Studio: international art (86.1923)

THE PARIS SALONS OF 1923

art of etching, and in his inimitable plates'
he comes to us straight from Rembrandt,
With this art he handles religious subjects
with wonderful intensity, for, realist and
sceptic as he is, he sometimes attains a
profound mysticism. When dealing with
subjects related to the War his work is
equally characterised by deep emotion, 0
The Salon of the Artistes Franfais
occupied the galleries usually assigned
to it in the Grand Palais; these were
not separated as in past years from the
Salon of the Societe Nationale, and one
could therefore pass quite naturally from

of Brittany; Gillot,withhisglimpses of New
York; and among the sculptors. Real del
Sarte, Baron, Peneau-Cosmao, Bartholome.

But the great attraction of the Nationale
display this year was the collective ex-
hibition of one of the greatest artists of the
present day—Jean Louis Forain, Forceful
painter of certain characteristic aspects of
contemporary life—the theatre and the
courts of justice—he treats these subjects
with a realism at once harsh and incisive
and at all times as a true colorist and
with great simplicity of means. At the
same time he is an admirable master of the

“OFFRANDE." BY M.
PENEAU-COSMAO

(Societe Nationale ; Copy-
right, H. Bonnaire, Lon-
don ; Photo Vizzavona)

“PORTEUSE.” BY R. BARON
(Societe Nationale; Copy-
right, H. Bonnaire, Lon-
don ; Photo Vizzavona)