New-York tribune., 1907-10-13

There are a dozen bust portraits in plaster that
make one feel that the opinion expressed by the
organizer of the show. NJ. Edouard Sarradin.
that since Houdon no sculptor has attained
greater degree Of suppleness. mobility and visor
than Is evinced by Carpeaux in his portraits Of
Alexandra Dumas hls. the DUchesse de Mouchy,
Charles GARNER and OF Nine de Ia Valette-'
Great interest is taken in Carpeaux's drawings.
He used to make sketches almost every
day Of his life. in the street. at the court OF
the TUileries. in bathrooms and even at dinner
or at the theatre. He used the pencil as some
artists of to-day utilize photography for fixing
their impressions OF the moment His sketches
have the charm of freshness and movement
Among those to be seen in the salon are
"Counod Playing the Piano. Napoleon III in
His Coffin at Chlselhurst," the Masked Ball at
the Tuileries" portrait Of the "wife Of Mare
chal Bazaine." a Gala Representation at the
Opera in 1861 Prince Orlo1s Trotting Horses
Partisan street types-sketches made in church.
sketches made during performances at the
Theatre Francais. and scenes during the siege
OF Paris. The Carpeaux collection IS simply ad-
mirable. 1t will remain open as part OF the
Autumn Salon until October %
The retrospective exhibition Of Cezanne con-
tains some sixty works. giving an excellent idea
OF the superb viriIity OF this master and pre-
cursor OF true lnpressionism. Berthe MoriSoI'
who shared with Degas, Manet. Reuoir and
Monet the uphill days OF tmpressionism, and
who married NJ. Manet's brother. is represented
by la paintings and drawings which place her
among the foremost women artists OF Franco
One of the chief features Of the Salon is the
collection of drawings by the sculptor Rodin
Even in exhibition admittedly favorable 10
impressionism nothing more purely impression
which an instantaneous rendering OF the
picture produced upon the retina of the artists
eye by the sculptural object or group Of objects
which before him. Rodin. rightly ulistrusr-
ing the snapshot photograph. to which so many
students of movement have had recourse IN re-
cent years, has endeavOred To register oy tls
briefest possible process the lines Of the human
form I'm poses OF movement instructive ana as
little conventional and artificial as may be- AL
hlS life lOnB-aud this is one or the secrets OF liS
success as a sCuptor-he has had horror or the
professional model His John the Baptist
which is now in the Gallery of National ATts ATt -
the Luxembourg, and was the first triunpnanss
manifestation of his genius to attract unStlnts1
and almost universal praise. was modelled iron, rom
the nude form of a common workman VINO cs n~s
never posed in a studio before. ana az O-L.s' %
without hint from the sculptor beyond the sen.
eral direction that he was to figure solitary sosny
man calling aloud in a wilderness. natuFaii'
assumed just the pose required. -
ROdin's art, he has frequently tntornie1 ~, ~.
writer, is based upon the conviction that az 81 -
lection and observation are needed IN oruer ~
apply them properly TO the artistic WoEA =.
hand. But nature is the source fron1 WHY,
they must be drawn, and any effort Outsios 80. =.
geometriCal arrangement to correct or nioo..'
them must inevitably result in failure. 20 Po
itve is Rodin upon this point that he Will ~, ,
tend i'm support of il that if a snapshot oe taN =
of a crowd In the street its exterior outline
always perfectly harmonious. PhotosIap"s;;
however differs In its perspective from that -
the human eye and Robins drawings are
near as may be. his own instantaneous iao H.
pTessionS His method is to throw one OF -
models together into moving poses, WhlCn ~ ~
be retained for only very brief tinle' ana -t tl
TO sketch them before the sense or movers.
has been lost. Each drawing is completes ~ -
minute. and the modelling Of the nsure - arv
filed in equally rapidly and. OF COURSE sS-s
with red wash IL Is not thsIc1O ~
as deliberate drawings from the lie IN ohe one
two mediums that these sketches have lnte,e
but as the memoranda of a great sculptor -,
ing natures every varying forms into thsIF .n Sn
hiding places. Robins note0ooA y
structive to the student and as Sel1-reVSaIi's ~
that of Leonardo da Vinct-a kaleldosSoISS
human lines in which the sculptor mas Sun'f -
tuted pure form for geometrical comolnaIlO"
color. .n.
Taken altogether the Autumn Salon OF ,,n r-o
present year is a triumphant success IoI $50 s~-
Df artists who began their work IN lsc- II 70
Of apparently insurmOunt3hie opstaciss