THE PARAS SALON.

Auckland Star, Volume XVIII, Issue 107, 7 May 1887, Page 4 (Supplement)

THE PARAS SALON.

Striking Flc&trZs to toe Exhibited

There are to be- some1 striking pictures ir this year's Salon. The' isramber of piece.' sent for selection' w3i' Be' greater than last year, when it amoatittedj to= 7,300. Bonguoreau will have a companion piece to his "Cupid DiearmecV'* of last year called "Ciipid Victorious.'" Benjutßin Constant will contribute two' canvases — one " Theodora " and' tlie' ofcfoer " Orplieas." Theodora is represented sitting; on her throne in <dV> the splendour ©f tfte Byzantine Empire;- This will no ■ doubt be one of the mosi^ntofciceatMe piclimres oi this year's collection,1-not oaiy because «'f the rich Oriental iMagety with which Jft i« conceived and fhi'fehedj hvn6 because of Site fame of the subjerfc b^ tfte'pl'aj" of '* Tli^odora. " ; Constant's- pietvifre- o# " Oi'pheu*" is a very large or A;*- Orpheus is-sSowri! after the death of Eur^dfee'aatili is mourning h&£ loss. Wishing f'V-avOkf- tihe light of day in his great grief, kb -seefe a-dark-moitntwn recess just nu the iAys'-of "lie iftornmg sun begin to appear. (Jerome \vsfli contribute, not a. p&fetittg',. but' a> miwljle statue representing who snhiiugate*'} Hercules. Ompbs.te-'leans on the tjlnb of Hercules, the skirt-'of a NuTnidian lion being thrown o\'er it, while; Heronles hiiaself is at her feet with a-band* tied! over- lii,s eyes by Cupid. A Urge.cs/n/irftH- by JBwMiilloti it is exj)eetcck-.will. be t-lio: senstaitio-n of the year. It r^preBonte* Dr.- Chariot giving a lesson at Saltpetriare1 to- I'u.s pupils and some inffitod< gueritis. H&.*Saiids at a table, one arxivhkll extended! bow>Jj.tl the audience. His assist'anfcj DV. Bfil>i!.iisky. stands near, hol'iiitig a- woman: stricken with hysteria. Tne hospital nurse- stands watching, reacby to. gne ai«y possible relief. A [liol.uve eatlwl " Deserted," by Mpfefcr?. an • Ameiicaa artist is spoken of in veiy high to-run^.. It is a large canvas, and l' 8» presentK-a sit-k Indian girl and her mother?. an; aged: sqiuw, being abandoned on tsiuv wesbei-ir pMns by their tribe. The girf< clings tn>her mofchov, who crouches.by hi;tr side,- wearingl on her face a look of indescrsl?/' able-agony and helpless despair. Bridgjii?i.n r anotner American artist sft much' t-epu-te, has a piece representing ar viewof yik-.-city of Algiers as seen from that top of ci'fr-of its iliit-roofed houses.