New-York tribune., 1906-05-13

ful decorative panel for the country residence
OF NJ Edmond Rostand at Cambo that fully
EQUALS her rnasterful picture that is now in the
Luxembourg Gallery; a group OF three females
and a faun are regaling themselves in a pool
OF deep blue water In which are floating two
black swans Paul Dupuy reveals sterling quail
ties in his large canvas representing Spanish
muIeteer leading a donkey up the Pyrenees
Mountains. and on the donkey is seated young
woman IN white flannel dress.
There is an excellent tr1ptych. Three Gigantic
Cities" by Aston knight, IN which Paris, with
the view Of the Seine, forms the central panel.
and on one side is New York with skyscraper
buildings and tugboats, and on the other side is
London, with the dark Thames and the Tower
Bridge. Aston Knight. who has already won a
high place among American painters residing in
Paris we'll deserves an award for this skilfully
composed decorative panel. An admirable ex-
ample OF descriptive episode painting is found in
the picture Of a group OF merry guests gathered
at a supper party at an open air. restaurant in
the Bois de Boulogne on a summer evening, by
Richard Miller, Of New York. It is full OF life.
feeling and luminosity, and is the most brilliant
Of the many excellent American pictures in the
Salon. There is an admirable picture Of boys
bathing by moonlight a Brittany beach, by
Lionel Walden, OF New York George Hitch
cock, Of Providence, sends two most pleasing
works-one is Dutch girl holding bunch Of
violets. and the other is a Calypso seated on
a cliff overlooking the sea. Henry Tanner Of
Chicago, remains true TO Scrptural subjects
and his Pilgrim Of the Emmaus' is beautiful
work, conveying impressions OF devotion and
lofty religious sentiment. Edward Fulde CT
New York. sends an exceedingly clever view OF
a studio, with figures awaiting a sitting; it is
successful in color and is full of character and
huror. There is an effective interior by Lancey
Ward. OF New York. Joseph Raphael sends
remarkable Dutch scene. THE Burgermeister's
Festival" painted with intelligent energy and
brilliancy but marred by technical faults in
the handling Of light
Percival Rosseau, Of New Orleans. exhibits the
best dog picture In the show-half dozen stag
hounds held on the leash. Colin Campell Coop
er Of Pennsylvania, has a most creditable view
Of the railway station at Philadelphia Miss
Anna Woodward. Of Pittsburg. succeeds in
painting fields OF purple heather more effectively
than the French specialists, Didier-Pouget or
CASTOR Anglade. There is a charming picture Of
a young French peasant by Charles Sprague
Pearce, Of Boston. Mime. Narcotics soft dell
cately toned picture OF hothouse full Of lilies,
Paul Chabas's little girls bathing from boat
on Lake Annecy, Joseph Balls scene in a Brit
tany baker shop with hundreds OF loaves IL
Illuminated by sunlight. and Henri Marrets au-
tumnal landscape with women drying clothes,
are among the finest works Of the Salon.
The group in the department of sculpture that
dominates all else is that of the Sons Of CAIN
the shepherd" the poet and the workman
by Paul Landowski. a young French sculptor
and "Prix de Rome" The only reproach that
can be made Is that the work too closely calls to
mind Robins Bourgeois de Calais" The I'M
posing equestrian statue OF General Mcclellan,
by Frederick Macnonnies, OF Brooklyn, is great
ly admired as is also the small bronze equestrian
statuette by the same artist, representing Colo
mel Theodore Roosevelt leading a charge of
Rough Riders" There is a strong, truthful
figure OF a negro in Central Africa carving a
wooden IDOL by Herbert Ward, who before he
became a sculptor. accompanied Henry Stanley
across the Dark Continent. Richard Brooks ex-
hibits finely executed plaster statue Of Gov
ernor John Haynes OF Connecticut. The French
/ sculptors send works OF the highest merit nota-
BILE among which are the superb colossal statue
OF Francois Rude, by Fremiet, the Joan dare
IN PRAYER by Mercie; the AGED Grandmother
bv Theodore Riviere; Cardinal Bourret." by
Puech: the Funeral Procession of Miners Bear
ing a Corpse" by Cordonniec and the stone col
urnn Of Fraternity" by Emile Derre who. with
sound taste has placed around the capital Of the
piiIar a procession OF men and women exchang-
| Inc kisses and IN the group portraits OF the
Socialist leaders Blanqui and Louise Michel
This work VIII be placed in the garden of the
Luxembourg Palace C. /. b.