New-York tribune., 1909-04-18
RODTN AND OTHERS.
Some Exhibitions Of Contemporary
,1rt an Paris.

r,licated title of the representative group u
tzyentv-efsht foremost artists of the Champ de
Mars" who used to be called the 9oole'e >""
veIIe~ The exhibition Of these twenty-eight ar
fists &c bevond question the finest OF the con-
,o,,,o,er,, art shows Of the season. In the CEN
+o of tho Georges Petit Gallery one finds two
gigantic hands firmly claspcd as If IN prayer
The muscles nerves, veins folds OF heSh' WIFI
kIes Joints, knuckles and hnser mains aie h'''i
,-eIIouelv rendered These colossal hands III Gar
rara marble almost hypnotlZe the Vlsitor. Ihey
or, tho work Of Auguste Rodin and show that
,cr,lntor at his best. Never has waiter Gay |
rai1tcd more fascinating or refined interior
sban the entrance hall of mansion bathed in
male oraI light where the atmosphere seems al
most to vibrate with luminous clearness. Mr.
Cav exhibits eight interiors each of which Is
characterized By some new, fresh or unexpected
motif
NJ JacGues Blanche is 4 painter of astounding
Industry and versatility His eye is like that of
n kodak He sees everything and he paints
everything He glanccs in his mirror and forth
with paints his own portrait, not as good a por-
trait nv the way as any OF those of his friends
His glance rests for moment upon his dining
room table ana forthwith comes picture of the
dining room. dashed off in masterful lines and
brilliant coors. All the other rooms, nooks and
corners OF his house share tho same fate. Dee
or.tive PANELS for the Petit Palais by Albert
shortened forms fridcsccnt with glowing even
- si.nIisht are contemI lated by gliding swans.
III. nudc model by Henri Martin and his por-
traits OF two young girls admirable works
The decorative panel by Castor Ia Touche, rep
sentiuc blazing rocket exploding over a
Emuid pond. which reflects myrads of sparks
flashes and stars. is also very clever lie Sidanier
exhibits half q dozen views Of flower gardens
under deep blue skies, seen through open win
dows His softened effects give the impression
Of a subdued Claude Monet The nudes of
Rene Mtnard standing knee deep in opalcscent !
water; the delicate figures OF De La Gandara,
reclining on soft iearl cushions; the groups OF
sea hathers by LUccn Simon; the superb Brit
tany landscape by DaucheZ, are all salient notes
in this excellent little show. The sculpture,
under the robust domination Of Robins gigantic
CIaspod hands, contains several works Of inter
est notably a bronze bust Of NJ d. Ncl!dow. .
Russian Ambassador in Paris and plaster (
bust of N. Sorolla Bastida, the Spanish .
paintcr both 10y Prince Paul Trouhetzkoj.
What a delugc Of paintings and rastels. The .
salon Of the independents" has opened with .
nearly two thousand numbers in its catalogue .
Soon Will come the National Society. with up
ward of three thousand works, and little later
we shall have the Society Of French Artists
with close upon four thousand numbers. TLese
exhibitions. together with the Autumn Salon
and the smaller shows that have rapidly sue
cocdcd one another since September make al
together some twenty thousand works of art
which will probably be duly dgested and disap-
rear in private collections. dealers galleries and /
museums as has invariably been the case in
former years.
This is the twenty-ifth salon OF the Society Of
Indcpcndcnt Artists-its silver wedding. The
show is held for the first time the terrace
of the uranCerie in the Tuilcrics Gardens. There
is no jury OF admission, but the requirements
imposed by space this year restrict the exhibits
10 two pictures statues for each artist, in
stead Of half a dozen as hitherto. One enters
the show and turns to the right amid men
aferie Of works that may be compared to roar
ing lions and kissing wildcats. Some of the ar
lists, not content with heaping on the canvas
complementary hues in vivid cOors. have also
painted the frames with wild eXuberance Of
fancy. Here is a picture of 4 scarlet nude fc-
male da;ntily posing amid verdure OF vari-
Gus tints OF green, and the frame is enlivened
with bits of a broken absnthe bottle, inter
epcrsed with clay pipes and color tubes. Oppo-
rite is an incomprehens!be symbolism in topaz
blues and melted opals Boileau's famous verse.
Every style IS good except the tedious style
ends here most fitting application. Subjects OF
amusement abound in each of the fifty rooms |
into which the show Is divided. BY of