Paris Salon of 1819

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The Paris Salon of 1819 was the official French art exhibition where Théodore Géricault’s groundbreaking and controversial painting "The Raft of the Medusa" was first publicly displayed.

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instanceOf Paris Salon
art exhibition
artMovementContext Neoclassicism
Romanticism
audience French art critics
Parisian public
chronologicalPosition predecessor of Paris Salon of 1822
successor of Paris Salon of 1817
city Paris
controversy public and critical debate over The Raft of the Medusa
country France
culturalRole official showcase of contemporary French art
displayFormat salon-style hanging
exhibitionFrequency biennial
featuredArtist Théodore Géricault
genreFocus history painting
landscape painting
portrait painting
governingBody French Académie des Beaux-Arts
surface form: French Academy
impactOnArtHistory accelerated shift from Neoclassicism to Romanticism in French painting
impactOnArtist established Géricault’s reputation
language French
location Paris
notableWorkExhibited The Raft of the Medusa
openingDate 1819-09-25
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
patronage France
surface form: French state
politicalContext Bourbon monarchy
post-Napoleonic era
selectionProcess jury selection
significance first public exhibition of The Raft of the Medusa
major event in early French Romantic painting
subjectOf art historical studies of Romanticism
studies of the reception of The Raft of the Medusa
timePeriod Bourbon Restoration
typeOfEvent official French art exhibition
venue Louvre Museum
surface form: Louvre

Louvre Museum
surface form: Salon Carré of the Louvre

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The Raft of the Medusa firstPresentedAt Paris Salon of 1819