Studio: international art (84.1922)

THE OLD SALON, PARIS, 1922

" UNE BRETONNE (PAYS DE
GOELC")." GREY GRANITE
STATUE BY FRANCIS RENAUD

(Photo, J. Roseman)

claimed no mere passing attention. Marble
as a medium was less in evidence on this
occasion, the use of unpolished granite
and other warm and cold coloured stone
being charmingly exemplified in most of
the outstanding works, as, for instance,
in Francis Renaud's Bretonne (pays du
Go'elo) in grey granite, singularly attractive
in its proportional conception and thought-
fully cut simplicity; and Jeunesse, a
delightfully composed life-sized group in
white stone, by Pierre Christophe, de-
picting a small child fondling a calf, and

close to the latter was a plaster fragment
entitled Adoration, by Roger de Villiers,
which strongly appealed by its intrinsic
beauty. Naturally much labour had been
expended on war memorials and (using
the word in its double meaning) grave
subjects, which by overstrained sentiment
were not all creatively inviting. The
stone statue Fleurs de France, by Rene
Bristol, was, however, particularly alluring,
sentiment, symbol and art being simply
and charmingly combined in it, while its
placing on a rich green grassy mound
added considerably to its unique attrac-
tiveness. Then there was Roger Picard's
Plaster Fragment and a drawing showing
the monument as it will appear when
completed, which predicts that it, too, will
be uncommonly dignified. Works in

"VICTOIRE." BY
C.SARRABEZOLLE

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