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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Predicate Object
instanceOf Paris Salon
art exhibition
artisticContext transition from Neoclassicism to Romanticism in French painting
associatedWith French Académie des Beaux-Arts
surface form: 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
surface form: Bourbon Restoration in France
impact increased visibility and influence of Romantic painting in France
locatedIn France
Paris
location Louvre Palace
movement Romanticism
surface form: French Romanticism
notableFor first public exhibition of Théodore Géricault’s The Raft of the Medusa
organizer French Académie des Beaux-Arts
surface form: Académie des Beaux-Arts

Académie royale de peinture et de sculpture
surface form: 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