Studio: international art (58.1913)

Studio- Talk

MODEL OF THE NEW PALACE THEATRE, PARIS. A. & G. PERRET AND ROGER BOUVARD, ARCHITECTS

cation of music and evoking the
principal phases of the art from
the myths of Orpheus and Bacchus
to the more recent legends of
Parsifal, Pelleas, and Salome, all
depicted with that perfection of
line which we have come to expect
in this artist's -work. The frescoes
in the foyer by Bourdelle, who has
also been responsible for the
decorations of the box fronts, reveal
all this great artist's variety. M.
K. X. Roussel has painted the drop
curtain in his well-known supple
and harmonious art with a repre-
sentation of Dionysiac dances;
and another great decorative artist,
M. Vuillard, has designed the
graceful trumeaux (mirrors sur-
mounted by pictures) destined for
the salle de comedie—for the new
theatre contains two auditoria, one
for Grand Opera and Ballet, the
other for Comedy. In the foyer de
la danse Mme. Marval has executed
some beautiful decorative improvi-
sations on the theme Une journee
chez Daphnis, and in the ladies'
salon M. Lebasque has scattered
over the walls a profusion of
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ONE OF A SERIES OF RELIEFS DECORATING THE FACADE OF THE NEW
PALACE THEATRE, PARIS. BY E. BOURDELLE
(Photo procidi E. Druet)