Paris Salon Sightings From an American Eyewitness
Correspondent G. T. B. reports from Paris in May 1879 on the sprawling salon show with 5895 works. He praises American artists Knight Bridgeman Blashfield and Dana, notes strong landscapes by Bierstadt, and highlights French masters as well as unknowns, predicting medal outcomes and future letters.
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