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The ”’Salon of 1853”’ was an [[art exhibition]] held in [[Paris]]. An edition of the regular [[Salon (Paris)|Salon]] it was organised by the [[Académie des Beaux-Arts]] and opened on 15 May 1853. It took place at the [[Menus-Plaisirs du Roi|Hôtel des Menus-Plaisirs]] in [[Paris]]. Featuring submissions by leading [[painters]], [[sculptors]] and [[architects]], it was the first to take place following the formal establishment of the [[Second French Empire]] under [[Napoleon III]]. His new wife [[Eugénie de Montijo|Empress Eugénie]] visited the Salon and acquired several works.<ref>McQueen p.151-54</ref> A [[portrait]] of the Empress by [[Édouard Dubufe]] was featured in the exhibition.<ref>McQueen p.91-92</ref> |
The ”’Salon of 1853”’ was an [[art exhibition]] held in [[Paris]]. An edition of the regular [[Salon (Paris)|Salon]] it was organised by the [[Académie des Beaux-Arts]] and opened on 15 May 1853. It took place at the [[Menus-Plaisirs du Roi|Hôtel des Menus-Plaisirs]] in [[Paris]]. Featuring submissions by leading [[painters]], [[sculptors]] and [[architects]], it was the first to take place following the formal establishment of the [[Second French Empire]] under [[Napoleon III]]. His new wife [[Eugénie de Montijo|Empress Eugénie]] visited the Salon and acquired several works.<ref>McQueen p.151-54</ref> A [[portrait]] of the Empress by [[Édouard Dubufe]] was featured in the exhibition.<ref>McQueen p.91-92</ref> |
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Notable paintings on display included ”[[The Horse Fair]]” by [[Rosa Bonheur]]. Although she had been exhibiting her [[animal painting]]s since the [[Salon of 1841]] with measured success, this painting was an outstanding hit and became her best-known work touring across [[Europe]].<ref>Galitz p.68</ref> [[Jean-Baptiste-Camille Corot]] submitted a [[religious art|religous painting]] ”St Sebastian Succoured by Holy Women”<ref>Tinterow p.233</ref> |
Notable paintings on display included ”[[The Horse Fair]]” by [[Rosa Bonheur]]. Although she had been exhibiting her [[animal painting]]s since the [[Salon of 1841]] with measured success, this painting was an outstanding hit and became her best-known work touring across [[Europe]].<ref>Galitz p.68</ref> [[Jean-Baptiste-Camille Corot]] submitted a [[religious art|religous painting]] ”St Sebastian Succoured by Holy Women”<ref>Tinterow p.233</ref> |
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1853 art exhibition in Paris
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The Salon of 1853 was an art exhibition held in Paris. An edition of the regular Salon it was organised by the Académie des Beaux-Arts and opened on 15 May 1853. It took place at the Hôtel des Menus-Plaisirs in Paris. Featuring submissions by leading painters, sculptors and architects, it was the first to take place following the formal establishment of the Second French Empire under Napoleon III. His new wife Empress Eugénie visited the Salon and acquired several works.[1] A portrait of the Empress by Édouard Dubufe was featured in the exhibition.[2]
Notable paintings on display included The Horse Fair by Rosa Bonheur. Although she had been exhibiting her animal paintings since the Salon of 1841 with measured success, this painting was an outstanding hit and became her best-known work touring across Europe.[3] Jean-Baptiste-Camille Corot submitted a religous painting St Sebastian Succoured by Holy Women[4] The German painter Franz Xaver Winterhalter, best known for his glamorous portraits of royalty, displayed a history painting Florinda which was a replica of one produced for Britain’s Queen Victoria.[5]
- Eitner, Lorenz. French Paintings of the Nineteenth Century: Before impressionism. National Gallery of Art, 2000.
- Galitz, Kathryn Calley. Masterpieces of European Painting, 1800-1920, in the Metropolitan Museum of Art. Metropolitan Museum of Art, 2007.
- McQueen, Alison. Empress Eugénie and the Arts: Politics and Visual Culture in the Nineteenth Century. Routledge, 2017.
- Tinterow, Gary. Corot. Metropolitan Museum of Art, 1996.
