New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1912-04-13
FINE EXHIBITS IN SALON
Years Crop of Pictures in Paris
Unusually Good.
EQUINE SUBJECTS POPULAR
Two Most Striking Canvases Are
by Alfred Roll and Ignacio
Zuloaga.
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BY Cable IN The Tribure.l
Paris, April 1.-THE twenty second
annual salon Of the National Society OF
Fine Arts, opened to-day by President
Fallieres I'm the Grand Palace OF the
Champs Elysees, il one OF the best and
strongest Of recent years. Strange to
say, military pictures are conspicuous
by their absence while on the other
hand it is essentially salon Of horses
| and Of cruclfixions.
The finest work, and one which dom
mates all else. is terrific fight between
white and black stations by Alfred Roll
which In superb drawing. and especially
foreshortening effects and vigorous
qualities of line. color and action, is
equal to the famous horses painted by
Gtricault early I'm the nineteenth CEN
fury.
The most striking picture is by a
Spanish artist, Ignacio ZuIoaga. 1t oc-
cupies the place of honor in the salon
An old white horse. wounded, streaming
with blood and mounted by a picador, Is
slowly and painfully regaining noun
tain village after bullhght. 1t is a
strong. sombre canvas and is regarded
as Zuloaga's masterpiece.
With Castilian Severity.
Next TO this is a thrilling, realistic
Crucifxion treated with intense Cas-
to h. ho mi
Jean Beraud exhibits terrific satire
on state education under the Third Re
public, a Christ with red hair, wearing
scarlet tunic, staggering beneath the
and prosecuted by an angry mob Of
atheists. free thinkers. Isra elites. Prot
estants, Radicals and Socialists. A
state schoolmastcr is bcckoning TO chill
dren kneelnE beside lighted tapers and
worshipping tho Saviour. and Is urging
them TO join I'm the hue and cry and cast
stones al the Christ. To the right is the
red torch of anarchy; to the left is the
pure. pale. waxen taper light Of the Ro-
man Church.
+. Louis elliot exhibits the picture or
dered by the French government for
presentation TO King George. showing
the coronation review off Spithead. An
other large work is The Elements.
painted by Aman-Jean for the amphi-
theatre OF the new Sorbonne.
Carolus Duran and Albert Besnard
have some interesting canvases, but
Jacques Blanche, Lucien Simon and
Rene Menard, three Of Frances fore
most artists, were not represented.
There We're in all some three thousand
exhibits.
The American Contingent.
Among the most successful works OF
the American contingent arc those by
Walter Gay. Myron Barlow. Alexander
Harrison. Jules Stewart, Frederick
F'rleseke. Russell Greedy, Florence Este,
Elizabeth Nourse. Eleanor Norcross,
Florence Upton. James Carstairs. Mari
cite C.tton, Minerva Chapman and Mary
Fairchild Ipw.
hIf 'A'A's ''bNNlhhF NO''''i'''N
young American landscapist. Roy Brown
Lesidaner. for clever studies OF the Yer
sailles Palace gardens. Mrs. Harry
Payne Whitney has on view n marble
Immortal Paganism'
Among the miniature painters much
admiration was given 10 a portrait by
Miss Grace y. Wishaar. Of Oakland, Cal,
who has also acquired a reputation as a
scenic artist Mrs. +. Dodge and Mr.
Pattee show their usual refined work.
In watercolors Florence Este and in
etchings the Americans q. Caid and II
A. Webster have especially interesting
exhibits. There are in this years Salon
sixty works, all told by Americans.
Sculpture maintains the high standard
set by AuguSte Rodin and other masters.
Among much Of the excellent work In
this division attention is especially drawn
to number of fine portrait busts by
BarthGlome Pierre Roche, Lenoir, Paulin
and Bourdelle.
4 feature this year is the open air
section In a specially arranged garden
abutting on the Champs Elysees. 1t is
here that Robins single contribution is
placed.