There is an International Exhibition at Petit's now, and I am showing
some sea-pieces there with great success. The exhibition is made up,
with one or two exceptions, of young men. They are very clever, but
all alike; they follow a fashion--there is no more individuality.
Everybody paints, everybody is clever.
[Illustration: _Raphael_ THE MASS OF BOLSENA (Detail) _Anderson_]
We shall end by adoring J. Dupré. I don't always like him, but he has
individuality.
Too many painters, my dear fellow, and too many exhibitions! But you
see, at my age, I'm not afraid of showing my pictures among the young
men's sometimes.
Yet I hate exhibitions; one can hardly ever judge of a picture there.
_Alfred Stevens._