Studio: international art (90.1925)

THE PARIS INTERNATIONAL E jjggjg^
EXHIBITION, 1925. FIRST ART- ^^^^^^ffi
ICLE: THE FRENCH BUILDINGS.
BY GABRIEL MOUREY. a a

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THE site chosen for the International ft
Exhibition of Modern Decorative and _
Industrial Arts, despite certain advantages ! .Wlm

it has, possesses some very grave incon-
veniences, particularly in respect of its ^^^^s^^KWmM 1
suitability for the display of architecture,
inconveniences arising from the smallness
of area and the historic and traditional
character of the immediate surroundings.

The buildings erected on the Esplanade
des Invalides and on the right bank of
the Seine, between the Pont de la Con-
corde and the Pont de TAlma are much
too close together. There is a lack of air-
space ; they react badly on one another ;
most of them, especially those on the
Esplanade, would have looked far better
if they had been placed with more space s jH^LJ%

around them, in a well-wooded park. a ^^^^^^Ef ' ' j

Speaking generally, they have some Hjra^ffi^^ W ! '^Sj^^f

serious defects, of which the principal is ; Jj^^^^MM V ^SltBll

that they are not sufficiently French in wBmsssmmm ....... _<■■>■

character, and their proportions are not drawing of great staircase

such as one might have wished. They in the grand palais

are somewhat heavy and they are lacking SS^S^£^7

corative and Industrial Arts, Paris)

salon of a french embassy
decorations by henri rapin

(Internat. Exhibn. of Modern De-
corative aud Industrial Arts, Paris).