New-York tribune., 1901-02-10
PARIS.
AN ART EXHIBITION AND A SALE OF
PAINTINGS.
HIGH PRICES EXPECTED FOR THE FEY
DEAU COLLECTIoN-No NEW soCIE-
TAIREs IN THE COMEDIE
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Copyright. 1901: BY The New-York TsibunsD
IBE cAnLE To THE TRIBUNRl
Paris. Feb. 9-The annual show OF painting
and sculpture az the Cercle de PUnion Artis-
tique. popuarly known 'TEpatant" which
opened this week, contains some interesting
work. portraits. usual being pre-eminent.
Ronnats portrait of the Comte de Maille is
strong and truthful. Ro, bets portrait OF Jules
Lefebvre in his studio Is soiidly painted and
good likeness. Dagnan- -Bouveret's portrait OF
Nine. @. NJ, wearing a black dress through
which the arms are exquisitely revealed. is a most
graceful bit OF drawing. A very robust piece OF
work is Benjamin Constants head OF Cardinal
Matthew; excellent also is Borde's portrait Of NJ.
Pierre Lafltte. Chartraa's Pope Carried on the
Sedia Gestatoria" is a brilliant bit of coloring.
containing an excellent portrait Of Chartran
himself as one Of the personages i'm the picture.
FRANCOIS Flameng's portrait OF Nine Jean de
Reszke. seated in a grove cf oak trees holding
roll Of music in her right hand, is very deco
rative. almost hieratic in treatment. and at
tracts great attention; but the background is
more like tapestry than truthful sylvan nature.
a large full length portrait Of President Nc
Kinley by AugGste Benzlnger. already privately
exhibited in Washington. is hung near the
trance 10 the show, and dominates everything
around Il. There Is vigor and truthfulness of
overtourh Of solemnity 10 a picture full Of dig
nifty and character. in which one sees not only
the man hut tn. President. Carolus Duran ex-
hlbits rather wishy-washy landscape-in Savoy,
representing valley seen between two thun-
derstorms. The cloud effects are striking.
Eiouard Detaille's Marshal Masssna riding past
his troops, who are cheering him after his vic
tory. is strong and impressive. Gerome exhib-
its intensely blue Mediterranean Sea piece
with lifeboat filed with starving survivors of
a wreck CHROME also exhibits a polychrome
statue OF a girl playing ball, which causes con-
siderable comment, owing 10 its a32acity. The
United States is represented in the show by
two painters-Mr. Bridgman. who has gone back
20 his primary subject, and sends a painting
of an Algerian girl reclining with her attend
ants before fountain while deer walks past
her. and Walter Cay exhibits the room of an
amateur Of bric-a-biac; il is charming study
in reflected lights, and is. perhaps. the most
pleasing picture in the show. The color scheme
is green and brown; there is a green hall clock
and LoTis Quinze Ia BILE and armchairs laden
with statusttes and objects Of art and pictures.
Numbers Of Americans and many well known
picture dealers We're al the Hotel Druot this
afternoon TO see the collection OF Georges Fey
deau, which will be sold on Monday and which
has been more widely advertised in the Paris
press than any other sale those Of much
greater Importance. that has taken place there
for long time. Among the ninetyr-seYen oii
paintings there are many mediocrties, but If
teen or twenty Of the canvases are OF pre-eni-
nent value. Although the French critics and
the French press, who seems Influenced in sudg-
msnt by the great personal popularity Of NJ
Feyoeaa and his father-in-law. Carolus Duran.
have given exaggerated praise 10 the collection.
there are nevertheless some real gems in IL.