The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1904-10-23
FINE ARTS AT THE FAIR.
Some OF the Striking Pictures Seen il the
French and United States Sections
at st. Louis.
at st. Louis.
The French lead in the fashion OF art,
ns we'll as III the fashion Of everything

The 3Frene lead in the fashion OF art,
ns we'll as III the fashion of everythins
z else. ;isl q 5s N Z
The American artists, With a few. exccp..
lions. AL study In the Paris schools. and
to have a picture hung on the line in the
Salon In an ambition.
In visiting The Fine arts Building, at
the st. Louis Exposition, one naturally
turns first to the French exhibit
This department IS not altogeiher sa is-
4 factory. There are d few pictures by
great masters among the large number y
Of pictures here exhibited, but France
. has not sent as large a proportion OF her
best as we would IKE. a a greo { Inany8Oi
\ the French artists prefer TO sell their
pictures TO public galleries, that they
may be admired and cnjoEed by, the
people, and the authorities are 10th TO let
them leave their place: The Il French.
q being an art loving nation, the work.
man. as we'll as the higher class, loves
4 The artist and his work. 3ls..7.
One OF the finest pictures in@thls ex-,
iibit is Death and the " oodcutter,.
ny Leon Augusta Y hermit to- ottlcer ~
the Legion of Honor 1904. He Is the sue:t
cessor Of Mlllet. and, like Alillet has
sprung from the peasant class. ana paints
peasant subjects. poor And harrow orheu
The picture represents q peasant IN the
forest. reclining on bundle OF fagots;
a man Of middle age. poorly dressed, ana
wearing the peasants wooden shoes, and
worn and weary OF a hard life But
< while wishing for death. death appears
as a specter. His spirit fails him nd no
no longer wishes for eatn. The subject
is from one OF Aesops "a bles, and the
S treatments magnificent.
The strongest painters OF & France OF
present times are Mil!et T. hermitte, and
BastienELe Page, and they are all from
the peasant class and paint peasant life.
& B6nnat has sent a beautiful portrait
+ OF his mother. The soft gray hair Is
combed back from her kindly face, her
eyes and lips speak and the black vel
vet OF her plainly fitting gown Is SO real
5 you can almost feel the pile of the vel
vet Bonnat is the official portrait paint
err OF France
Bououerean has two pictures. The
Oreads," or people OF the milky way.
Is admired by some. 1t represents lot OF
human beings twined together. floating
through the air.
Carolus Duran has three pictures in
the French exhibit He is a great paint
er, but the work he has sent Is not his
4 hest. In his portrait OF Madame Jacques
+ Stern, the work looks careless. lie is
showing off to the United States how .e
can place red, violet. yellow, green, blue
side by side and yet produce harmony,
His "Cruciflxion9 Is not his best work
either.
Claude Monet the father of impress;
slonists. has three beautiful landscapes.
He is noted for his pure tone, and 1t is
said he only works half an hour each
day on a picture. always a I the same
hour.
Charles Cottet exhibits three pictures.
He is academic, and is called the poet
OF Brittany. The best of his pictures Is
"Bonfres." It represents a coast Are
In Brittany on st, Johns day. The faces
OF tho fisher people gathered around the
fire are fine a..
paul chabas has a portrait Of Mr..
Harland. a lawyer. in a black gown
standing. It is a strong piece OF work.
Eugene Carriere ca living artist has
three good pictures. His subjects are
usually maternity, and family life. He
always works In brown, with nebius
atmosphere. He is All officer OF the Lee
gion OF Honor, and a. lnedalist. He is
poor, and works hard, and generally
uses his family as models.
Among the French artists exhibiting
good work we find Madame Marie Die
terle daughter Of Emile Van Marcke),
and like her father, she has a white COW
In the landscape.
Others arc Alfred sislay (in1pression-
a ist), Pierre Lagarde, Lucien Simon, gold
medalist and chevalIer of the Legion OF
Honor; Rene Maynard, Danlorte fRoche-
crosse, the hest pupil OF corot; jules
* LefeVre, Chartrance.st I'he last tnaenL|ons0
artist has painted a portrait OF MISS
3 Alice Roosevelt and other mem bers OF the
Presidents family, They were not among
his pictures exhibited here. These are OF
painters. "a.
pictures by masters, lent by wealthy
Americans, who own them, The Gould
family have lent several,
''Washerwomen by the Brook, by Jean
Francois Millet, lent by Miss Helen
Could Portrait OF Alilet's wife; by Mil
let, lent by Mr.. Burgess Warren, OF
philadelphia ''rhe Smoke, by SMeis-,
sonies lent. by Miss Helen Gould, Cat
tlo in Pas ture," by Rosa Bonhelr, lent
BY Miss Helen Gould, one o. Rosa Boil
4 he,r's most famous, and is two cows
and a calf .'street Scene 8ln Cairo by
Gerdino. lent by MI, George Gould,
nCirey Day. by Corot. lent by MI pam
5icl catln, OF st. Louis, There are seY..
eral Corots in the loan collection; i. {. !.
Demoisellcs du Village, by Courbit;l
'Cattle and Landscape BY Emile Van.
AIarcke; 1.-THE Thames below l-ondot,s'
by Emile Bastlen lie Page. and other
nron!!pent I'geach artists,