New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1892-05-15
THE SALON.
SOME NOTABLE WORKS SHOWN AT TIE
PAIAIS DE LINDUSTRIE

Paris MAY l.
The Salon OF the Paais lie l'Industrc is interest
ING chiefly for the great clcvcrncss displayed by the
younger artists. and the closeness with which they
| have followed in their respective masters footsteps
The number Of pictures received this year. VIZ.
LIS is comparatively moderate. Including the
sculpture. prints drawings channels etc. the rather
odd total of 5000 is reached. The jury
have the whole abidcd by their resolve of keep
ing out very bad pictures even though inuential'y
| recommended Perhaps this is one of the good
| results of the Champ de Mars competition. An
other less satisfactory result is that artists with
| the letters II. c. hors ooncourSl after their
name have no longer quasi sacred night TO have
their pictures the line when they no LONGER
deserve this favor. The Salon is compelled 70 take
the pictures Of every artist who at one period Of
his lifetime has been awarded one irst-class or
two second class medals. But was delighted 10
see number of daubs by II C.s hung up out Of
sight which i'll former years would have usuIpcd
the place due TO younger but worthicr men.
The visitor entering the central room finds
himself face 10 face with an allcgorcal picture
of mastery design but Of unusual coloring Any
body would ascribe il to some imprcssioniSt like
Besnard, and the last person one would have
thought who could have painted il is VI Benjamin
Constant The subject is The City Of Paris In
for the ceiling Of the grand hall Of the ITotrl de
Vile. NJ Constant skctched his picture in pastel
and tried it on the ceiling before taking up his
paint brush When it is In its place the viocn.
tones will be much subducd. A. it is. the canN rs
appears all ablazr The city is represented il, the
form Of demi goddess seated on clouds and
surrounded by semi-nude figures blowing trumpcts
II is night The figures are liz from the glare of
iumnatiOns below
Bonnat rcigns in the Salon. being now president
Of la Societe des Artiscs Francois and dischargne
the function with gcniality and constituencies
His portrait OF NJ. Rcnar is an object of great
interest. The face OF the subject is a heavy one,
and has the 1oshness Of the churchman who has
taken heed 10 the easts than the fast- Of the
church. But the features are on an ample plan
There is nothing mean or contracted in them, and
the whole countenance has the repose which might
DO expected Of An easy-gong disposition. refined
by philosophy 40 high ~ te dwarf all tie cares
not only Of private life bu; the strife and turmoil
Of Empires "The eye is the window of the SOUL
an axiom VI Bonnat justiGcS in giving. through
the small blue one Of SO complex an expression.
insight into the soul of NJ. Renan. II is a
twinkling eye with just beam of archncss,
lighting up poetic dreaminess. There is the vision
Of the poet with the pendveness Of the thinker,
the pcrceptivenese of the Cclt the sly subtcty
| of thr ecclesastic prepared for every kind Of
human weakness and used in sitting cases Of con-
science, 10 going into pros and cons with mind
| free from prejudice and on the whole inclined
| to pour balm on wounded spirits.
Detaillc's Reduction Of the Fortress Town Of
| IIuninquc" is the prime picture from artistic
and patriotic French point Of view Of this Salon.
The story Of how ne came 10 paint il l. interest
| ing. Last year he exhibited " The Charge OF q
| Regiment OF IIusssrs before the Emperor Napo-
| Ieon7 into which he had thrown all the fire of his
| painting OF colonel OF the artillery of the Iul-
pcrial Guard calling on his men TO dash forward.
| There were critics who found fault with the legs
| Of some of the horses which Dctaillc did after
! instantaneous photographs. But all agreed that
| even with these de lecs. it a masterpiece. An
| the spirit and movement OF this work lie had
| come TO Paris with daughter who was thought
| to be dying of consumption, and had made Il client
| vow that were she saved lac would give DciiiIlcs
picture OF the Charge of the IIussars TO the Lux
| embourg Museum The young girl recovered and
the happy father kept bis vow, the State accept
ing the gift IL To be delivered to the curator
Of the museum on next New Years Day Dctaillc
WAS in de- pair wien he Heard this Further studies
made him think that OF tue horses did not
cantcr as il should. He offered, with the uoncr
consent. to paint great patriotic picture for the
Luxembourg in exchange for the one given To
ed" The Reduction Of lluninguc, in which he is
at once anecdotlC and epic. true as photography
and Vet an dcalist he technique as shown
in the arrangement Of the crowd of figures and
in placing them in striking and harmonious con-
trast is marvellous L. G.