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The Salon's original focus was the display of the work of recent graduates of the École des Beaux-Arts, which was created by Cardinal Mazarin, chief minister of France, in 1648. Exhibition at the Salon de Paris was essential for any artist to achieve success in France for at least the next 200 years.
Salons were started under Louis XIV and continued from 1667 to 1704. After a hiatus, the salons started up again in 1725. Under Louis XV, the most prestigious Salon took place in Paris (the Salon de Paris) in the Salon Carré of the Louvre, but there were also salons in the cities of Bordeaux, Lille and Toulouse.
René de Froulay, Count of Tessé was born at the family home of the Chateau de Vernie, near Le Mans on 14 May 1648, son of René, Comte de Tessé (1600–1659) and Madeleine de Beaumanoir (1618–1682); his younger brother Philibert-Emmanuel de Froulay (1651–1701) was also a soldier.
May 2 - Jacob Christoph Le Blon, German painter and engraver who invented the system of three- and four-colour printing (died 1741) July 21 - Cristoforo Munari, Italian painter of the late-Baroque specializing in still life paintings (died 1720) September 9 - Felice Torelli, Italian painter of altarpieces (died 1748)
1974 – Le Mans twinned with Bolton, England, United Kingdom. [17] 1977 Le Mans University opens. Robert Jarry becomes mayor. [16] 1981 – Le Mans twinned with Rostov-on-Don, Russia. [17] 1982 Le Mans becomes part of the Pays de la Loire region. Le Mans twinned with Haouza, Western Sahara. [17] 1983 – Le Mans twinned with Volos, Greece. [17]
Lougee, Carolyn C., Le Paradis des Femmes: Women, Salons and Social Stratification in Seventeenth Century France (Princeton: Princeton University Press, 1976) Lilti, Antoine, ‘Sociabilité et mondanité: Les hommes de lettres dans les salons parisiens au XVIIIe siècle’ French Historical Studies, Vol. 28, No. 3 (Summer 2005), p. 415-445
The earliest known, full-length opera composed by a Black American, “Morgiane,” will premiere this week in Washington, DC, Maryland and New York more than century after it was completed.
Lougee, Carolyn C., Le Paradis des Femmes: Women, Salons and Social Stratification in Seventeenth Century France (Princeton: Princeton University Press, 1976) Lilti, Antoine, ‘Sociabilité et mondanité: Les hommes de lettres dans les salons parisiens au XVIIIe siècle’ French Historical Studies, Vol. 28, No. 3 (Summer 2005), p. 415-445