New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1900-10-28
PARIS.
AK INTERESTING AUTUMN PICTURE
SHOW.
BRILLIANT HUNTING SEASON OPENED
ADJUSTMENTS OF THE AMERI-
CAN COLONY
Ioopy-tEht; 1900. By The New York Tribune.I
[BY CABLE TO THE TRIBUHE.l


roopyrieb.; 1900. By The Nev-York Tribune.I
IBT cABLE TO THE TRIBUHE.l
Paris, oct. 27-The annual autumn picture
show at the Cercle Volney. which opened yes
terday. attracts unusual attention It contains
some admirable portraits just completed by
Henner. Ben5amin-Constant and Umbricht. The
portrait OF Ma Niece" by Benjamin Constant
IS beautiful head Of blond young woman.
with merry hazel eyes. peeping mischievously
over outspread fan. Il is full Of animation
and more pleasing than some Of the masters
more pretentiOus portraits of royal or grand
danes The color scheme. in orange. reds and
greens, is highly effective. and forms striking
contrast TO the portrait Of Ma Tante Louise"
q serious, sincere profile u a woman Of fifty in
black and white. with soTnbre flesh tints less
pleasing work by Benjamin-Constant is a semi
nude woruan's figure. reclining on a moss bank
beneath an oak tree. the form partly draped in a
green and orange mantle. Henner exhibits
portrait Of girl Of fifteen with black hair and
ewes. holding large black music satchel under
her left arm. The face Is Of charming delicacv
and modesty. and there is a complete absence in
this fascinating and original work of Henner
Tccs and Eenner mannerisms. Cmbricht sends
seven excellent portraits One of them. an Asa
tan lighting his pipe, is particularly admired
Cmbrecht's portrait Of Monseigneur Hulst has
There are delicious paintings and nasteIs NJ
open aid scenes in Brittany by Karl Cartier.
dozen bright colored, robust bcating and fish
ing pictures made on the Marine and on the
Seine by Gueldry. There are captiva ting HoI-
land and Venetian twiIights by KoechIin de-
Acious spring landscapes by Rigolot eighteen
radiant Oriental canvases by Weeks Of episodes
:n the Arabian Nights story Of The Porter Of
lBagdad' and an original picture of a pair of
cobras. fun OF life spirit and Indian color
Deuys Puech and Paul Fourier each exhibit
dozen groups Of statLary. The Aurora" nude
woman raising q thin, transparent veil in her
uplifted arms, is a conception Of graceful purity
dexterously banded by Denys Puech A char
acteristic terra Gotta by Puech is The Muse Of
Chenier-" The muse clasps to her breast the
head Of Chenier. freshly fallen from the guillo-
tine Altogether the Cercle Volney exhibition
contains fewer works than usual but what is
there is considered Of higher merit than In
former years.
The Partisan critics. notably Charles Laurent
who writes the leading article in lie Matin" on
the subject speak highly Of a series of tana-
Erettes by Theodore Riviere, one OF which is
polychrone statUette OF Loie Fuller, waving
ever her head multitudinous coils Of floating
gauze- Il is certainly e dexterous piece Of work
and n marked contrast TO the superb purity Of
Les Deux DouIeurs." two mourning women
one weeping for her son. and the other for her
husband Il is a group three Yards high. and is
mentioned by lie Matin" rs "un chef d'oeuvre
tnconuu'
William Dannar. who has been working at
come fashionable portraits has gone on an auto
mobile trip to Nice Walter MacEwan and his
wife sailed to-day on the st. Paul for New
York and Chicago. both intending TO return II
Paris in January Ar. 8IcEwans Sunday in
Holland" z large full length figure in sonbre
PUPPIES browns and greens, Of q young Dutch
gin casping Bible has been purchased by the
French Government for the Luxembourg Gal
lery. this being so far the only American pict-
We in the present exhibition acquired by the
French National Museum
TIE hunting season has opened this year with
remarkable brilliancy. The stag hunts given
b. the Marquis De LAigle on his superb prop
eIty near Conpiegne and by NJ. and Nine. Paul
Lehaudy in the Forest Of Foutainebleau equal
Il usgni1cence the memorable Court hunts in
IN haIcyon days Of the Second Empire. on
Thursday the staghounds Of the Marquis d.
/ Aigle started a fine stag and six binds. After
spirited three mile gaIlop the stag and binds,
followed by the whole pack Of hounds. plunged