1863 Salon des Refusés

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The 1863 Salon des Refusés was a landmark Paris art exhibition organized by order of Napoleon III to showcase works rejected by the official Salon, marking a pivotal moment in the emergence of modern art.

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Predicate Object
instanceOf Paris Salon
art exhibition
historical event
associatedWithInstitution French Académie des Beaux-Arts
surface form: Académie des Beaux-Arts
associatedWithMovement early modern art
associatedWithPerson Napoleon III of France
surface form: Napoleon III

Édouard Manet
authorizedBy Napoleon III of France
surface form: Napoleon III
challenged academic art standards
authority of the official Salon jury
country France
criticizedBy conservative art critics
exhibitedArtist Camille Pissarro
Henri Fantin-Latour
James McNeill Whistler
Paul Cézanne
Édouard Manet
exhibitedWork Édouard Manet’s Le Déjeuner sur l’herbe
follows Paris Salon
surface form: Salon de Paris
genre painting exhibition
hasCause rejection of artworks by the official Salon jury
hasEffect increased visibility for rejected artists
public debate about artistic taste and standards
hasTheme artistic rebellion against academic norms
historicalPeriod Second Empire of France
surface form: Second French Empire
inception 1863
influenced Impressionism
Post-Impressionism
development of independent art exhibitions
languageOfContext French
legacy model for later salons des refusés and independent shows
location Paris
namedAfter refusés (rejected works)
numberOfWorks over 1000
organizer Government of France
surface form: French government
partOf Second French Empire cultural history
precededBy controversial jury decisions of the 1863 official Salon
publicReaction mixed critical reception
strong curiosity from the Parisian public
purpose to exhibit works rejected by the official Salon
received large public attendance
selectionCriteria works rejected by the official Salon jury
significance challenge to the authority of the Académie des Beaux-Arts
milestone in the history of avant-garde art
pivotal moment in the emergence of modern art
startTime 1863
typeOfExhibition juried alternative to official Salon

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Le Déjeuner sur l'herbe exhibitionDate 1863 Salon des Refusés
Symphony in White, No. 1: The White Girl exhibitedAt 1863 Salon des Refusés
this entity surface form: Salon des Refusés
Salon of 1863 hasPart 1863 Salon des Refusés
this entity surface form: Salon des Refusés
Salon of 1863 notableExhibition 1863 Salon des Refusés
this entity surface form: Salon des Refusés
Salon of 1865 knownFor 1863 Salon des Refusés
this entity surface form: displaying controversial works by Édouard Manet
Salon of 1865 precedes 1863 Salon des Refusés
this entity surface form: Salon des Refusés of 1867