Studio: international art (40.1907)

Studio- Talk

PARIS.—Exhibitions have been unusually
numerous this spring, and one cannot
help asking, with a certain feeling of
anxiety, what is to become of the myriads
of works shown on the walls of the innumerable
galleries of the capital. Such an exhibition, how-
ever, as that of Maufra’s pictures, held the other
day at Messrs. Durand-Ruel’s, stands by itself, hors
pair. While numbering himself among the disciples
of impressionists, this great artist interprets nature in
a way peculiarly his own. The coasts of Brittany
have claimed his special attention, and few have
so well expressed the charm of these waters with
their infinite variety of tint and aspects. Very
successful, too, was M. Picabia’s exhibition at the
Haussmann Galleries.

This year’s show of the Cercle de l’Union Artis-
tique was certainly above the average. One was
immediately captivated by the charming interiors
by Walter Gay, and by a view of a room in the
Doucet collection, ren-
dered with much subtlety ,
by M. Henri Tenre. A
series of first-rate portraits
by Flameng, Dagnan,

Bonnat {Head of Paderew-
ski), Guirand de Scevola,
formed an agreeable attrac-
tion, as the works of these
artists always do; and
two female portraits by M.

Jacques Blanche proved
that he has lost none of his
characteristic refinement.

M. Zakarian is par excel-
ence the painter of still-
life, and it was a real
pleasure to linger awhile
and contemplate his two
little contributions. Both
M. Billotte and M. Mon-
tenard sent two landscapes
worthy of their high reputa-
tion. Mention must be
made of an excellent
Versailles, by Guirand de
Scevola; a view of the
Pyramids,by M. Fitzgerald;
and two admirable female
portraits, by M. Ablett.

Voyage at the Grand Palais, though rivalling in
importance the annual salons, does not call for
detailed notice here, since the majority of the
exhibits have already been seen at one or other
show, but it was none the less pleasant and interest-
ing to find among them such distinguished artists
as Cottet, Mile. Dufau, d’Estienne, Morisset,
Duvent, Michel, Fix-Masseau, Roger-Bloche.

At the Galerie Petit, M. Ferdinand -Luigini’s
water-colour drawings of Holland and Belgium,
revealed that originality of treatment and individu-
ality of perception which place him in the front
rank. I hope later on to speak of his work at
greater length.

The works from the collection of M. Georges
Viau, which were recently put up to auction, were
previously exhibited for a few days at MM.
Durand-Ruel’s. M. Viau did not traverse the
beaten tracks, and when he was forming his collec-

The quinquennial ex-
hibition of the Boursiers de
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BY HANS RANZONI