New-York tribune., 1891-05-01
THE CHAMPS ELYSEES SALON.
"vARv1sH1NG DAY7-MANY INNOVATIONS THIS
YEAR.

"vAR,5IsuING DAY"-MANY INNOVATIONS THIS
YEAR.
Paris april 3O.-The Salon in the Cnainps r., ,sos' o,
- mt aforroon II was Vanishing Day., ana
a. nsusl all Paris turned ont Ever! body aain',eu .o
irpnvatlons of this years Salon. many OF WIN" -
copied from or suggested by the Champ ue .hd'' wD va
% lot summer Only ore picture is hung THIS year vi
~ ~, ,,,, ~ tho head OF the grand stone staircase
Ioo corncrIy scores Of pictures were dlspiayeu'
rr,rco a single door-there used TO be thIee-ledus
into Tho usual great square roOm' the saiooh vi VI
honor To the left Of this room on eh'eli"s a.D ~
two long cnIlerics side By sde Instead OF TIC
t, o,,e of former days. Two more long ea-
ories are found I'm the part Of the buliuihg pdd''0
the Cours Ia Relne. hdioiniaG theil' ~ 'no oo
vet cor,cr of the Palas, Is the most raGiCaI li'o
,ion horrovrcd bodily from the Champ do Mars rival
Here Is a large square room entirely ueVoiu VI P -
lint elegantly furnished and bnghteheo DS " iA' %
,cindo which lcols out III the flower Deus' 'ne e0o
,rs,d and rows of freshly ieaved trees Vng Dct"en
tbo palss and the Seine This is the drawing roo'i'
hic, u.as crowded to sufocaton all this afternoon.
,ro ,fsh nolntlnc of all the walls in dark brlchcu
rd barn,onous cOlors the improved system VI ns"v
ing and the neat white canvas, in large squdes
formed the ceilings were other improvements iia' A'
with great favor - .u,, =, t,o
ec,o+v NJ French Artists NJ de Nuiclroy "hose PloV
- - cnonie, neasants driving cattle over the noun
,t 10 rclcIborlng far is one Of the most adfnlieu
Ia
c,nvases I'm the salon, was c0ngratua~u Oh "il "u1
Cor tbe success Of his efforts in checlhs teSe 'aou
Innovations. on meeting the AsSociatea freSS corio
nont N de vuillefroy said II Is tr1ie that there
- e 700 less pictures in the salon this year than at
.D acd there are two reasons 10" tlis IN IIe oS
1 fbs rambler represents aD0at tle quahu,ss w, % Ul
plice . Srl,Sch have lef and gone 70 ule th;imp
Ga" "a Mars Now we expect these secedhg DfOtlyg iy
arsts 10 come back TO uS some uaS ~ 90 81 fhfa
aoa,ying their places for them Asaln, u IL, III nrt u
& lion Ne hsd let In 700 other pc,nlSS tIcy nnS
Nead have been infcnCr IL quality 70 INC WOrh
ny ~ I'D made bv the lrst-class artists VINO nave lels
oi wy cea1nenfly we should have lowered tie stahuhu
of admission. a., ,-,,.,,,, 40 ,f,rs onnositlon
An fau enoncr or later. In the first place le Ioelsn
ts will desert and return 70 us, Tor the simple req
M that we give medals and the other Salon does NOT
M M doatb of NJ MessOner was 4 great dow 10 tie
II,n de- Mars Then again, we are doinS ai IN our
n,,er ~ male their eiGrn easy. When the nomlha
on Of the jurics Of admission comes up we hrapIH
uun ~ ali ibs French artists. from whom me arllst
ioSy choose By ballot the jnres We put IN ms rs.
ecn the opp0sitiOn artists % thc Clamp de Mars III
G ot nrobable that we VIII ahni. foreign artists
e. nUr nres as Is done by the CHAMP de Mars socley
10 the foregn artists I'm France all a. Tpri IA
nc and AZ well known tOse % the United states
re would not object 10 this innovation but as matters
now sand what guarantee should We have that tle
representatives OF Greece, or Portugal, or Humah or
instance would be really clpafis arts;s