The San Francisco call., 1898-06-22

large mural decoration by M. Raphel Col lin for the Opera Comique is charming in sentiment and color scheme. There are three figures of women slightly draped in loose flowing robes, out in the open air, and the charm of nature is felt most strongly.
 A portrait of Madame Rejane, the lead ing French actress, by M. Besard, IS much admired by the artists themselves for the work of a conferee.
 Very fine, also, are the canvases of NJ Raffailli and M. Carrieu. As usual, in the section Champs des Mars, M. Dangan- Bonnret Is perhaps most admired M Heuner exposes two paintings this year in his usually charming style, but the one representing a dead woman, nude, with her husband weeping over her, creates great attention, and, in fact, is one Of the greatest paintings in this years sa- Ion. The death is admirably expressed and the color scheme original and agree able. In the figure of the man one can feel the intense agony so strongly that the effect is appalling. There is very admirable portrait of MT. Gladstone, by M. Hamilton.
 As usual, our American painters are well represented this year. Among those already well known are F. A. Bridgman, Frank Du Mond and G. Inness Humbert. Melchior H. O. Tanner, whose picture, it will be remembered, was bought by the French Government last year, has the Ascension at the salon this year, and it has already called forth much fattering notice. Miss M. E. Dickson has two ex- cellent portraits. Other Americans who expose portraits are: MT. Fred Marsh, MT. Frank A. Bicknell, MT. Pepper and H. M. Mott-Smith.
 A portrait of MT. Dickman of San Fran cisco, by M. E. G. Coates, is well done.
 Miss Eleanor B. Mcfarland of San Francisco exhibits a portrait of her sis ter; also peasant interieur.
 Among the statuary noticeable is the Quadriga, in bronze, for Prospect Park, by MT. MacNIonnies. Also noticeably fine is the Shaw monument by M. St. Gaudens.
 San Francisco artists are well repre- sented in Paris this winter. Miss Flor ence Lundbourg has been busy working on a decoration all winter which has ere ated much favorable notice. Miss Marion Holden has a studio at B Rue Boissonard and is busy working hard. She has only just returned from a short trip in Italy. MT. Martenez is one of the hardest work CTS over here and is studying under M. Gerome. Miss E. Mcfarland has had great success with her work. Miss Me Chesney is in Italy and intends spending the summer working in Holland. Miss Emelia Kallisher is in England, working for the summer, and intends returning to San Francisco in the autumn. Her DOT trait work is charming and shows that she has studied with great care Velasque and MT. Whistler. Miss Jessie Allen is studying under M. Raphel Collin and he is much pleased with her progress. Miss Whitney of Oakland is a talented girl. Miss Mabel Demming of Sacramento has gone to Italy to meet her sister, who has just come over. Her work is as charm ing as the young lady herself. MT. Lor- ing Rixford is directing the architectural plans for a decoration being done by some of the Americans here. He has just gotten back to Paris from an Ital- ian trip. MT. Bakewell showed archi- tectural drawings in a recent exhibition.
 JEANNE.