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Show WORK OF AMERICAN ARTISTS EXHIBITED PARIS, May 1. The Paris salon, the first since 1914, has been opened with an exhibition which the critics speak of as remarkably fine under the circumstances. circum-stances. It is being held in the Petit Palais, in the Champs Ely-sees, instead of in the grand palalse, as before the war. The grand palaise is being used as a hospital. Although the number of exhibits is necessarily nec-essarily smaller, the quality compares favorably fa-vorably with preceding salons. The paintings of the younger artists nearly all reflect some aspect of the war. Most of them were executed at the front. Among the American artists represented are Rldgway Knight, Walter Gay, Elizabeth Eliza-beth Nourse, Julius L. Stewart and M. T. Ponnat. Mr. Knight's picture, called "September, 1B14. After the Battle of the Mame," is regarded as his masterpiece. It represents a peasant family after the battle. Americans are represented In sculpture also by a piece by Clyde Duver-net Duver-net Hunt. It is a life sized nude, which is attracting particular attention, . . AfiM-. |