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I am on the hunt for the History of Modern Art…
Where did it begin?
What events caused it to happen?
Who are the major players?
What does it look like?
2. I am on the hunt for the History of Modern Art…
Where did it begin?
What events caused it to happen?
Who are the major players?
What does it look like?
Help me map out a timeline of events and
evidence to solve this crime!
5. Salon De Refuse
An uproar occurred in 1863, following the rejection by the Salon Jury of
an unusually high number (3,000) of submitted paintings, including
Dejeuner surL'Herbe (1863) by EdouardManet, and works by Whistler,
Cezanne, and Camille Pissarro. To pacify the critics and "to let the public
judge the legitimacy of these complaints", the French Emperor Napoleon
III ordered that painters whose works had been rejected by the Salon
Jury could exhibit their works in a show adjacent to the Salon. The show
became known as the Salon des Refuses (exhibition of rejects), a name
subsequently applied to any exhibition of artworks rejected by the jury of
the official Paris Salon, notably shows in in 1874, 1875, and 1886. Although
in 1863 the rejected works were subjected to greater criticism by the art
critics, the very existence of this 'alternative' exhibition undermined the
exclusivity of the official Salon. Henceforth, artists began organizing their
own shows (notably the Impressionists in the 1870s and 1880s), and many
art historians date the beginning of Modern Art to the first Salon des
Refuses.
REFERENCE: http://www.visual-arts-cork.com/history-of-art/salon-paris.htm#salondesrefuses
