h-re
nv " P'' " 'he u'ad P'c' "HS supp SEQ 10
w. "',' M! nI'ied !" "''H'us' 'io" Us oi I'M
't'' 'e''es ""u o,ner ,"e's ana einO'em' OF
- '"'' '''erAe' D'utt loohILS people
"""'" '"hu anu cry OUT iouH!y' Two sous
'C' 'o'h "' 'iI'oi "uso' was huch
4" sec 'ne poi''e o!ueiipg mem lar
"snu aH' ~ anu un' nua''y 'ney 'ouhd
,tT.'' ''u ''s su'uhs prhc''ce 30
,roa.r- NO. ''.'' Ii, "H t'e'o"e 'n"' they
w. as ''uinB HplFp'cheu'
ne P'i.sS 'Ie' iio"'eu largely Oy
hI "I' uIsp'ay ana pageantry, oher.ng for
'a'e e'eiy ''Hne 'uao'e sou'euir tha' french
ingenuity couiu coh"I'e--plctufes rom one
oDu up' No"S'S, 'lh'nor'e'ieS' everything CON
'riS""r' anu nj On ouuuay al mat. W nat
o~ui ~ ,uI"Es 'ou'u 'eI ~ cohhecti"h with
'H'S '"'Hous 'uheral, All SpTihgheId friends
WI" "''e osrn III T"t4' s'uce our stay here
N"U" NAV We i've not over t"e'Ve minutes
""'h rom 'ne rdhtheoh' Tue terminus OF TINS
e'ea' ceiehohJ hna procession iWhch ls SAID