New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1911-05-28
ART IN PARIS
The French Artists and Some
Other Bodies.

Idrls, may
The 10th annual Salon of the French
Artists contains 5,432 numbers in its
catalogue. There are more than three
thousand paintings and drawings and
nine hundred works Of sculpture II
one bears in mind that just now, exclu-
siye Of the exhibitions of Ingres and the
Dutch seventeenth century masters and
OF smaller shows, there are more than
fifteen thousand pictures on view In the
two great salons. and In those or the
humorists and independents the prodig-
ious spring art production may be APP
preciated The best way to deal with
the Salon Of the French Artists, which
is the official art fair Of the year-a sort
of Bastile Of academic painting ana
sculpture-is to take brisk hand gal
Top through its forty-two large rooms
and around it's acre and half OF statu-
AIRY, architectural designs. engravings
and decorative objects in porcelain,
leather. metals, wood and textiles.
The most imposing and perhaps the
frest work is that Of NJ. Cormon, who
has painted for the Petit Palais three
ceilings and ten large panels, presenting
in subdued tones of blue and orange the
synthetical history OF France from the
Gallo-Roman period to the present day.
NJ Cormon has developed with wonder
ful power and harmony his conception
of an immense sky. "the clouds or
which," to borrow the painters own de-
scription, resolve themselves into ele-
ments o. figures and OF events" This
caring scheme is masterfully carried out,
and the vision of history is thus SIM
rlfcd ard united with the happiest
decorative effect. The figures form pro-
ccssions of equestrian raids through the
sky. The central ceiling is that Of the
French Revolution. In the centre Is the
scene Of the oath in the Tennis Court.
Close Iv is the National Assembly and
the Convention. The people. dragging
cannon. attack the Bastile. To the left
are the women OF the Revolution in
Guiding Nine. Roland. Charlotte Corday'
Nine. Talien, Mime. Recamier. TherOigne
de Mericourt and others. Then come
the Vendeens, with Charette ana La
kDiltldflG VII i4iSii ~ i'N'-'
levics and the armies of BOnaparte and !
Moreau marching to victory. smaller
ceiling is devoted to the exploits Of
Charlemagne, Du Guesclin, Jeanne
dare. Louis N, Henri ". Richelieu,
Louis XIV. etc. Ceiling No 3 depicts
modern progress. Human intelligence
reaches forward 10 grasp the Mirror of
Truth. There are figures of Ingres,
o., Corot. Balzac, Victor Hugo, Cuvier,
Pasteur. Curie and others. localized
presentations Of steam. electricity, teleg-
raphy, telephones. automobiles and aero
planes emerge from clouds Ter large
panels narrate the history of Paris.
NJ. jules Grun is the Partisan Tinto
retto. There are more than hundred
portraits in his large painting, Friday
at the salon" 1t is the sculpture hall
of the exhibition. Noted men and
women are gathered together. The CEN
trail figure is that of Nile. Lantelme, the
actress. Near at hand standing or
seated. are Cabinet ministers. NJ. Du-
iardin- Beaumetz Under Minister Of Fine
Arts. and the painters Earpignies, Caro-
lus-D Duran, Detaile BOnnat, Flameng.
Baschet, Paul Chabas. Mile. Dufau and
others. Prominent among a group Of
theatrical celebrities are Mines. Jeanne
Granier. Rtjane ard Yvette Guilbert.
NM. Henri Rochefort. BRAND, Monis.
Maurice DoEnay, Gabriel Faure and Ar
thur Meyer are seen. The composition Is
cleverly worked out so as 10 make an
admirable decorative picture, replete
with life and movement NJ. Griin has
succeeded IN painting a crowd that is in
terestng to look at.
Among the most successful pictures OF
the salon are the equestrian portrait OF
King George V, by VI. George Scott, and
portraits by NM. BOnnat, Baschet,
Gabriel Terrier, Flameng. Patriot Mile.
Delassalle. Louise Athena, Dupuy,
Lauth, Hubbel. Helene Dufau. Anne
Morot, Comerre, CayrOn, Paul Albert
Laurens and Wattelet. The venerable
Harpignies paints oak trees with pris-
tine vigor There are excellent land
scapes by Ridgway knight. Aston
Knight Alexis Nollon. Maurice Chabas
ana Gulllellcl. lHtlS are stlihIHSiS
characteristic Spanish paintings by 70.
Pascau and Ribera. The aIlegorical
painting by Sander Landau, represent
, ing Dawn" is full of charm and
poetry. The view of New York from a
roof garden. by Hoftauer; the beauti-
fully composed marsh I'm Picardy. by
George Howland: the Two Ladies at
: Their Toilette" by Richard Miller: the
, sea by Moonlight" by Walden; the
premier Chagrin." by Lawton- Parker;
the Religious Festival in Brittany by
Hartshorne. and the "Brse," a young
, lady amid the branches Of tree by
Anna Kmmpke furnish conclusive evil
dence that the American painters main
tain a foremost rank In the Salon Of the
French Artists.
The sculpture section contains two re-
markedly good fountains by Miss Janet
scudder. who also exhibits a captivating
"Diana" and a group Of small boys
PAM Bartlett sends bronze statuette
of a woman The figures OF hunters,
: miners and woodmen for the fountain at
Denver by Frederick MacMonnies are
among the American sculptor's best
, works. The bronze statuettes by Rich
ard Brooks are full OF movement and
grace. Cyrus Dalln's large bronze