e Chavannes, he seeksabove all for harmony and beautiful effects ofcolour in mural painting. His large panel thisyear is entitled LEssor. As he himself explainsin the catalogue, he has striven to express in thefour female figures the stages of human thought—first dormant, then awaking, rising… … BY LUCIEN SIMON45 The Salon of the Socidte Natioiiale, Paris If these three large decorative paintings arethose which most forcibly attract ones notice,though by very different characters, — Menardtracing the continuity of classicism, Besnard alliedto the traditions of the decorative artists of…
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