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FINE ARTS IN 1900. 



Paris: Exposition Universelle. The art ex- 

 hibition constituted one of the principal features 

 of the exposition of 1900, a special new building, 

 called the Grand Palais des Beaux Arts, with large 

 and spacious galleries, having been erected for it 

 on the Avenue Nicolas II. This splendid building, 

 which is not doomed to destruction like most of 

 the other exposition structures, but is destined to 

 be permanent and the future home of the Salons, 

 consists of two long lateral wings connected by 

 two lines of galleries, the whole forming a struc- 

 ture nearly resembling in plan the letter H. It 

 may be divided, as to its exhibits, into three dis- 

 tinct collections: First, a French centennial exhi- 

 bition, comprising French paintings, sculptures, 

 drawings, and prints from the beginning of the 

 century down to the last international exposition, 

 an effort having been made not to repeat the ex- 

 hibits of 1889; second, a French decennial exhibi- 

 tion, composed of the works of French artists 

 during the past ten years since 1889; and third, 

 a foreign decennial exhibition, including the pro- 

 ductions of foreign artists during the same period. 

 Twenty-three of its galleries were devoted to 

 French art, while not more than six galleries were 

 allotted to any one foreign country. 



The awards consisted of medals of honor, first- 

 class medals (gold), second-class medals (silver), 

 third-class medals (bronze), and honorable men- 

 tion. They were so numerous, especially in the 

 lower classes, that we can give only the first two 

 classes in painting in full and the American sec- 

 ond-class medals. 



Medals of honor: 



Austria M. Klint. 



Belgium Alfred Stevens, Alexandre Struys. 



Denmark Peter Severin Kroyer. 



England Laurence Alma-Tadema, W. Quiller 

 Orchardson. 



France Jean Jacques Henner, Jean Charles 

 Cazin, Dagnan-Bouveret, Henri Harpignies, Ernest 

 Hebert, Alfred Philippe Roll, Antoine Vollon, Ben- 

 jamin-Constant, Aime Morot, Henri Martin. 



Germany Francis Lenbach, Fritz von Uhde. 



Holland Josef Israels. 



Italy Jean Boldini. 



Norway Fritz Thaulow. 



Russia M. Serof. 



Spain Joaquin Sorolla y Bastida. 



Sweden- Anders Zorn. 



United States James McNeill Whistler, John S. 

 Sargent. 



Of the above artists MM. Hubert and Dagnan- 

 Bouveret received the medal of honor the second 

 time, both having bc-en similarly honored at the 

 exposition of 1889. 



l-'irst -class medals were awarded as follow: 



Austria Heinrich de Angeli, Josef Mehoffer. 



Belgium Alfred Baertsoen, Emile Clous, Leon 

 ('ii'iU'-ric, Th. Verstraete. 



Bulgaria M. Mrkvicka. 



Denmark Vigo Johansen, Th. Philipsen. 



France Armand Berton, Alfred Pierre Agache, 

 .lsc|ili Bail, Mile. Caroline Baily, Lon Barillot, 

 Marcel Baschet, Victor Binet, Jacques Blanche, 

 Kngene Buland, Georges Callot, Paul Chabas, Jules 

 ( lierct, Charles Cottet, Adrien Demont, Mme. 

 IVmont-Breton, Louis Descliamps. Emile Friant, 

 <;nMave < ia^liardini. .]. Ceoll'ioy, Albert Laurens, 

 Kinc-t Laurent, Henry Lorollc. Henry Li'-vv, Mau- 

 rice Lobre, Edgard Maxcmc. l!r-n'- Mcnard, Boutet 

 ilr Monvol, J. A. Meunier, Petitjean, Pointelin, 

 Xavier Prinet, P. Kenouard, A. de Richmont, 

 I Ifiu i Hoycr, Goorges Hoehegrosse. .1. Saint -Ger- 

 mier, P. Santai, Lueien Simon, Francis Tattegrain. 

 Paul Vayson. J. H. Zuber. 



Germany E. von Gebhardt, Michel Hertrich, 



Max Koner, Gotthard Kuehl, Andre Muller, Franz 

 Stuck. 



Great Britain Stanhope Forbes, John Swan, E. 

 J. Gregory, George Clausen, George Reid, J. H. 

 Lorimer. 



Greece G. Jacobides. 



Holland B. J. Blommers, G. H. Breitmer, H. \V. 

 Mesdag, H. J. Weissenbruch. 



Hungary Jules Benczur, Stephen Csok, Philip 

 Lazlo. 



Italy L. Balestrievi, Pie Joris, F. P. Michetti, 

 Ange Morbelli, Dominique Morelli, Hector Tito. 



Japan M. O-Hashi. 



Norway Eyolf Soot, Halfdan, Strain, Eiebakke. 



Portugal B. P. Columbano, J. Salgado. 



Russia Philip Maliavine, Constantin Korovinc, 

 Axel Gallen, Ero Jaernefelt. 



Spain- Jimenez Aranda, Ulpiano Checa, Vierge. 



Sweden Carl Larsson, Nils Forsberg, Alfred 

 Wahlberg. 



Switzerland Ferdinand Hodler, Carlos Schwabe, 

 E. Burnaud, Mile. Louise Breslau. 



United States J. W. Alexander, Mile. Cecilia 

 Beaux, George Brush, William M. Chase, Winslow 

 Homer, Abbott H. Thayer. 



Second-class medals awarded to American art- 

 ists: Barlow, Benson, Bisbing, Bohm, Bridgman, 

 Clark, Fromuth, Gay, Gibson, Hassam, Johnson, 

 Keller, Lockwood, MacEwen, Nourse, Reid, Story, 

 Tanner, Vinton, Walden. 



In the Section of Engraving and Lithography, 

 Americans honored were: Whistler, medal of 

 honor; Cole and Pennell, first-class medals. Sec- 

 ond-class medals were awarded to Schladitz and 

 Wolff. 



In the Section of Sculpture, medals of honor 

 were given to French, MacMonnies, and Saint 

 Gaudens, and first-class medals to the following: 

 Barnard, Brooks, Grafly. Second-class medals: 

 Bitter, Borglum, Dallin, Flanagan, MacNeill. 



In the Section of Architecture no medal of honor 

 was given to an American. First-class medals: 

 Boring, McKim. Second-class medals: Cope, Day, 

 Flagg, Benson and Brockway, Hunt, Peabody and 

 Stearns, Post, Shepley, Warren. 



Paris: Miscellaneous. An important art event 

 of the year was the sale at the Georges Petit gal- 

 lery, May 20 to June 7, of the paintings, drawings, 

 and studio effects of Rosa Bonheur. The pictures, 

 chiefly those which the artist chose to keep beside 

 her and not to sell, numbered 892, and included 

 paintings of wild beasts, horses, mules, asses, cat- 

 tle, sheep, dogs, foxes, etc., and a large number of 

 landscapes. Besides these there were nearly 1.000 

 water-color and pastel studies. The total amount 

 realized at the sale was 1,180,880 francs, of which 

 935,121 francs was for paintings. Among the U-M 

 prices obtained wore: Lion Couche, 15.100: Tiirre 

 Royal dans le Jungle, 9,150; Tigre Royal. r>..Si>ii : 

 Le'Roi de Desert, 7,000; TOte de Lion, 8^.000; Lion 

 Regardant le Soleil, r>.!lOO : I.es Lionceaux. '.t.'.mo: 

 Tete de Lion, 11,300; Cheval Blanc an Vert, 8,-JnO: 

 Boeufs Nivernais, 33,600; Bceufs dans un ITitnra^e. 

 17,500; Boaufs Ecossais, 10,800; Cerf Eooutant lr 

 Vent, 21,300; Dans la ForSt, le Matin, 20,200: L< 

 Marche aux Chevaux de Paris, 9.300. The higtu'-t 

 price paid for a drawing was 7.700 francs for ;i 

 small water color of a tiger. A large number of 1li<' 

 drawings, which were of the greatest interest, sold 

 for more than 1.000 francs each. 



The sale of the Moreau-Nelaton collf-tioii. Ma\ 

 11 to 15, brought a total of 000.7 IS francs. Amom; 

 the best prices obtained were: Decamps Emanfcl 

 effrayfis a la Vue d'une Chienne, 101. (KM) train- 

 A la Porte du Chenil, 35.000: Le Capucin t'ollcc- 

 teur, 8,000; Paysan a V Atint, 7,000. Diaz Lo 

 Conte Arabe, 10,800. Jules Duprg Le Chemrn 



