International studio (16.1902)

Lucien Simon


FROM A PASTEL BY LUCIEN SIMON

“ MATERNITE

suffrages of an enlightened
minority, whereas, if he
chose, he could have the
fashionable crowd rushing
sheep-like to gaze on his
pictures, and displaying
the enthusiasm they now
display over the master-
pieces of MM. Jean
Beraud, Jose Frappa, and
others ! If only, continue
these delicate, sensitive
souls, there were some
moral lesson to be learned
from these realistic repre-
sentations of truth; if
only they aroused some
sentiment, some poetical
emotion. But, no; M.
Lucien Simon is austere
and honest, and his high
qualities as a painter, his
wonderful executive
talents, are only rela-
tively pleasing. Art which