New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1914-04-30
French Sculptors Reach
Higher Level of Excel
lenCe than Painters.
AMERICAN ARTISTS
WELL TO THE FORE
Paul Bartlett Contributes Statue
of Lafayette-Portraits OF
Wilson and NJ. T. Herrick.
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Ing through two miles OF paintings. stat
ues. drawings. engravings and objects OF
applied art Is that the sculpture section
predominates in excellence IN the odd
salon. and that It is this year on higher
level than is attained by the medium OF
brush or pencil.
Among the most imposing works are
statue OF Jeanne d Arc and marble TOMB
by Antonln Mercie. the latter for the Or
leans family chapel at DreUx 10 mark the
last resting place Of the Prince de Join
Vile Heroic figures OF Liberty. Equality
and Fraternity are exhibited by FRANCOIS
Sicard. who also has an exquisite marble
hfe-size portrait OF young lady eXecut-
ing shawl dance.
Others among he most noteworthy are
AK Marquet's heroic figure Of Bacchus
overcome by drink. supported b. an
ironic satyr Max Blondsts plaster fig
IRE Of April semi-nude girl holding
branches OF apple blossoms. Denys
Puech's gilded bronze statuette Of the
Princess Gargarine Stourdza. Nigo Warts
bronze fountain surmounted by Mar
cissus. and Raoul Nerets bronze stat
uette ot A girl playing with roses.
Splendid work is contributed by Ameri-
can scclptors. the most striking efforts
being Frederick MacMonnies's plaster
groups Of Philosophy and Thought for
the New York Public Library. Paul Bart
let's bronze statue Of Lafayette, Herbert
Uascltlnes equestrian statue OF his mas
ter. the late Anne Morot Rudolph
Evanss gilt bronze life-size nude statue
or a girl for r. 4. Nanderlip. OF New
York. and Janet Scudders fountain with
the figure Of young girl
Never before has go much animal life
been presented IN the Salon. There are
colossal bronze lions. both in repose and
In the act Of roaring. by Walton. fierce
crouchlng tigers 10y Gardet. irfuriated
lionesses and police dogs by Rche. =
combat between a lion and ? ram by
Sevsses. a struggle between 4 young girl
and q hid by Siiyestre. a fight between a
rooster and 2 puppy py Palma, blood
hounds shifting tho scent BY Mcreau
Nauthier. an Arab catching \ runaway
stallion bv lie Due, racehorses passing
the winning post by Guilon. Percheron
horses and also 2 finely executed team o.
four horses put 10 mail coach by Joire.
an eagle swooping down 20 clutch Kid
from a herd of wild goats by Marx. enor-
nous creyhounds By Paris and ny Mer-
cullano. and gigantic polar bear by
pcrrault Harry This unprecedented
artistic geological manifestation imparts
an extraordinary degree OF animation,
movement and variety to the whole Salon.
Portrait Of u. S. Amba ssador.
There arc e076 paintings in the Salon,
distributed IN forty-eight rooms and six
long galleries but nowhere are the works
If = transcendsnt merit. rivetIng atten-
ton As usual portraiture is the most
successful feature OF the French artists
exhibition Two portraits or remarkable
power aud distinction by Henry Roger
call for attention. one ~ these represents
M,ron T Herrick. the American Am
bassador. half seated or A diplomatic
writing desk. looking up from mass Of
letters and dispatches Nth genial
smile. holding lighted cigar in his left
hand. The other portrait Is fun length
life-slze picture of Mrs. George Rowland.
Of New York. in a pale blue evening
gown. with a long string ~ pearls, stand
ing in a library.
Bonnat exhibits a portrait ~ the Mar
duls de Segur. Marcel Baschet sends a
portrait in his best vein Of A young ser
seant of dragons, and there are other
good portraits by Ernest Laurent OF Hady
Francois Flamens. Of Nine. Decueis. I'm
eta Il
ing beside his primitive aeroDlane Il bis.
in which his first flight is recorded.
Richard Miuers "Evocarion OF Spring
is one Of his most successful imaginative
works. Raymond Nelson's two portraits
IN rich. mellow tones show subtle OBJ
servation, and there are also character
istic works by Ridgway Knight, Aston
Knight. Christine Herter and Anna
klumpke and A finely composed Picardy
landscape by George Rowland.
Edgar Maxence exhibits a picture OF
two women holding illuminated prayer
hooks before an altar. considered by
French critics TO be the masterpiece Of
this subtle composer OF atmosphere and
deft Interpreter OF detail.
Henry Martins decorative panel OF ma
sons and house builders for the Paris
courtroom for the judging Of cases OF
accidents 10 worNngmen Is an admirable
picture. vigorously brushed.
A decorative panel by Henri 10 -
vast triptych for the Bonnat Museum At
Bayonne. representing the entry TO the
museum OF Bonnat and his pupils
The pictures. unanimously agreed 20 be
among the best in the show. include Jules
Adler's "Boulogne Fishermen Returning
from Their Smacks." Mercies portrait OF
a girl In blue tones slipping a cup Of choco-
late. Cadets nude Daphnis and Chloe
seated before A rhododendron tree In
bloom. Mile Dufaus Eros and Psyche
standing In a garden. Lamy's Peasant
Girls OF Marker" in soft blues and vel
lows, in a dutch hay atmosphere. and
Paul Dupuy's three young ladies under
tent on sunny. sandy beach.
Louis Theodore DUDE. OF Canada, ex-
hibits portrait of President Wilson
sitting at his desk gazing thoughfully.
holding a letter and wearing a vtolet-col-
orcd necktie. 1t is good picture. we'll
drawn and brushed in sober tones.
The painters deemed 20 be tho foremost
candidates this year for the Medeille
d Honneur are MaXence Adler. Henry
Rover. Calbet and Henri, 70.
In the section OF applied art Gilbert
Whites decorations for the town hall OF
New Haven. Conn. are highly successful.
finely composed works, highly appre lated
b. Partisan critics
The American Exhibitors.
The names OF the twenty-oue Ameri-