Bismarck daily tribune. [volume] (Bismarck, Dakota [N.D.]) 1881-1916, 1914-12-23
.PARIS|AN
ART lists
BAT ! 1L|NG
CHANGE I IN ART LIFE IN
PARIS Is ALMOST INCAL
CULABLE, IT'S SAID.
MANY STUDIOS ARE DESERTED

MANY STUDIOS Are DESERTED
American Artists Are All Busy
But Not Many Are Painting
Nowadays.
Paris, Dec. 22.-The change iii art
| life in Paris Is almost incalculable.
At the National School of the Beaux
Arts 1900 of its 1000 students have
joined the allied armies. Four Of the
professors are also at The front, Bran
don, Mason, Marcek and Leroux.
The closing of the Louvre, the Lux
embourg and other museums; the
cancelling of many important exhibit
tons during the winter; the suspen-
sion of the classes in many other
large academies besides the Beaux
Arts; the departure of nearly ninety
per cent. CT the French artists who
are now under arms and the disap-
pearance of thousands of other art
lists of every nationality are some of
the consequences of the war upon this
phase OF life in Paris. .....
! Among the first of the Beaux Arts
men to fall on the battlefield was
Morris Berthson, chief of Jaussely's
atelier and also, familiar figure at
Juliens. He had been a candidate
for the Prix de Rome and numbered
many Americans in his circle of com.
rades. Jean Hillmacher, another
prominent Beaux Arts man, has fallen
at the battle Of y-le-Francois; he
received a second prize in the last
Prix de Rome concour. Noel Hall,
Pierre Sylvan Petit Henri Caroly,
Georges Aussenard, Maurice Vidal,
Pierre Sibien, Louis Planzewski, Geor-
tges Demonchy and Lucien Roustan,
Louis Ringuet and Jean Petit, have
been killed in battles. sGustave Bcis-
son, the guardian, SO well beloved by
the Americans who have worked in
the great National school, has also
fallen, as color bearer in the 10th In.
fantry. He was killed in rescuing the
flag af his .regineN y \
Laurens in Hospital, =
Pierre Laurens,, the second son of
the famous painter Jean Paul Laur
ems, has been wounded and taken
prisoner. He>is now being cared for
in the Red Cross hospital in Witten
berg Germany. He has wide circle
| If friends in Baltimore, where he had
been recently to arrange the placing
of the decoration "The Surrender of
Yorktown" painted by his father
Pierre Laurens is also we'll known in
New York City, where he has painted
many important portraits.
Monsieur Hauffbuer. widely known
| in America, has returned to France
from Richmond, Virginia, where he
had been painting a decoration cc'm-
missioned by the state. He is now in
the French army. A. r. Ulman, is an
other French artist with an interna-
tional reputation who is at the front.
| Among the men who exhibited in
the "Futurists' show two years ago
in New York are Andre Duren, who
is now military chauffeur; Charles
Carmoen, on duty in one CT the forts
near Dijon; Andre de Segonzac, on
guard near Toul and de la Frasnaye,
who was exempt, but nevertheless en-
tered as a volunteer. He was wound.
ed, but has returned to his regiment
after a short convalescence. Jacques
VillOn is in the trenches near Lassig-
| ny, and dozens of others could he
mentioned, Matisse, who is still in
Paris, is impatiently waiting his nc
| tice to join his regiment, and has ar
ranged his affairs so that the exhibi-
ton which he is to give in New York
next February will receive some OF
the best of his works, notwithstand-
ing the fact that many of his pictures
are held in Berlin.
Sharles Huard, whose wife is Lhe
daughter of the late Francis Wilson,
is one of the many well known etchI
ers who are now in the. French army.
His chateau near Villers Cotteret was
occupied by Won kluck and his gener-
ais, who have taken away everything
EXCEPT the four walls of the chateau,
| The beautiful collection of porcelains,
antiques and rare books, which were
the joy of Monsieur and Madame HUI
ara ana tnelT Hfduy 1AlAoiASnh IL iSAu''
have been taken by the Germans.
In thee ollecticn were nine hundred
original drawings by the artist, re-
presenting the best CT his life's work.
But the list is unending as nearly
every. Studio in Paris has the little
blue, white and red card placed in the
corner of the door, saying Modified,
will return after victory. .t
There are but few American artists
in their Paris studios. F. Armington
and James Ryon are both serving as
orderlies in the American military
hospital at Neuilly J. G. Casey en-
listed in the Second regiment of the.
Foreign Legion.
Americans Active.
The American colony is mere active
in aiding France at the present mo.
ment than in painting pictures. They
are helping greatly in caring for the
Large number OF artists and models
who are suffering from, the effects Of
the war.
Al committee of eighty t;our artists
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