New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1903-02-21
NEW FRENCH PICTURES.
Some OF Those .Shoscn IA Exhibition
of Cctcdc dc FUniom .frfisfique.
Paris, February 6.

predolfhiate IN the annual art exhibition OF the
Csrcie de fUnion Artistique commonly called
the "Epstant" which this year includes eighty
eight pictures and twenty-one pieces of statu-
Any c-e. al the Nolney exhibition the
trend OF portraiture is toward light atmosphere
and transparency. Boutet de Monvel has strug-
glcd successfully with symphony in white.
intensified by a tracery OF turquoise blue.
and the result IS not only a portrait. but
. picture The radiant face OF a pale blond
Young woman is painted against a white back
ground She white dress and n
white hat. and is seated on white couch
This harmony of whites is softer and less ag-
sressiVeiy brilliant than the seulptural daz-
zlins hites OF Raffaelli. Boutet de MonveI
gives distinctly original note to the exhibition
with this alahaster Ike work il. which he may
he seen al his best Chartran's portrait Of Nine
Hartoe in white dress, wearing large black
hat, and seated near white balustrade in
garden. with small patches of blue sky and
green shrupbery in the background. is a centin-
nation in the mere mature style and develop
ment lhat were first apparent in his portraits
,f Mrs Roosevelt and of Miss Alice Roosevelt
exhibited i'm last years Salon.
The portrait by Ferdinand Humbert of the
Marause de Breteuil, formerly Miss Garner. of
Ney,-Yorl1. is characteristic, and is a striking
illustration Of this painters method of obtain
ing grace by delicate effects of color rather than
tsv incisivo drawing. Humbert is a confirmed
believer in the old English school of portraiture,
with atmospheric backgrounds Of garden, trees
and six. Dagnan- Bouveret's portrait OF the
Duchesse de AIarchena. a graceful young Span
ish woman. has distinction in line and poce.
DsRnan -RouYeret in seeking for atmospheric
depth las struggled with three color tones
blue green and msuye-and the effect has clio
tied conflicting opinions. The youthful, fragile
g,g,, hair is
sttired in an ivory satin dress with lavender re-
Elections and is seated with the left arm ex-
% ded resting on the knee. In the hand is a
white fan. Around the neck is double string
Of pearls pendant to the waist.
PAM Chabas exhibits a portrait of a young
woman i'm white evening dress. standing with
The hand placed on small table in sumptuous,
light toned room. The figure is in profile,
and the treatment of the food of electric light
ia which the picture is bathed is simple
and pleasing. A portrait with energy and
strength in line and composition is that of Mile
Lucianne Br6vaI of the Opera. by Leon Bonnat
II has perhaps too much energy and power for
III, portrait Of a Woman. Beauty and charm
arc 81 ifced to strength and massive soiidity-
While Ronnats portraits Of men are superb,
for women the Partisan taste prefers Dagnan-
Fouveret Humbert. C'hartran. Paul Chabas,
Boutet de Mon1el or Francois Flameng.
Pictures by three Americans occupy foremost
riaces IN the show. Frederick Arthur Bridge
man exhibits the portrait Of q woman in a White
dress leaving a ballroom with two large bou-
,,,re g. overs in her arms. 1t is pleasing
work in which Bridgeman has succeeded in i'm
PARTING mundane grace ia picture which has
The charm IF simplicity Of composition. uninf1u-
crcad Or, the Oriental alegorical ideas in which
RridSeman formerly reyelled. Julius Stewards
portrait Of = woman i'm white evening dress,
wearing seaiskin mantle has admirable har-
lnonv Of color Walter Gays interior-a fire
place and tapestry armchairs in exquisite
XIV salon has charming note of delicacy-
The portrait Of q young woman in iridescent
silk and muslin by Jules Lefebvre has greater
surplenees and modernity than ore has hitherto
found in this masters works FRANCOIS Fla
n7enes portrait Of Princess Murat is somewhat
- ere in composition and expression, but has
charm Of coior and is cleYerly drawn. The
background with an autumnaI landscape is
stin another Illustration OF the tendency OF
French portraitists TO utilize and develop the
fuence Of reynolds and Romney- This tend
ency is again noted in Marcel Baschets portrait
Of Nine H. overlooking the sea. and il the
figure of a young lady by Rosset-Granger.
There are delightful portraits of children by
Carous- Duran. by Anne Morot and Jacques
Blanche Carolus- Duran's small pc5ure--it is
more picture than poTtrait-of a curly headed |
infant holding juxtaposed red and a white rose
is radiant and captivating. TIE little boy in
black. seated on chair laughing, is one of
Jacques Blanche's happiest efforts Anne Morot
seems TO have definitely abandoned bullfghts
and cavalry charges. and has painted a laugh
ing baby held in its mothers hands, but the
arms and the figure OF the mother are not yisi-
Bile treatment that gives The canvas a mys-
FERROUS spiitualistic effect not altogether salts
factory. There is grand brushwork in the
somewhat sombre Iortrait Of Count Potocki by
Roybet. The writing desk is handled with ex-
traordinary yi.tuosity, and is SO elaborate as
10 draw attention from the figure
Weerts gives fresh example of his finesse
in modelling by a portrait of a middle aged
man. and Jean Beraud exhibits the portrait of |
Henri Ribot in smart shining silk hat white
waistgoat and blue cravat. 1t is harmony of
blues o. variegatiRg shades, but is essentially
Photographic. Lauths devotion 10 the Venetian
school is seen in his dark portrait Of ,ady in
black with red hair of extraordinary luxurance
and radiance. Paul Thomas sends a small por-
trait of a young woman in lavender, which has |
q pleasing note OF simplicity and modernlt--
Gabriel Terrier. in his pieasingly composed por-
trait Of Nine. DUbois-a young woman or falr
complexion and of Sara Bernhardtesque feat
ures-is seen at his best. Gervex exhibits
clever piece Of frivolity in flower girl laden
with roses. Alfred Roll in his study of a young
woman with faxen hair. viewed from the JACK
with profile perdu gazing at a book OF prints
which rests a vase Of -ioiets, -'ith laho-
soap in the distance, sends perhaps the finest,
strongest aud most honest work in the show
Auguste Benziger's Mother and Infant is
pleasing st-dy Of domestic felicity.
There is 4 delightful bit OF color in Franc
Lamys "Ouai AT Hruges and Boucher presents