Salon of 1863

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The Salon of 1863 was a landmark French art exhibition, known for the controversial "Salon des Refusés" that showcased rejected works like Manet’s "Le Déjeuner sur l’herbe" and helped spark the rise of modern art.

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Salon des Refusés 2
Salon of 1863 canonical 2

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Predicate Object
instanceOf French art exhibition
art exhibition
historical event
alsoKnownAs Paris Salon of 1863
Salon de 1863
approvedBy Napoleon III of France
surface form: Napoleon III
associatedMovement Realism
early modernism
associatedWith French Second Empire cultural policy
causeOf rise of modern art
country France
criticizedBy academic art establishment
era 19th century
exhibitionType juried exhibition
field painting
sculpture
visual arts
genre art salon
hasExhibitedStyle Realism
early Impressionist tendencies
hasPart 1863 Salon des Refusés
surface form: Salon des Refusés
historicalRole turning point in 19th-century French art
impactOn institutional control of art exhibitions
public perception of avant-garde art
influenced later independent exhibitions by Impressionists
language French
location Paris
mainTheme conflict between academic art and innovation
notableArtistExhibited Camille Pissarro
Henri Fantin-Latour
James McNeill Whistler
Édouard Manet
notableExhibition 1863 Salon des Refusés
surface form: Salon des Refusés
notableWorkExhibited Le Déjeuner sur l'herbe
surface form: Le Déjeuner sur l’herbe
openingDate 1863
organizer French Académie des Beaux-Arts
surface form: Académie des Beaux-Arts

French Academy of Fine Arts
patron Napoleon III of France
surface form: Napoleon III
publicReaction controversy
high public attendance
reasonForSalonDesRefusés large number of works rejected by the official jury
relatedEvent Impressionist exhibitions
Paris Salon
significance challenged academic standards in art
increased visibility of avant-garde artists
precursor to Impressionism
timePeriod Second Empire of France
surface form: Second French Empire

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Paris Salon notableEvent Salon of 1863
Paris Salon relatedEvent Salon of 1863
this entity surface form: Salon des Refusés
Le Déjeuner sur l'herbe exhibitedAt Salon of 1863
this entity surface form: Salon des Refusés
Salon of 1865 follows Salon of 1863