DOI Heft:
No. 206 (May, 1910)
DOI Artikel:The exhibition of the société des peintres et sculpteurs in Paris
DOI Seite / Zitierlink: https://doi.org/10.11588/diglit.20969#0297
The Societd des Peintres et Sculpteurs
which the distinctive colouring and the charming
composition could not fail to attract the attention
of every one.
M. Charles Cottet is attracted by Brittany and
by Venice in turn, and from one or other of these
places he has already brought back pictures which
rank among the finest productions of the present
day. This year he has no large canvases such as
he has been wont so often to exhibit. He showed
some small easel pictures, certain of which neverthe-
less are quite up to the standard of his finest work.
He seemed to me to be most happy in his Moulin
de Bretagne, and his Soleil Couchant, while his
Pointe de Quillern, his Moulin sur la Cote are in
every way worthy to rank side by side with those
important pieces upon which his reputation is based.
M. Dauchez has made giant strides in the last
few years; his draughtsmanship has taken on a
firmness and decisiveness quite remarkable, and
no one is better qualified than he to penetrate into
the recesses of the melan-
choly soul of the landscape
of “la basse Bretagne.” His
decorative panel Prairies
bordees d'Arbres was among
the most imposing things
in the exhibition, but I
liked equally well his paint-
ing of a cloudy sky in the
neighbourhood of Guilvin-
nec, his Moulin d Lescotiil,
his Troupeau au Groasken,
and especially his picture
of meadows by the banks
of a river.
M. Henri Duhem is also
gifted with perfect com-
prehension of the country
in which he dwells, and
he takes pleasure in de-
picting in paintings full of
character, Flemish scenery,
with its big canals, its
churches enveloped in mist
or surrounded by water.
His Btrges de Canal, and
his Ab/euvoir were among
his most typical exhibits.
A portrait painter who
has achieved great popu-
larity and who is one of
the most sought after and
the most remarkable among
painters of contemporary “ le salon rose” by j. e. blanche
272
womanhood, M. La Gandara, exhibited a female
portrait executed with that subtleness and penetra-
tion that are so characteristic of his work. Besides
portraits, the artist showed some charming draw-
ings. Fie has previously done some little pictures
in the Luxembourg Gardens, and his Pare de Saint
Cloud, which he showed in the exhibition, was
admirably successful in its grey harmonies.
M. Walter Gay is unanimously admitted to be
our premier painter of interiors, and it is quite
certain that he has brought this class of picture
into fashion again, and our descendants will owe
him a debt of gratitude for having preserved in
paint the image of the most beautiful interiors of
our day. The Chateau de Revillon has been
made the most recent subject for his brush, and the
two pictures he showed of this place were very
remarkable. I should also mention his picture
entitled Japoneries, purchased by the State, and
which we reproduce among our illustrations.
which the distinctive colouring and the charming
composition could not fail to attract the attention
of every one.
M. Charles Cottet is attracted by Brittany and
by Venice in turn, and from one or other of these
places he has already brought back pictures which
rank among the finest productions of the present
day. This year he has no large canvases such as
he has been wont so often to exhibit. He showed
some small easel pictures, certain of which neverthe-
less are quite up to the standard of his finest work.
He seemed to me to be most happy in his Moulin
de Bretagne, and his Soleil Couchant, while his
Pointe de Quillern, his Moulin sur la Cote are in
every way worthy to rank side by side with those
important pieces upon which his reputation is based.
M. Dauchez has made giant strides in the last
few years; his draughtsmanship has taken on a
firmness and decisiveness quite remarkable, and
no one is better qualified than he to penetrate into
the recesses of the melan-
choly soul of the landscape
of “la basse Bretagne.” His
decorative panel Prairies
bordees d'Arbres was among
the most imposing things
in the exhibition, but I
liked equally well his paint-
ing of a cloudy sky in the
neighbourhood of Guilvin-
nec, his Moulin d Lescotiil,
his Troupeau au Groasken,
and especially his picture
of meadows by the banks
of a river.
M. Henri Duhem is also
gifted with perfect com-
prehension of the country
in which he dwells, and
he takes pleasure in de-
picting in paintings full of
character, Flemish scenery,
with its big canals, its
churches enveloped in mist
or surrounded by water.
His Btrges de Canal, and
his Ab/euvoir were among
his most typical exhibits.
A portrait painter who
has achieved great popu-
larity and who is one of
the most sought after and
the most remarkable among
painters of contemporary “ le salon rose” by j. e. blanche
272
womanhood, M. La Gandara, exhibited a female
portrait executed with that subtleness and penetra-
tion that are so characteristic of his work. Besides
portraits, the artist showed some charming draw-
ings. Fie has previously done some little pictures
in the Luxembourg Gardens, and his Pare de Saint
Cloud, which he showed in the exhibition, was
admirably successful in its grey harmonies.
M. Walter Gay is unanimously admitted to be
our premier painter of interiors, and it is quite
certain that he has brought this class of picture
into fashion again, and our descendants will owe
him a debt of gratitude for having preserved in
paint the image of the most beautiful interiors of
our day. The Chateau de Revillon has been
made the most recent subject for his brush, and the
two pictures he showed of this place were very
remarkable. I should also mention his picture
entitled Japoneries, purchased by the State, and
which we reproduce among our illustrations.