DOI Heft:
No. 172 (July, 1907)
DOI Artikel:The salon of the Société Nationale des Beaux-Arts
DOI Seite / Zitierlink: https://doi.org/10.11588/diglit.20775#0164
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The Societd Nat ion ale des Beaux Arts
"LA F0RF.T ET LA MER" BY J. F. AUBURTIN
M. Dinet still shines as an Orientalist, and he King Edward VII. that "official" painting has the
has succeeded in rendering all the warm splendour same qualities and presents the same dangers all
of Africa in the draperies that cover the body of the world over. M. Dagnan-Bouveret is losing
Zeinel the Enchantress. Beside this picture he his rare gifts and becoming a painter of popular
exhibited a little portrait—at once very amusing and subjects, which can never appeal to those who love
very life-like—of M. Cheramy, the well-known personality and study. It was sad to see his fine
Parisian collector. A fine and sober portrait was talent evaporating in this way.
that of M. Beurdeley, another celebrated collector, The posthumous exhibition of some of Fritz
by Zorn. M. Briand, the Minister of Public Instruc- Thaulow's canvases intensified one's sorrow at his
tion, was less felicitously handled by M. A. demise, for they showed the artist in the plenitude
Berthon ; but M. Maurice Donnay, the dramatist, of his powers. Happily there are some still living,
formed the subject of an excellent portrait by Abel but deserving of remembrance when they shall be
Faivre. MM. Raymond, Woog, Picard, Ablett gone, to console us for those we have already lost;
and Lavery also displayed portraits of men calcu- among them are M. Lhermitte, always worthy of
lated to inspire the hope that by next year they himself, and M. Rene Billotte, who, as the inter-
may have turned their attention to feminine grace, preter of the tender, melancholy hours he holds so
M. Friant, with the exactitude and the restraint dear, continues to hold close communion with
which characterise his work, executed an almost nature.
too striking likeness of M. Dubufe. M. Zakarian, whose genre work never fails to
M. Carolus Duran, the Villa Medicis giving him remind one of the masters in that department of
plenty of leisure, continues to send from Rome art, exhibited five superlatively good examples of
portraits which add nothing new or personal to a still-life. Mme. Madeleine Lemaire renounced
popular style of art in which he has few superiors. her flower paintings in favour of a genre subject,
Mr. Harold Speed proved to us by his portrait of Le Bain de Chloris, in which all her deli-
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The Societd Nat ion ale des Beaux Arts
"LA F0RF.T ET LA MER" BY J. F. AUBURTIN
M. Dinet still shines as an Orientalist, and he King Edward VII. that "official" painting has the
has succeeded in rendering all the warm splendour same qualities and presents the same dangers all
of Africa in the draperies that cover the body of the world over. M. Dagnan-Bouveret is losing
Zeinel the Enchantress. Beside this picture he his rare gifts and becoming a painter of popular
exhibited a little portrait—at once very amusing and subjects, which can never appeal to those who love
very life-like—of M. Cheramy, the well-known personality and study. It was sad to see his fine
Parisian collector. A fine and sober portrait was talent evaporating in this way.
that of M. Beurdeley, another celebrated collector, The posthumous exhibition of some of Fritz
by Zorn. M. Briand, the Minister of Public Instruc- Thaulow's canvases intensified one's sorrow at his
tion, was less felicitously handled by M. A. demise, for they showed the artist in the plenitude
Berthon ; but M. Maurice Donnay, the dramatist, of his powers. Happily there are some still living,
formed the subject of an excellent portrait by Abel but deserving of remembrance when they shall be
Faivre. MM. Raymond, Woog, Picard, Ablett gone, to console us for those we have already lost;
and Lavery also displayed portraits of men calcu- among them are M. Lhermitte, always worthy of
lated to inspire the hope that by next year they himself, and M. Rene Billotte, who, as the inter-
may have turned their attention to feminine grace, preter of the tender, melancholy hours he holds so
M. Friant, with the exactitude and the restraint dear, continues to hold close communion with
which characterise his work, executed an almost nature.
too striking likeness of M. Dubufe. M. Zakarian, whose genre work never fails to
M. Carolus Duran, the Villa Medicis giving him remind one of the masters in that department of
plenty of leisure, continues to send from Rome art, exhibited five superlatively good examples of
portraits which add nothing new or personal to a still-life. Mme. Madeleine Lemaire renounced
popular style of art in which he has few superiors. her flower paintings in favour of a genre subject,
Mr. Harold Speed proved to us by his portrait of Le Bain de Chloris, in which all her deli-
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