New-York tribune., 1909-03-21
WILD BEASTS AND THEIR PREY.
From the bronzes by Barye)

.orias Of sketches hastily but vigorously
e.illed bv Victor Hugo. to delight ms c'ii'..
, ,-,rdchildren, is placed beside a a"'iiU'
l''N 80, :, ,o-trait of Charles Baudeialre'
=, h.. himself The best portraits III uI' "a
,.,.,.;, .ra the works of Theophlte Hau'le''
l,a,fo1I,. the one in pastel of Carlotta e'rlSl'
m, ,,rtraits in sepia of Gautier by hmseii an"
a., ,,f eight or ten young women when he
,,,a5. are also admirable. The water coior "i""
;nqe made in Venice by the late Premier " ""
dock Rousseau, are delicate pieces "i "oiN' i''>
contrast with the mystic yet ViFid dreams
nightmares and caricatures executor III "'''
black Dore-Iike lines by the poet Paul Nefia''ie-
There are pleasing landscapes by ''e Pii''o
Of po.ts" NJ. Leon Dierx. and the S'a'ue'''9'
terra Gotta and bronze images OF lops'erS' SUI
,ents and crabs by Mime Sarah BernhaTd' are
exceedingly clever. Mile. Jeanne Grahler CON
tributes a group Of modern tanagras- me l ne
otr r-rancais is repre- sented by spirited sketches
nv MN Mounet Sully, Louis DeiauhaS' ls
1}ar.-v and Dorival Positive gems are the late
~; ,ronrior.s water color sketches Of the
,,,o,,orabIo Joseph Prudhomme' and OF the
,l. !, ~or,nagne" NJ. Frederic Regamey
nortraits of Sardou, Leconte de b'Sie' i au,
I,,,,roat JuIes Guesde and Drumont are fuh
Of character.
M, lotto noet Clovis Hugues who for five
. ro,resented MarseiIles in the Chamber or
II,.,.ioe nassed his time at the Palais Bour-
-, IN making sketches Of his colleagues. Dur
$40; his snare moments. strolling about Mont
,,,atre and pausing at some open air Gaze ne
vyould dash off nervous drawings Of old Partisan
architecture with his soft crayons. Inc au'"''
Of La Chauson de Jeanne dare Witty en-
titled his gallery of these drawings his "FarIia-
1nentary Labours." The versatile novelist
..Gv,~ contributes some delicate pastel like
nesscs Of Partisan children The crayoh PoF-
traits Of the late composer Ernest Reyer are
suggestive Of sonorous phrases Of "Sigurd
or "Salammb6." This well selected art show
Of the Fur and Feathers" is a decided success
The Alcazar the little summer music hall OF
the Champs Elystes, in the neighhorhood OF
the palace of the President of the French Re
uubljc has hung six hundred works OF art, all
signed by illustrous names. King Edward
passed two hours here recently previous to his
deIarture for Biarritz Eight years ago Euro
pcan ROYALTY formed itself into society with the
name Of the Socitte Artistique des Amateurs,
and began a series Of annual exhibitions. the
proceeds Of which 20 10 the charities II the city
In which the little show is held. The various
CAPITALS. Vienna St Petersburg, Munich Paris,
London and Brussels. all formed committees
whose duty was 10 get together the section that
should represent it at the Paris exhibitions, and
a list of the names OF the persons exhibiting
reads like volume of the Almanach DC Gotha
IT may be remarked in passing that the imperial
and royal highnesses whose works invite crit
fcism this week all ladies. In humber
walks Of life there several very good ex-
hibits-from barons, counts, yiscounts and one
MARQUIS. II some smack more than a little Of
the amateur there are more than few that are
excellent and two OF three of these artists have
stood the test Of the hanging committees of the
Paris official salons
Her royal highness the Duchess de Chartres
has placed her signature, "Francose dOrl"ans,
on two water color panels very vigorously paint
ed and two bird studies in "g0uache." The