New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1904-03-13
PARIS ART SHOWS.
,bo,s Which Precedc the Principal
Ones Are attractive.
Paris, March l.

as
-, 81 the great palace OF the Champs
60 OF the Salon Of the French Artists and
~ -. National Society OF Fine Arts. that
thAl All and May. form jSst now the most
Co.. feature q Paris. An Innovation
80. YEAR IN the shape OF the exhibition OF
oo'A' -,t.ae" comprised CT three young Amer
20 NesFrs Herbert w Faulkner. Leo
60 ,ns 7. i. Bpicer-simson. Mr. Faulk-
co. the last two years been devoting
u . % Venice. ana has succeeded In not
h--- ,4ysng the purely picturesque and archi-
- ss,ects OF the city OF the Doges. but
--,..s-ed its delightful atmosphere with
-,rs luminous grays and pinks. Saint
49,. bs+led IN monday sun. with flags, doves
. -,osaies. fun O. lie and animation. con-
-. .sr-,,rablv with the panorama OF Venice
.-,,rg from the pearl-liEe mist OF the dawn
.,r,rner morning. clever specimen or
o r.uIlr,-'s Venetian work VIII be seen at
-. American section OF the St Louis exposi-
ron - 49, .,...., -
q, nr,olziner president Of the American
=. association OF Paris. are highly commended
-. French critics. Within the circumscribed
-. ~ q few inches the artist has Impaired
Ids q Laughing children, graceful women
ri -osed men the salient qualities and
',.,.c,.r. OF his models. Mr.. Mielziner is pc
-, nanny IN his atmospheric backgrounds.
,-bi,h give an idea OF space ard distance Ihess
,-,,,s.urss are not only portraits, but pictures.
~. tbi~s American artist who forms part OF
%. atr3sds" Is Mr.. sp.ceT-Si7nson Ills bust OF
III. Moncure D Conway is duplicate OF That
sent 10 St Louis. Mr.. Spicer-Simson may be
6escrlbed ns a synbost IN sculpture. The Idea
.bat dominates each work is wei set forth ana
developed. ana is above al suggestive. lie Is not
,or..-+ss With psre plastic effects hut seeks for
,noverent. action and nervous, strenuous Efe.
The medallion portraits executed IN bass-relief
NV Az epicer-sin,son are highly interesting and
hsvs the practical advantage o. being repro
6vced n a composition q wax and clay al
trifing cost.
The pastel and water color exhibition ct the
cercie volney contains 218 numbers. among
which some clever work Is 10 be found. Delicate
pastei portraits are coming more and more into
favor IN Paris and an excellent specimen OF
the genre s the portrait Of a young lady In
white seated IN c ga-6Ln beside pond. by II
Marcel Baschet Another charming pastel IS
soap Bubbles" a Laughing. fairhaired maiden
shifting from pipe glstening opal balls IN fun
sunshine. by NJ. Guirand de Soevola- NJ. TriQUet
sends two captivating studies in pastel Of a Ia
Femme Bruno ana la Femme Blonde" The
youthful female model with dark hazel eyes and
SCI black hair set OF with a crimson ribbon. and
nude 20 the waist. is admirable In draughtsman-
chip and color. M Aston-Knight the only
American artist IN the show. sends some capital
landscapes IN water color. The humiliation Is
ful Of movement OF rushing water, and the
Sunset" End "AIoonrise." by the same art paint-
e., have most agreeable transparency, plenty OF
atmosphere and sound sl1ilful technique There
are some clever caricatUres in aquareue by NJ
DsWaEnbez, and the portraits IN pastel By NJ
lkhndre evince sincerity and vigor.
The salon Ct the Orientalists IN The small
palace or the Champs Elysecs contains twelve
large Persian canvases by the late Edwin Lord
Weeks OF Boston One OF these. the Autumn
near Tehersn. has been purchased by the French
government Tor the national Luxembourg Gall
iery. No Oriental painter has been more forth
nate than Weeks IN presenting the nec.l,ar at
fnosphe-e OF the East and imparting to his ag-
ures the calm predestinarian features OF tbe
ofientaL The studies IN color OF scenes IN
Egypt and Northern Africa bv the late r--s,ot
master Gerome, are OF great interest. Cer0ne's
studies always have more truthful7ess end
heaIthfu out OF door vivacity than the ncs-
oeinlc pictures o. which they were often the
t1loigoS Here we ind some captivatiug panels
Iain1eu ~ Morocco by II Dacnsc- Riviera
whose color sense, soft. sensuous and sur,ptu-
ous' rs beautifully shown. NJ Diuet has chosen
HishLul and brutal subject for a most de-
"o'ous painting. II e runaway Arab criminal
l1ls-ee by men, women and children As q
DuIly negro grasps the fugitive HIS hand IS
o-ubn' between the huge. carnivorous. ivory
VEN OF The murderer. There are knives. blood.
sunshine and an array Of Oriental horrors. but
me canvas is. nevertheless a grand, fearless
Nece OF work, and. taken altogether acds 20
rather than detracts from, ~ Dlnet's exalted
reputation IS an OrientaIist painter.
The annual salon OF the Automobile Club OF
fTanoe contains some interesting works NJ.
Oarolus-Duran sends a striking equestrian nor
ifait q a woman, in his most liquidly fluent ana
tsIptuoUs style. NJ. Paul Jobert. whose New
ioundlsnd Fishermen About To Pc Run Down
y Trailsatlartic Steamer viii be seen IT St
Louis, exhibits a fun length portrait % Nine.
Paul Jobert. a graceful woman. OF Nev-Yo-x
An'ckerbocker birth. 1t is a striking piece OF
work essentially modern IN composition. OF ex-
S1isiie grace IN color Gnd strength IN drauehts-
rsnship. The toilette IS elaborate-alr1iost foo
much so: the delicate lace OF the hounces. fur
seloTs and trimmings is executed with the most
anished detail and the green foliage OF the truly
American background with light and depth OF
,'nosphere. is highly effective. NJ Honore I'm
-eh sends a couple OF vigorous portraits. one
NsNoman, Nine. Coutan-bIontorruefl. and the
- OF a statesman fun OF life and character
'es are delicious little Claude Lorrain-Ilke
--lasoapes by II. Kari Cartier. clever portraits
2 N. Debat-Ponsan, and by IL Leon Comerre
mere ere two little gems By II. Fraant. land
eapes by n Julien Dupre and n. Cuelarv
here Is a grotesquely amusing caricature bv =,
can Weber. representing a great fat vulgar
nd ngsressively bejewelied woman seated q,
'nr box az the Opera, senowiched between two
hin, hungry, ambitious danes. apparently So
aal climbers. In brilliant gowns. Is this a sug-
'estion OF the occupants % the grand entire
olonnes box" that once belonged TO the too
amous Nine. Thlrase Eumbert? NJ Forain