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Exhibitions in Paris and Salon Des Refusés: By: Christian Jack Santander

The document summarizes the history of art exhibitions in Paris, including the Salon des Refusés. It notes that in 1863, Emperor Napoleon III ordered an exhibition of works rejected from the Paris Salon, called the Salon des Refusés, in response to protests from artists. This allowed the public to judge these rejected works. Famous artists shown included Manet, Courbet, Cézanne, and Pissarro. The Salon des Refusés undermined the French Academy and highlighted the need for alternative exhibitions, legitimizing avant-garde art and paving the way for Impressionism.

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Exhibitions in Paris and Salon Des Refusés: By: Christian Jack Santander

The document summarizes the history of art exhibitions in Paris, including the Salon des Refusés. It notes that in 1863, Emperor Napoleon III ordered an exhibition of works rejected from the Paris Salon, called the Salon des Refusés, in response to protests from artists. This allowed the public to judge these rejected works. Famous artists shown included Manet, Courbet, Cézanne, and Pissarro. The Salon des Refusés undermined the French Academy and highlighted the need for alternative exhibitions, legitimizing avant-garde art and paving the way for Impressionism.

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EXHIBITIONS IN PARIS AND

SALON DES REFUSÉS


By: Christian Jack Santander
DEFINITION OF TERMS
⮚ Exhibitions
• a collection of things for display.
• Focuses on the identification, display, and interpretation of collective things.

⮚ Salon de Refusés
• the French phrase of Salon of the Refused or Exhibition of Rejected Art
• SALON: Refers to an art exhibition in French painting

⮚ Paris Salon
• Official annual showcase of French Art
HISTORY OF EXHIBITIONS IN
PARIS AND SALON DE REFUSÉS
• Fewer than 2,218 pictures out of a total of over 5,000 were accepted for the exhibitions by
the Salon selection jury

• Due to the protests of many artists, Emperor Napoleon III, ordered a new exhibition to be
organized and named it Salon de Refusés (Exhibition of Rejected Art) that displays the
paintings and sculptures that had been refused or rejected in the admission to the salon
which allows the public to judge the merits of these works by themselves.

• The exhibition consists the lists of 780 works by 64 sculptors and 366 painters, with a small
number of printmakers and architects.
HISTORY OF EXHIBITIONS IN
PARIS AND SALON DE REFUSÉS
• Known Famous Painters whose works were shown: Edouard Manet, Gustave Courbet, Paul
Cezanne, Camille Pisarro, James Whistler, and Henri Faith-Latour.

• Three (3) more Salon de Refusés were held in Paris in the year 1874-1886.

• By then the novelty had faded as other unofficial art exhibitions began to appear such as
Salon des Independants – Société des Artistes Indépandants (Society of Independent Artists
and Salon d’Automne (Autumn Salon)

• Nowadays the term "Salon des Refusés" is used to denote any art exhibition devoted to the
display of works rejected by a juried art show.
IMPORTANCE OF SALON DE
REFUSÉS
❖ Salon de Refusés was held in Paris in 1863 that shows the paintings which has been
rejected by selection committee of the Paris Salon.

1. It undermines the infallibility of the French Academy (implicating the Academic art across
Europe)
2. It highlights the need for alternative unofficial exhibitions which prevents highly
conservative academic bodies from dominating both aesthetics and public’s taste in art.
3. It legitimized a new emerging form of avant-garde art and paves a way of
“Impressionism”
SOURCES:
• https://www.britannica.com/art/Salon-des-Refuses
• http://www.visual-arts-cork.com/history-of-art/salon-des-refuses.htm
• http://www.visual-arts-cork.com/famous-artists.htm
• https://www.britannica.com/art/Salon-des-Independants
• https://www.britannica.com/art/Salon-dAutomne

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