New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1893-05-14

MANY GOOD LANDSCAPES, But POETIC QUAIL
ITY IS LACKING-IO0 MANY PICTURES
NJ sCHOMMERS FINE WORK.

maryclously clever, and "a few may De regarded al
most ~ masterpieces. Bonnat. j. +. Laurens.
IIcnner. Francois, Collin, Flameng, Commerce and
Chatrain. who did last year portrait OF Leo
XIII which became ut once famous. are among the
exhibitors Munkacsy Glls nearly the whole side
of the square Salon. There seems no preference
for any school or style: but crude rca'is" Sceu's
out OF favor. The idcalist fad. as Represented w
Sar Pcladan, is coming out in an Hrup'''" VI
paintings, none Of which can be SPOKEN vi d. even
fairly good. Renanism seems also OIL '"c ""'o'
there being few irrclig'Ously religious pdn''"sS'
in which subjects from the gospels are si'."
quite modern, not TO say Partisan, apPhca'~"
The portraits ard the landscapes are scneraiiy
good and many Of them are capltai. ." p"'"'
inu women painters seem 70 have preference .o'
bringing ont the delicate flesh tints by green oc'
loncings of different shades on textures lar'hoh,"
np with each other and with green backgrounds
One of these verdant portraits may possibly ia"m
hereafter as high as Gainsborough's Blue boy'
r. is signed Dcbat Ponsan. Another clever p"''i
rortrait in half profile Of young ana s'e""e'
woman in greens Of different textures on s'o.N
background is catoogucd Miss Clara WflS"'' "
w. LIcwelyn, born in England
Ono ia struck with evidence in all direcuo"' VI
u,orL dane in the open air and OK close ana c"n'
ec.entious observation Of nature. One also h"'''
that countrv scenes must have been Quickly an"
With dcft band conveyed TO the canvas IL Is
Measure 10 see so much good work in landscape''
!, tho rendering Of moors. rivers. iorests' nea'''
mountains and OF country scenes animate" WV"
,us,;cs The paintings OF cattle are also goo" ~
most cases Indeed one Is eihoarra'Su I" NM
what class to choose as more particularly ''7
np of praise than another. mere Is n'"''''' 'I
'.., r.nt in these country sights and scenes. IL
!. thc uoets mind behind tile artists eye. ohc'
.houoh finds this quality not only in jules Bre'on'
I'm. IN q remarkable degree in the works OF MS
,,',,,,h,or Nine. Dcmont Breton, who. though
~. ~ means an imitator of her father has MS
,,;a,, ond his way of looking at nature. oiie y
W. .ho birh road TO fame. Her Joan OF Arc
w. ohild j. sad. sweet, fascinating ana iuh VI
doom meaning. and her fishefmahs n'ui"
Home is o rustic poem oil pcieora"hs "'a'y'
thouoh closely true to nature Eoth are "hV'y
t,oe from alectatiOn or staglness ana pe''au'N
with genuine sentiment. .. .lo, IL.
This years Salon Las fewer pictures 'hah 40
Inst predecessors at the Palals dc Ilhuus"", ""N
~, .ro v;s;tor feels. even more strongly, perhaps
than OF late years, that there arc sui ",
rho committee did cut down the NUMBER vi
.,;a.,,os and for this they deserve credit. but II
:, i in their power to some extent u keep ouO
III ,,or,s il is not in their power TO Drihs III
an,., 90 commanding merit. We Judge an en-
i;h;,ion 70 some extent, by its hest picture ou'
;. ,ould bc difficult this year - point Out Any
,,,s,orniece RISING beyond distinguishes "'o,i'
nm. or Two such pictures would raise inc 'aiA0
q, rho whole of the Salon, but unfortunately VIC
INV, rot n find them. | have stated tue ni"in
criticism in a few words, but the wnoie co"'P
an article would be insufficient TO do justice " @
yc,tb Of talent, skill and knowledge "n''n
displays itself in every direction anu 10 5000
s1,,,,o,s in pcw lines The rival or rather IN
aorondent. exhibition of the Champ &c Mars %
Lovond doubt influencing the oficiai schooie "
a.. CHAINS Elysee Allegory and mys'ci'~'
though hardly of the genuine sort are ~ ,
generally mixed up with realism. inis' Ton"
;s also the outcome Ol Sar feiaoah 'e'''
school of mystical art. few years Az -, -,
,oI ~ thc military spirit brought forth mi'i'"is
''''i ~ ,ho hundred. the electoral victories OK
,h VorI,hlic in 1889 were followed by aIegoi loai
nctures celebrating this tact, anu w, ,nn, 70 fhe
Russian alliaGce also gaze We have nothing similar
s ~ ,"ar Military artists this year iooN IVA
inspiration in times long pist =. .,,.n mn with
The whole wall Oh the landing Is .aken ,L up kidd
N Uoyhet's immense canvas CharIts .iic 80
~ n"rgmndy at Nes.s' The scene IN Tue iIar
ror ot the church is of inde scripapp ,",;
adies in Gorgeous dresses are rusni- !" S,aueraI
t"rrnr from tile swords of Charles men 80, ~ "n
,eilo' ,n In strmcI down and are lying n!ele,s Oh
ma. nusc ,oreoround Women in the uiiorium nav
been overtaken by the soIdIIery anu armor, has
.auJ rho church on horseback. ana ms ,"r
arm seems to command the MASSACRE in .itH the
are wonderfully brilliant ana contias 49,, finish
bitumen shadows; me ~ tIi. respect from the
Wunkacsy picture, and the painter appedi is,y his
courted every difficulty III or"er -
ao m,iuH, =" nicture is for the ceiling oil t.e
,,il If the Hungarian Diet, ana Is Ol '' his,orv
it represents the first d Raif Hungary mounted on
Mpihr, ,o ~" Arab charger with Oriental trappings'
u,,mds in front of his tent receiving 'Iu lin lin
scntatives of the peoples baa not unkind-that
Atpa" "a and not an enemy. His costume anu
ma, ni.Icar TOO elaborate Tor the P ThI e,ornns
ia rho end of the ninth century ,o Tho drawing
,on ,"r s ematly admired by artists Tor Tue .n3
non Is LII ,is' ht the general effect Is cold anu
tho fro of genius is wanted every Wet y ooo oo0
r"oortcd that Munkacsy VIII We p t rho eases in
francs. This an, uo a.q believe the half OF what
which we should h0'
we hear. s, roi,,inq of NJ Carnot
I'M, 20 deIicate new docks mt Rochelle e.eI LII,
going 70 States to b. exhibited people WIN
10 esxactv how the President OF tlie hon
Rennblc is received and with what raIhSns VIM ex
To- rocs into the Provinces. liey wiz N.Y. -,
nc ,hat kind of lasscs chosen u eAeiiailse
n ';ssss with him Many American man his,i i
,rLans wish TO be in his place. ohe S.e' TT: a..
the familiar figures oi III" and ote natural group
woi Irn nf marines hedges oil the Official guee.s
rom mn" the crowd which one fancies one hear cry
inS,, ,th Hmttering FLAGS and pennons. IL Is All
' Tl.s'i lively. interesting and decidedly French
Going around the salon we come across many many
notable pictures: Boyle sends stu me DIV
portbeton has "A Rough Sea oil the Normandy
Last. there is a decorative panel by bergere'
and one of the best studies of still life in the salon
representng shrmps and SEA FISH, S Sssoms
nonmlar' "A Thief by the same artist, Is Il re-
markable animal picture. The thief Is cat als,
tnrbed in the act of eating outlet NJ , A%,ar
sonJs an agreeable study of Marscllles hato'I.
Tnn;smin Constants portrait Of Lord Duilerln Is
~ course one Of the pictures of the Salon Inc
subject is in profit, and nearly life size n.ue.s me
head is highly finished and the physlca nhc.e 10
!" nerieet. Alma Tadema sends his " Ianauet Ia
The 'I Reign of Hcogabalus." which is well known ,,,
in London One is almost glad after go many ,hs
stirring paintings of the repose Afforded :" Ths
"S,int Jean Chrysostcmc.' OF j. I. laurhss,, ins
-, - arnvn nurnoscN in a still stvle. nIs 80