Studio: international art (38.1906)

Technical Hints

equally deserving of mention. The last-named
artist’s pictures were rather badly hung in the
ground floor of the great palace, yet this year
they were of the very first quality.

M. Charles Cottet gave us another surprise
this year, his three studies of women showing us
the talent of this powerful colourist under an
entirely novel aspect. M. Aman-Jean showed a
typical example of his always distinguished work
in his Panneau dicoratif ; and M. Agache con-
tributed a symbolic figure of considerable charm.
M. Picard had equally charming portraits, fascinat-
ing in colour and deliciously treated as to setting.

As usual the Societe Nationale abounded in
good landscapes, and frequent halts had to be
made to observe the different merits of those
in Brittany by MM. Dauchez and Chevalier,
the Flemish scenes of MM. Emile Claus,
Duhem, Baertsoen, and Willaert, the flam-
boyant Venice of M. Gillot, the pale Venice
of Mr. Smith, the Eastern landscapes by
MM. Dinet and Dagnac-Riviere, the Nor-
wegian scenes by M. Thaulow, M. Lhermitte’s
harvest scenes, M. Billotte’s twilights, M.
Lagarde’s autumnal forests, M. Montenard’s
sunny Provence, the scenes in the Vosges by
M. Waidman, the Basque shores by M. Prouvd,
the impressions of Paris by MM. Prunier,
Houbron and Gabriel Rosseau, and the sea-
scapes of MM. Ullmann and Chabanian. Two
charming landscapes, one of them by M.
Costeau, excellent for its decorative effect,
and the other, M. G. Griveau’s Chateau de
Combourg, deserved more than a passing notice.

There were besides in the Salon delightful
interiors by Mr. Walter Gay, and some others
that were very attractive by Mile. Druon and
by M. Lobre; while among the most fascinat-
ing of the exhibits were M. Dumont’s flower-
pieces and the still-life studies of M. Zakarian.

The examples of decorative art were on the
whole of small importance ; but no one could
cross the hall of sculpture without a glance
of admiration at the superb head of Berthelot,
by M. Rodin, or without noticing the fine torso
by M. Schnegg, which reminded us of beautiful
Athenian antiques. Again, we must mention
the excellently modelled busts of Mr. Spicer-
Simson, a fine Carrier by Mme. Henraux,
Bugatti’s animals, statuettes by MM. Dejean,
Froment-Meurice, and Pinchon, an interesting
Bretonne by M. Pierre Roche, and a Jean
Dampt by himself, which is worthy of the best
work by that faultless artist. H. F.

Technical hints from the

DRAWINGS OF PAST MASTERS
OF PAINTING. VII. FRANCOIS
CLOUET.

The subject of the facsimile reproduction in our
present number The Portrait of a Man, whose
identity has not been discovered, is one of fifteen
studies in the British Museum Collection by
Francois Clouet, perhaps better known amongst
his contemporaries as Jannet. They form a
small but very typical group out of the very large
number of studies of kings, queens and courtiers,

PORTRAIT OF MISS RUTH HASLAM BY W. ABLETT

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