Salon of 1879

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The Salon of 1879 was the official annual art exhibition of the French Académie des Beaux-Arts in Paris, serving as a major showcase for contemporary artists of the time.

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Label Occurrences
Salon de Paris system 1
Salon of 1879 canonical 1

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Predicate Object
instanceOf Paris Salon ⓘ
annual exhibition ⓘ
art exhibition ⓘ
alsoKnownAs Paris Salon of 1879 ⓘ
artMovementContext academic art ⓘ
emergence of modern art in France ⓘ
associatedWith French academic art ⓘ
Paris art scene ⓘ
audience art collectors ⓘ
art critics ⓘ
general public ⓘ
chronology follows Salon of 1878 ⓘ
preceded Salon of 1880 ⓘ
continent Europe ⓘ
country France ⓘ
culturalContext French Third Republic ⓘ
culturalSignificance benchmark of academic taste in 19th-century France ⓘ
era late 19th century ⓘ
exhibited drawings ⓘ
painting ⓘ
prints ⓘ
sculpture ⓘ
field visual arts ⓘ
frequency annual ⓘ
genre fine art exhibition ⓘ
governingBody Institut de France ⓘ
historicalRole maintained dominance of official Salon system in 1879 ⓘ
influenced careers of contemporary French artists ⓘ
language French ⓘ
location Paris ⓘ
mediumsIncluded bronze sculpture ⓘ
marble sculpture ⓘ
oil painting ⓘ
operatedBy Académie des Beaux-Arts jury ⓘ
organizer Académie des Beaux-Arts ⓘ
French Académie des Beaux-Arts ⓘ
partOf Paris Salon exhibitions ⓘ
linked to: Paris Salon

official Salon of the Académie des Beaux-Arts ⓘ
purpose to display contemporary artworks selected by the Académie des Beaux-Arts ⓘ
regulatedBy rules of the Académie des Beaux-Arts ⓘ
selectionProcess juried exhibition ⓘ
significance central event of the Parisian art world in 1879 ⓘ
major showcase for contemporary artists in France ⓘ
startTime 1879 ⓘ
timePeriod 1870s ⓘ
typeOfExhibition official state-sponsored exhibition ⓘ
venue Palais des Champs-Élysées ⓘ

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Impressionist circle in Paris → opposedTo → Salon de Paris system ⓘ
linked to: Salon of 1879