Salon of 1879

In the Conservatory by Édouard Manet

The Salon of 1879 was an art exhibition held at the Palace of Industry in Paris which opened on 12 May 1879. [1] The annual Salon organised by the Académie des Beaux-Arts it took place during the Belle Époque and featured many works of Academic art. It should not be confused with the 4th Impressionist Exhibition held in the city the same year.

Édouard Manet, himself closely associated with the Impressionist movement, displayed two works at the Salon In the Conservatory and Boating.[2] while Pierre-Auguste Renoir submitted Madame Georges Charpentier and Her Children[3] William-Adolphe Bouguereau displayed The Birth of Venus which was then purchased by the state to hang in the Musée du Luxembourg.[4]

In portraiture notable works included Portrait of Carolus-Duran by John Singer Sargent and Portrait of Sarah Bernhardt by Jules Bastien-Lepage. Léon Bonnat displayed a picture of the veteran author Victor Hugo. In sculpture Antonin Idrac exhibited Mercury Inventing the Caduceus.[5]

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Bibliography

  • Allard, Sébastien, Loyrette, Henri & Des Cars, Laurence. Nineteenth Century French Art: From Romanticism to Impressionism, Post-Impressionism and Art Nouveau. Rizzoli International Publications, 2007.
  • Brauer, Fae. Rivals and Conspirators: The Paris Salons and the Modern Art Centre. Cambridge Scholars Publishing, 2014.
  • Harris, Nathaniel & Forsythe, James. The Art of Manet. Gallery Books, 1989.
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