Salon of 1847

The Salon of 1847 was an art exhibition held at the Louvre in Paris between 1 May and 15 August 1847. Organised by the Académie des Beaux-Arts, it took place in the Louvre's Salon Carré and Grande Galerie. One of the exhibited paintings Four O'Clock at the Salon by François-Auguste Biard, specifically displays the Grande Galerie at closing time during the Salon. [1] Horace Vernet presented his Louis Philippe and His Sons ,commissioned for the Palace of Versailles.[2] Thomas Couture enjoyed great success with his history painting The Romans in their Decadence.[3]

Amongst other works on display were the biblical scene Judith at the Gates of Bethulia by Jules-Claude Ziegler[4] and The Cock Fight by Jean-Léon Gérôme.[5] The sculptor Auguste Clésinger displayed the marble Woman Bitten by a Serpent

Stylistically Romanticism remained prominent. The Salon was held towards the end of the July Monarchy before the overthrow of Louis Philippe I in the French Revolution of 1848.

See also

  • Royal Academy Exhibition of 1847, a contemporary exhibition held at the National Gallery in London
  • Category:Artworks exhibited at the Salon of 1847

References

Bibliography

  • Boime, Albert. Art in an Age of Counterrevolution, 1815-1848. University of Chicago Press, 2004.
  • Facos, Michelle. An Introduction to Nineteenth-Century Art. Taylor & Francis, 2011.
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