New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1904-05-01


theless the daring dexterity with which one
side OF the face Is placed IN oomplste shade,
osWhile the other half OF the face is IN full light
is dweit upon as a trick Of techniquo-suocsss-
ful In this instance-but one which the best
painters have seldom resorted to. A very stril-
ing portrait is that OF the late Princess Mathilde
- Bonaparte. painted nearly twenty years ago. by
,lTlbeTt Besnard. and now for the first time ex-
,7 kibited The princess Is seated before a red
sntable covered with scarlet bound books, ana IN
srhe fun light OF a lamp. softened by an orange
1-shaoe The room is hung with crimson; there
= - a crimson sofa. there is a glitterinR crystal
qeeanter; the reflections are almost dazzling,
.sYet The effect is pleasing and the daring color
atFcheTne is masteTfuly handled. Besnard also
sends clever portrait OF Admiral Sir Edmund
Sommerwell in undress uniform steering a boat
through the surf and delicious triple portraits
IN pastel OF a woman with two children
- Inc portrait OF a young woman IN black and
pink By John Lavery Is one OF the most effective
pictures In the salon. Lucien Simons portraits
Of n Jacques Blanche and OF II. Andre LenoIr,
5s9agnan-Bouveret's delicate portrait OF the
os4uchesse de B. Carolus-Duran's portrait OF the
Countess Bonl de CasteIlane. nee Gould; oEle.
aDelaselles portraits OF NJ lie Gout-Gerard and
OF DR.. Lafon; Aman-Jean's portrait Of Miss
Nay Palmer. OF New-Yorki Caro-DelVailss
- portrait OF his wife and her sisters
Jacques Blanche's portrait Of NJ Maui
rice Barres, Boldinfs eccentric pyro-
gteehnic portraits Of the Princess HOhenlohs
and Of Nine. de L.. Abel Faivres portraits
COZ two young women with lap dog, Jean
Veber's portraits Of Mrs. Philip Lydig, Of NJ
Guitry. the actor. and OF n sdegler. the Pa
risian journalist: Albert Laurenss portrait Of
Nile. R., La Gandara's portraits Of N Jean
Lorrain and Of Nine. Henri LeteIier, Eugene
Garriere's portraits Of childrsn's heads, julius
Stewards portraits OF Nine. ARGOS and OF 0nle.
pa B. g., Nine. Claude Marlers pastel portrait OF
q young woman holding & kitten IN her lap.
Guirand de scevolas portrait OF Mile Suzanne
--pespres, Frederick Bakers portrait Of the Rev.
Edward Thurber, Menard's portrait OF Nine. r.
ON and Paul Renouard's portraits OF President
Loubet, OF Edward VII Of General Brugere and
q NJ. Jules Canbon may be mentioned as those
which attract the most attention It is curious
TO note that Eugene Ullman's full length por-
trait OF William NJ Chase, the painter, repre-
scented standing and wearing black silk hat,
brown costume and gray CATERS, and which was
refused for the St Louis Exposition by the Paris
sa3ury Of American painters is well placed in the
10 salon. where it makes a good show, ard has
ELECTED from the French critics well merited
praise.
- One Of the strongest pictures Of the salon IL
,tz;sAfter the Bath" by Rupert Bunny, an Aus
71tralan. It is a large decorative canvas sug-
-sgestive OF the Venetian Tintoretto school Two
Bumptuous and superb women putting I'm
ashing touches to their toilet after their plunge
IN the sea A lusty negro holds a mirror TO en-
able the hair TO be arranged. and a young girl
i5seated the beach IS glancng at small look
Ing glass she draws a stick OF rouge across
Udler dainty lips. L IS a successful instance OF
erich color, brilliant composition and clever tech
nIaue.
Lhermitte has never painted q finer picture
than his Harvest in the Valley" On a swell
Ing slope in full view OF blue river fringed
o.Hith staiwart oaks four brawny harvesters are
uooutting golden ripe wheat beneath a blazing
noonday sun Here we ind Lhernitte at his
best There IS glowing honest atmosphere and
peaceful healthfulness IN this work. There are
delicious twilight landscapes by Rene BHIotte.
4. whose ''Soir aux Carrieres." near Givet, on the
clipper Meuse, is greatly admired. The rugged
peaks OF the mountain. from which huge blocks
s-toe stone being guarded surmounted by
sombrs pine trees, while the river flowing be-
side q desolate village catches highly colored
sky reflections from the invisible setting sum-
and a crescent moon intensihes the weird out
tines OF rock and deep green foliage. CASTOR
Latouche In his ''Fille des Faunes" presents a
marvellous color scheme and play Of reelected
rtdlghts. The corpse OF a beautiful semi-nude pro-
C 1sssonal beauty half covered with bright fow-
srs Is extended at full length on the white liner
1i1eIoth Of luxuriously garnished dining table.
oA'A chandelier reflected in mirrors lights the
= room. dazzling rays glisten cut glass de-
- canters and wineglasses and rubicund fruits
lose themselves IN the deep browns CT the
tapestry. On the mantelpiece is a marble
statuette Of the dead beauty. A fashionaby
atRttired young man in evening dress is seated at
g TIE table, pale emac!ated suffering, he gazes
s.-Ht the body OF his once joyful companion Three
a grim faced fauns with devilish eyes and glitter
ing white teeth. appear beside the young man
and seem to be whispering into his souve-
Mrs OF vanished happiness. This is certainly
picture with a moral" It is an ambitious
s1Well thought out piece OF work; it is glorious in
color and rvets attention More pleasing is the
figure. also by Latouche, Of a lady in white
seated beside forest stream gazing at a white
swan. Edouard saglio brother OF the French
art commissioner at st. Louis has de-
Ecious Partisan interiors. Luigi Chiaiiva an
Italian and newcomer In the salon, exhibits
four brilliantly colored works. in which he has
81 succeeded in imparting originality and interest
70 village water scenes. Chialiva's "Gardeuse
2, 6e Dindons" is a delicious study OF iridescent
80 turkeys driven b. rosy faced peasant GIRL
and Is one Of the most agreeable pictures in the
!, show. Dagnaux has some delightful riverside
landscapes, but his portrait OF NJ Alphonse
oHumbert is less satisfactory. Binet the French
ssoRurner. produces some daring and gorgeous
q sunsets. almost Illuminating the room in which
they are hung. Dinet, the Orientalist has never
eohccoapiiFhed such masterful studies OF move
,-saent and Of the quality OF light on dusky flesh
.tsas in his Arabian Night picture OF the "Ffres
= sc Diem"
FL VClaude Marlef, whose color harmoniss are SEN
--sitive. and whose lines and models are always
sends aorne aaeb efr1Sfes