New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1908-05-03
ZUL0AGA PROMINENT
Spanish Painters Works Feature of
National Society Salon.

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The salon Of the National Society of Fine
Arts contains fewer works this year-2.40o, as
compared with 2.642 in l907-and of the five
hundred artists Who exhibit there are :orty
Americans. The aVerage excellence IS distinct
Is higher than Was The case year ago There
IS wider scope Of individuality and increasing
independence. tn trend of aspiration seems
-censtrsin med and the tendency Of the artists
io-colect in special groups or lotteries has
disappeared The competition Of younger men
LIS stimulated Venerable palettes toward mod
nifty. actually and better work There are
+; 5out dozen works Of great interest. the de
5 .riptiors Of which viii convey truthful notion
the whole
TIE dominating and strongest works exhibit
81 are by the Spaniard Ignatio Zuloaga, whose
three paintings seem to be inspired 10y Nelas-
quez and by Gc,-a and are brushed with ner-
Nous intensity touching upon the grotesque.
The horrible. green eyed dwarf offering inflated
goat skins for sale stands in weird evening
light and the first impression is that of some
hideous monster. The left hand grasps
cafthen lar the loose cotton shirt exposes the
bronzed neck knotted with sineWs and behind
e-e the white walls Of the town Of Avila. The
famous cripple Of Ribera would appear almost
- an angel beside this diminutive Stygian lend
# Zuloags.
witches Of Segovia' holding solemn night con-
clave on a deserted rocky plateau. They ar 1T
once frightful and superb They are conpar-
ilz strange odds and ends. apparently tokens
and fetiches Of black sorcerH'. and near by are
iove philters and death potons. The Asmodean
E-imness Of these two canvases is relieved by
: bright. glowing joyful portrait Of Mile Breval
~ the second act Of Carmen The lasciyious
grace and deril-msy-care seduction Of. the
gItana is nlarveilousy rendered and she seems
20 be on the verge Of throwing aside her
Jet embroidered shawl and bursting into The
widest flamenco" These pictures of Zuloaga,
with rugged outline and simmer" have the
faculty Of iInpressing themselves upon the spec
tetor and can never be forgotten.
The enormous wall decoration for the Hotel
&c Vile painted by Jean Weber is almost an
apotheosis Of Partisan humor and imagination
It's inspiration comes partly from Hogarth and
partly from Breughel. II is entitled La GUM
yette" An open air Sunday festival is in full
swing The sky is clear and yellow aeroplane
sweeps along near the Eifel Tower. Some two
hundred figures are drinking, feeding. carous-
ing and making merry. Automobiles. like up
right seals. appear a the gait. A diminutive
bride groom beside his giant bride stands we'd
ding attire before camera Intoxicated men
and women recline half helpless on the festive
table Beggars approach in quest Of aims
Musicians perform with fddles and trombones
An artist and here Jean Weber has perpe:ratad
a caricatiir,. Of himself and his wife is paint
ing d deaths head. Among The carousers one
finds sketches Of President Fallieres CleInen-
ceeu BRAND. Rochefort and Jaures Even the
little summer houses are made TO resemble
faces Of women. II i a thoroughly
fsauiois- scene. Their il movement life and
Iight ia every touch Of this huge canvas that
places Jean Weber foremost among French
painters of bumor and mirthful drollery. a
glance a. fhIs canvas Is cure for neura sthenic
inelancholia. II is tinforetto OF human com
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The large composition IF Alfred Roll 'Ners
Ia Nature pour IHUmanite," is painted for The
lecture room cf natural science in the Sorbonne
Roll has given full bent 10 his ina gnation.
Inc movement Of the HoTk as like that OF some
grand swelling VaVe CT the ocean sweeping
from right to left Beneath are clusters Of
ctinneys Of factories emitting clouds Of smoke
Il lie foreground is q female fEure-Scienee