Studio: international art (30.1904)

Studio-Talk

force his effects somewhat; and by comparison,
M. d'Espagnat—always more of a colourist than
a draughtsman—and M. Vallotton seem continu-
ally to be making progress.

From the Societe des Artistes Francais there
have been several deserters—and these not by any
means the least important. Thence come perhaps
the most interesting exhibits. Mile. Duffau, for
example, an artist of the first rank, displays some
quite excellent nudes bathed in light. M. Emile
W£ry, the painter of Venice and of Amsterdam,
has a landscape of Taormine, which must always
charm the beholder by the delicacy of its tone.
M. Besson, more and more honest and true;
M. Adler, the painter of the workman, M. Eugene
Chigot, Mine. Gonyn de Lurieux, and M. Truchet
are interesting in more ways than one.

Salon—foreigners familiar to us in the Salons, or
in the small winter exhibitions : and from them
there is very little that is fresh. Nevertheless, I
was glad again to come across the work of
Mr. John Alexander, the extremely able artist we
all know, who for some time past had been con-
tent to absent himself from our exhibitions.
M. Kunfz, M. Mezquita, M. Kunz, and M. Bunny
are represented by works which tell us nothing
new; and M. Israels sends three canvases, of
which the best is the Manage Juif. M. Willaert
is still brilliantly conspicuous among the Flemish
landscapists.

To sum up. This, the first exhibition of the
autumn Salon is certainly a success. If in future
years the city of Paris could place somewhat better
premises at the disposal of the society, and the

The Societe Nationale
des Beaux-Arts is repre-
sented first of all by
two of its finest artists—
Besnard and Carriere;
the latter with several
admirable portraits of un-
equalled depth of emotion
and sentiment. M.
Jacques Blanche exhibits
some astonishingly vigor-
ous pictures of still life
and a fine portrait of
George Moore; M.
Milcendeau, with ever-
increasing sureness of
touch, still reveals himself
as the sincere and faithful
delineator of Breton
interiors; M. Aubertin
has a fine Mediterranean
landscape, decorative as
everything else under-
taken by this gifted
painter; M. Iturino is,
to my thinking, still a
little rough. Finally, let
me not forget the contri-
butions of M. du Gardier,
and the drawings of M.
Dethomas and M. Jean
Child.

Foreigners there are in

plenty at the autumn study of flowers by j. e. blanche

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