New-York tribune., 1906-10-22
PARIS AUTUMN SALON
Display of Works of Impressions
French Painters.
Paris, Octob.r ~

Paris. October II
Ihs fourth annual Autumn Salon IN a.
Grand Palace OF the Champs -Elysees n.ark. ~.
opening Of the Parisian art season. whinh a..
seldom begun with such promising ind,ca,.,.
or youthful vigor. freshness and healthf,,i z..,
Young blood seems TO have been stirred H..
mere and there frenzied emulation seems 20 a.-.
on on false paths Scores OF canvases rn,-hs
Wen be consigned to the wards OF an asylum ~,
diseased art. Examples OF spasmodio gym.
nastics contrast strangely with the viroror.
truthfulness OF line and color that after all ~.
meates the show. In spite OF many houeIs,.Iv
frantic productions II is safe to say tha. ~.
five hundred artists Cncluding twsntv-o,.
Americans) who exhibit two thousand vvo-k, -
the Autumn Salon form a sort OF academy =,
impressionism In the highest acceptatIo, =.
that often misused term
After having offered retrospective sxhih,.,o,.
Of the works Of Manet Ingres ana F,,v4. -
Chavannes. the Autumn Salon this year bono--
In the same manner three other npastar.
Gustave Courbet. Paul Gauguin and Euga,.
Carriere. The first OF these is represented sorn.
what unsatisfactory by the collection Ioan..
oy the painters sister, Mile Julietts Courhet
and It is pity that the Prince de waZr,r,
who owns the finest gallery OF Courbets pictures
including the famous Woman with the Parro, .
show nevertheless convey a fair notion OF m.
remarkable decorative qualities OF the com.
munfst painter, and the canvas The Oh,
Drunkard''-a man with craving thirst straintn,
every muscle and nerve IN the act OF swaIlowtn,
glass OF spirts-bears ample testimony to IN.
humanitarian grasp OF this Titan OF de-noc
racy. Some twenty we'll chosen picturas ~
Eugene Carriere convey the impression :,
dreamlike melancholy OF that wizard OF pale
grays and mellow autumnal browns. Fsc.x
appear as If seen through a fog. and 10 .nts,
the Carriere room is almost Ike wandering IN a
cemetery.
Unquestionably the dominating feature q, TIA
retrospective section OF the Autumn Salon =,
the revelation to the public OF that weird a.
centric mysterious painter Paul Gsugutn. tor..
runner Of the inependents, and to whom :. .,
claimed by an authoritative critic. M. Denis
French painters OF the younger school owe mora
than to any master since Manet. What Manst
was for the generation OF 1870. so was Gauguin
for that OF $780," is the verdict OF the Auturnr
Salon. Paul Gauguin. son OF a Breton sailor
and of Peruvian Indian mother was possss,.d
by the conflicting traditions of his parenta
Brought up amid the widest bohemianIsrr OF
Partisan student life, he painted religious and
open air subjects in Brittany. He was boon
companion OF the rnisdirected Van Gogh, who
committed suicide. a raving maniac IN mad
house. Gauguin made q delicious portrait Of
his Peruvian Indian nothsr-who was woman
Of great beauty-which Is exhibited IN the pres
ent salon He spoke English huentIy and was
an adnnirer OF Robert Louis Stevenson Like
Stevenson, he wandered to the Pacific. He
made his homo IN the French Society Islands at
Tahiti. He prolific with brush and pastel
and was also g. remarkable sculptor In bronze
wood and stone.
Two hundred and twenty-seven of his work,
may be seen in the largest room OF the Autumn
Salon. These range from his yellow Christ on
the Cross" painted when a youth IN Brittany,
to his groups and frescos OF native wornen az
Tahiti These luminous paintings OF Gaagutu
are keenly discussed. AS one enters the Gau-
guin room the impression is similar to tha, tsl,
when standing in the midst OF a nledIaTa
church lighted By rich stained glass windows
In his happiest moments Gauguin's flights OF
genius were tempered by a synthetic vision
and with purity OF conception suggestive Of
the Westphalian primitives OF the sixteenth can
tury. With his extraordinary merits and de-
spite his grave faults, Gauguin may after all
be ranked as a sort OF Polynesian Puvis Dc
Chavannes, although a venerable master OF the
French Institute applies 10 his work the famous
but unjust dictum OF Rusktn, who, criticising
Rom the standpoint of pre-Raphaelism the
nocturnes of Whistler. said: "Ons must have
the tmpudence Of a coekney TO throw such pots
Of paint at the head Of the public"
OF the living painters who figure most cred-
itably IN the Autumn Salon are DesvaIiares,
Lavery. Pissaro Renoir Abel-Faivre, Belle
roche. Charles Pequin, Abel Truchet Dethcmas.
Redon. Thiele. Fornerod Francis Jourdan.
Lopisgich. Bernard Boutet de Monvel Nnla
Dufau, Anglada. Hermann-Paul, Nine. Marths
TOr, Cav,T .,1
Renee Plot Foremost among the American
painters are William s Horton. George obsr-
teufrer, Miss Eleanor Norcross. Maurice Sterns.
Miss Ethel Sands and Theodore Butler
Men. and especially women. prominent in
smart Partisan society," with few exceptions.
hesitate to have their portraits painted by the
autumnal inapressionists. Yet first rate por-
traiturs abounds in the Salon. Desvallieres's
portrait Of Parent the violinist about 10 at
tack his instrument. is a strong characteristics
work; also are the portraits by Lavery Of
himself and Of three young girls. one OF whom Is
reading book. Mile. Dufau has never done
better work than in her portrait Of a blond
woman painted in the open air with gray stone
steps forming part OF the background. The por-
trait OF q young man standing in front OF
piano upon which rests an open book OF music,
by the Russian painter Ivan ThieIe ranks with
the best portraits OF the year. The head OF
young woman with bright yellow hat, painted
by Rodolph Fornerod. is remarkable for distinc-
tion and its dominating individuality.
Perhaps the daintiest gem OF the Salon IS the
portrait by Abel-Faivre OF rosy checked
little girl OF five years, wearing hat made OF
Indian corn leaves surmounted with punches OF
ripe cherries. while the dimpled chin rests upon
a tiny white gloved hand. Bernard Boutet de
Monvel exhibits life size portrait OF a woman,