DOI issue:
No. 135 (June, 1904)
DOI article:Frantz, Henri: The salon of the Société Nationale des Beaux-Arts
DOI Page / Citation link:https://doi.org/10.11588/diglit.19882#0031
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PORTRAIT OF MADAME S. AND HER SON BY^F. H. MORISSET
would have been even better if the jury had re- wonderful modelling of the features, the life-like
frained from admitting so many mediocre studies, expression of the eyes, the simple effectiveness of
and if certain artists whose day is past, or whose the gestures of those who sat to him, are as remark-
work is not suitable for a general exhibition, had able as in any of his previous exhibits,
refrained from taking part in the present show. Another painter whose individuality is as marked
One of the most delightful surprises of this Salon as that of Carriere himself, and who, like him, is
is to meet once more with the beautiful work of one of the strongest men represented at the Salon,
Eugene Carriere, who did not exhibit last year, is Besnard, who contributes two works only, both
His four pictures prove that there is no falling off painted some time ago, which display the same
in his mastery of the technique he has made mastery of colour as is so noticeable in his more
peculiarly his own. His harmonies in grey are as recent paintings. The Portrait of H.R.H. the late
full of delicately subtle effects as of yore. The Princess Mathilde is no less than ten years old, but
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PORTRAIT OF MADAME S. AND HER SON BY^F. H. MORISSET
would have been even better if the jury had re- wonderful modelling of the features, the life-like
frained from admitting so many mediocre studies, expression of the eyes, the simple effectiveness of
and if certain artists whose day is past, or whose the gestures of those who sat to him, are as remark-
work is not suitable for a general exhibition, had able as in any of his previous exhibits,
refrained from taking part in the present show. Another painter whose individuality is as marked
One of the most delightful surprises of this Salon as that of Carriere himself, and who, like him, is
is to meet once more with the beautiful work of one of the strongest men represented at the Salon,
Eugene Carriere, who did not exhibit last year, is Besnard, who contributes two works only, both
His four pictures prove that there is no falling off painted some time ago, which display the same
in his mastery of the technique he has made mastery of colour as is so noticeable in his more
peculiarly his own. His harmonies in grey are as recent paintings. The Portrait of H.R.H. the late
full of delicately subtle effects as of yore. The Princess Mathilde is no less than ten years old, but
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