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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.
In 1667, the royally sanctioned French institution of art patronage, the Académie royale de peinture et de sculpture (a division of the Académie des beaux-arts), held its first semi-public art exhibit at the Salon Carré
Hôtel Le Brun, 49 rue du Cardinal-Lemoine, (1700), for Charles II Le Brun, the nephew and heir of the premier peintre du roi Charles Le Brun and a relative of Boffrand's. One of the first hôtels particuliers noted and commended by contemporary critics. Standing but gutted. Remodelling of the Hôtel de Mesme (1704).
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
Ninon de l'Enclos is a relatively obscure figure in the English-speaking world, but is much better known in France where her name is synonymous with wit and beauty. Saint-Simon noted "Ninon made friends among the great in every walk of life, had wit and intelligence enough to keep them, and, what is more, to keep them friendly with one another."
1641–1644 : Jeanne II Ogier de Berry; 1644–1667 : Françoise III Le Charon; 1667–1715 : Hélène de Costentin de Tourville; 1715–1719 : Charlotte II de Colbert-Croissy; 1719–1743 : Marie II Anne-Bénigne-Constance-Julie de Rohan-Guéménée; 1743–1790 : Marie III Catherine de Béthisy de Mézières; Source: Le Fèvre, A.M. (1747).
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 ...