Salon of 1819

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The Salon of 1819 was the official Paris art exhibition where Théodore Géricault’s controversial masterpiece "The Raft of the Medusa" was first publicly displayed, marking a pivotal moment in French Romantic art.

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Salon of 1819 canonical 3

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Predicate Object
instanceOf Paris Salon ⓘ
art exhibition ⓘ
artisticContext transition from Neoclassicism to Romanticism in French painting ⓘ
associatedWith French Academy ⓘ
Louvre Museum ⓘ
audience European art critics ⓘ
French art public ⓘ
controversy public and critical debate over the subject and style of The Raft of the Medusa ⓘ
country France ⓘ
culturalSignificance major event in the Parisian artistic calendar of 1819 ⓘ
exhibitedArtist Théodore Géricault ⓘ
exhibitedWork The Raft of the Medusa ⓘ
followedBy Salon of 1822 ⓘ
follows Salon of 1817 ⓘ
genre art exhibition ⓘ
hasLanguage French ⓘ
historicalContext Bourbon Restoration in France ⓘ
linked to: Bourbon Restoration
impact increased visibility and influence of Romantic painting in France ⓘ
locatedIn France ⓘ
Paris ⓘ
location Louvre Palace ⓘ
movement French Romanticism ⓘ
linked to: Romanticism
notableFor first public exhibition of Théodore Géricault’s The Raft of the Medusa ⓘ
organizer Académie des Beaux-Arts ⓘ
French Royal Academy of Painting and Sculpture ⓘ
partOf Paris Salon ⓘ
patron French monarchy ⓘ
politicalContext reign of Louis XVIII of France ⓘ
regulation official state-sponsored exhibition system in France ⓘ
significance pivotal moment in the development of French Romantic art ⓘ
startTime 1819 ⓘ
theme contemporary history painting ⓘ
timePeriod early 19th century ⓘ
typeOfEvent juried art exhibition ⓘ

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La Grande Odalisque → exhibitedAt → Salon of 1819 ⓘ
Salon of 1817 → successor → Salon of 1819 ⓘ