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The Salon (French: Salon), or rarely Paris Salon (French: Salon de Paris [salɔ̃ də paʁi]), beginning in 1667 [1] was the official art exhibition of the Académie des Beaux-Arts in Paris. Between 1748 and 1890 it was arguably the greatest annual or biennial art event in the Western world.
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.
Marie-Thérèse Bro-C'hall (1667-1672) Usage on cs.wikipedia.org Marie Tereza Francouzská (1667–1672) Usage on de.wikipedia.org Kleidermode zur Zeit Ludwigs XIV. Marie-Thérèse von Frankreich (1667–1672) Jean Nocret; Usage on el.wikipedia.org Μαρία Θηρεσία της Γαλλίας (1667–1672) Usage on es.wikipedia.org Madame Royale
Sophie de Condorcet, the wife of the Marquis de Condorcet, ran a salon at the Hôtel des Monnaies in Paris, opposite the Louvre. Her salons were attended by several prominent philosophes and, at various times, Anne-Robert Turgot, Thomas Jefferson, the Scottish economist Adam Smith, Olympe de Gouges and Madame de Staël. Unlike Madame Roland, a ...
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)
Ernest Meissonier, Puvis de Chavannes, Auguste Rodin and others rejected this proposal and left the organization. They quickly created their own exhibition ( Société Nationale des Beaux-Arts in 1899) that was also named the Salon , officially Salon de la Société Nationale des Beaux–Arts , in short Salon du Champs de Mars .
The Village Bride by Jean-Baptiste Greuze.. The Salon of 1761 was an art exhibition held at the Louvre in Paris.Staged during the reign of Louis XV and at a time when the Seven Years' War against Britain and Prussia was at its height, it reflected the taste of the Ancien régime during the mid-eighteenth century.
He also designates Gabriel Nicolas de la Reynie as the first chief of police of Paris. 24 May – The War of Devolution begins: France invades Flanders and Franche-Comté; on 10 August the siege of Lille, the war's only main engagement, begins, ending in a French victory. 26 June – Louis XIV conquers Tournai.