The Minneapolis journal. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1888-1939, 1902-04-26
in ART CIRCLES

Monday was Vanishing Day, at the
French salon OF 1902. The art collections oc-
fcupy the entire west wing Of the Champs
Elysee palace, and include 1903 oil paintings.
557 pastels and water colors, 2235 works Of
{ sculpture, S27 objects of art and 80 architec-
tural designs S.f..l, II ia rs !.
The number Of artists who have oil paint
ings in the salon of the National society is
461, of whom thirty nine are Americans OF
the Americans, ten are women. OF LOS sculp-
lures, there are only two by Americans, Borg
Slum and Fry, and among the 154 architects
there are no Americans. b Isl
{ There. are nearly twice as many Americans
as all other non French artists put: together
! The American work Is this year remarkab
for vigor, sincerity and freshness. @
Taken all together, the salon Of the Ma
stlonal society seems scarcely to maintain the
abrilliancy and vitality of former years. There
I is lack Of originality in composition; but,
on the other hand, there is unquestionably
+ higher average of excellence of drawing.
The dominating tones OF color are more sub
dued, more Whistlerian than ever before.
Among the American works of distinction
mentioned are study Of moonlit seas by
Alexander Harrison, a marvellous double por-
trait of the sWertheim sisters and two others
almost equally brilliant by John Sargent,
small studies of female figures by whistler,
:
Melchers, portraits by Cecilia Beaux, a land
scape by Walter Gay, a group Of wonderfully
costumed women by Rolfshoven,, a charming
nude iby Frieseke, a panel of Breton peas
ants by Elizabeth Nourse in her best style: .
characteristic work by Eugene Vail, by Van
Weyden, by Humphreys Johnston, by Miss
Kate Carl, by Eleanor Norcross, by Childs
Hassam, by Florence Este, by Mrs, MacMo
mics and by Mrs. Lee Robbins.
oo&ro &,o;o
is Lucien Simon g "Soeurs Queteuses.' Two
sisters of charity are seated conversing with
a middle-aged woman in black. closed
black upright plano forms the background.
A food of bright noon-day light, coming from
above, bathes the superbly modelled faces Of
the three women. There is vigor and veraci-
ty in every line.
7 A picture likely to hypnotic the public is
La Machine modern machinery, by Jean
Weber. 1t Is a large work, superb in color
and strongly drawn. A huge dynamo is in
rapid motion. On steel cylindertis perched
a nude female, whose red hair stands on end
by force of the electricity, while the ponder
GUS fywheel is crushing to atoms hundreds
of human bodies, the victims Of industrial
trusts and commercial. syndicates, while a;
river of blood flows beneath.
III This machine picture has an irresistible,
fascination, lin spite of the repulsive subject
and the artists misconception of modern
civilization and progress. " sS *
y The finest decorative panel in the salon is
5.'Ile HeuTeuse,, by Albert, Besnard It Is
harmonious and poetic. There is a lake, the
waters Of which are deep blue afar, and q
wine color near the shore, blue mountains in
the background, over which is a radiant am
Der sky with feecy clouds. A boat with a
male figure in scarlet raimentSdraws near an
island where a female in white drapery well
comes the newcomer with open arms. On the
sward is a profusion Of women: here and
there green peacocks. A sumptuous repast is
in waiting. e, II n s5 Il.
CaYolus Duran exhibits the largest and most
ambitious picture OF his career: Following
the example 2ofl Franz Halls, of a Van der
deltst, the Partisan master, who is essentially
the representative Of the graceful luxuriance
and the refined brllliancy of contemporary
fashionable society, has painted life-sized
group of himself surrounded by his whole
family. There are sixteen figures altogether.
In the center stands a bright, radiant, smil
ing little girl In cream satin. with her hands
clasped about the neck Of a large greyhound.
There is "a delicious space and warmth. of at
mosphere and a full measure Of lustrous
richness Of color. Carolus stands erect, while
half -dissimulated is aeibronze statue Of an
ancestress. The labor Of years is concen-
trated on this canvas.
Miss Grace McKinstry has one of her paint
ings, 81 he Little Musician accepted for the
salon this year, and three of her pictures
were shown in the. exhibition OF the American
Women's Art association@in February, Miss
McKinstry is, now in London and expects to
return home. in May. ,ls
The. annual exhibition Of the Minneapolis
Camera Club, which opened yesterday IN the
public library gallery, will be continued this
evening from 8to 10sand tomorrow afternoon
from 2 to 6 O'Clock. Those unfamiliar with
the library building do not seem to discover
many have made themselves climb stairs un-
necessarily. The exhibit is open to the pub
lie and is. one well worth attention. Espe-
cially noteworthy. are the mountain studies
of sC.ssJ: Hubbard and H. E. Murdoch, the
sepia. effects Of G. r. Potter, the impress