Constant Troyon (1810-65): 1859, On the Way to the Market, 261×211, Hermitage (iR2;iR1;M95;R290,p195) =!? S1859-2902, Le départ pour le marché
Introduction: On this page you will find short information on the Salon of 1859 and some of the pictures exhibited. First you will find highly awarded paintings. Then you will find art-works of the partakers of the ‘impressionist’ expositions. Then some pictures of some related artists. At last you will find some rejected pictures. Note: If you double click on the first (of a cluster of) pictures and then click on full screen, you can create a slideshow. On a smartphone or laptop you can also zoom in. Enjoy!
The Salon of 1859, short info: The Salon of 1859 (the 79th?) took place from the 15th of April till the 15th of June in the Palais des Champs-Elysées in Paris (iR4;iR3). The catalogue mentions 1795 (or 2033) partakers and 3692 (or 3894 or 3972 numbers (iR1; R337).
Highly awarded art-works: Müller was appointed Officier in the Légion d’Honneur.
There was no Médaille d’Honneur distributed.
1st class medal (rappel) (4x): (Charles) Fortin; Daubigny; (Louis) Knaus; (Louis) Bézard).
1st class medal (3x): Breton; (Eugène) Fromentin; (Armand) Leleux.
These highly awarded paintings can be seen as the standard of art.
Daubigny (1817-78): 1859, Riverbank on the Oise, 122×213, MBA Bordeaux (iR10;iR6;iR23;iR2;iR1;R231) =S1859-767 =EU1867-189, Les bords de l’Oise -> 2x 1st class medal
Eugène Boudin: S1859-330, Le Pardon de Sainte-Anne-la-Palud au fond de la baie de Douarnenez (Finistère) = 1858, CR185, SDbl, The Pilgrimage at Sainte-Anne-la-Palud, 78×155, MuMa Le Havre (HW18;R161,p23;R51,p217;R122,no185;R318,no18;M15,B1) Expo: =ENBA-1899-104
Adolphe-Félix Cals, S1859-475, Intérieur rustique. Maybe: 18xx, Intérieur rustique à Honfleur (L’intérieur, rue Varin à Honfleur), 28×38, A2009/06/12 (iR13;iR10;iR1)
Gustave Colin, 18xx, A farm in Normandy, litho, 14×23, MBA Arras (iR313;M174;iR1) Compare: S1859-666, Une ferme à Saint-Léonard, près de Fécamp (Seine-Inférieure).
Gustave Colin: 18xx, Sbl, Landscape with cottage and garden, 47×63, A2012/03/14 (iR17;iR316;iR13;iR11) =?? S1859-666, Une ferme à Saint-Léonard, près de Fécamp (Seine-Inférieure) (iR1); =?? 1IE-1874-46, La Maison du Charpentier (R2,p120).
Gustave Colin, 18xx, Landscape in Normandy, 26×35, A2009/11/18 (iR13;iR18;iR1) Maybe?: S1859-666, Une ferme à Saint-Léonard, près de Fécamp (Seine-Inférieure); 1IE-1874-46, La Maison du charpentier.
Stanislas Lépine: S1859-1953, Port de Caen; effet de clair de lune =!? 1859, Caen, Amorce du Bassin Saint-Pierre et l’Abbaye aux Dames, 67×100, private (iR2;iR1;iR10;aR11)
Camille Pissarro, S1859-2472, Paysage à Montmorency. Now: CCP37, 1859ca, Donkey in Front of a Farm, Montmorency, 22×27, Orsay (iR10;iR6;iR2;iR116)
Félix Bracquemond: 1857, B49, Théophile Gautier (after Nadar), etch, 16×12, BM London (iR6;iR61;iR1;R52,p171;R2,p119;R90II,p16;R87,p231;R85III,no49;M147) =S1859-3529, Portrait de M. Th. Gauthier; eau-forte; =1IE-1874-24-9, portrait de Th. Gautier; =SNBA-1907-171-90.
Marie Bracquemond: 1860ca, Portrait of Aline Pasquiou-Quivoron (the artist’s mother), 96×80, private (R168,p233+no.1;aR17) Compare: S1859-2328, Portrait de la famille de l’auteur (peinture)
Adolphe-Félix Cals: 1856, SDtr, Le goûter, engraving after painting, 35x27cm, unknown location (R152,p45+203;iR1) Expo: =? S1859-476, Le goûter. Provenance: Armand Doria; (1900) Comte François Doria (R152,p203).
Gustave Colin: 1859, Village scene (leaving church), 131×105, A2013/04/09 (iR10;iR12;iR13;iR46;iR1) =!? S1859-665, La sortie de la messe à Gèdre (Hautes-Pyrénées).
Louis Debras: 1858, SDbl, La serenade à la guitare, 50×41, A2012/10/28 (iR17;iR2) cp S1859-789, Un mendiant
Auguste-Louis-Marie Ottin: 1859ca, La France(?), marble, xx, La Bourse de Marseille (iR10;iR119;iR1) =? S1859-3894-1, La France; statue, marbre
Auguste-Louis-Marie Ottin: 1859ca, Marseille(?), marble, xx, La Bourse de Marseille (iR10;iR119;iR125;iR1) =? S1859-3894-2, Marseille; statue, marbre
Auguste-Louis-Marie Ottin: 1859ca, Pithéas, stone, xx, Bourse de Marseille (iR6;iR1) =!? S1859-3894-3, Pitheas; statue, pierre
Auguste-Louis-Marie Ottin: 1859ca, Eutymenes, stone, xx, Bourse de Marseille (iR6;iR10;iR123;iR125;iR1) =!? S1859-3894-4, Eutymenes; statue, pierre
Exhibited art-works by other artists: Here below you will find some art-works (mainly paintings) of some other artists that were exhibited at the Salon of 1859. You will find them by form and than in an alphabetical order. This will not give you an overall impression (that is outside the scope of this website). Namely works of pre-impressionist, para-impressionist and other related artitsts will be shown. Namely the following artists showed paintings: Bouguereau, Corot, Daubigny, Gérôme, Jongkind, Troyon.
Some received an award: Boulanger (2nd class medal rappel); Delaunay (3rd class medal). Note: additional info and pictures will follow.
Jean-Léon Gérôme (1824-1904): 1859, 2CR110, Hail Caesar! We who are about to die salute you!, 93×145, Yale New Haven (M33;iR6;iR10;iR1;R231-8+10) Expos: =S1859-1238, Ave, César imperator, morituri te salutant; =EU-1867-289, Les Gladiateurs (à M. C.P. Matthews) (Grand Prix)
Johan Barthold Jongkind (1819-91): 1858, SDbr, CR184 + CCP204, Lever de lune à Overschie, 42×56, A2023/03/25 (iR6;iR14;iR1;R113,no184;R177,p29+216) =? S1859-1634, Paysage hollandais; effet de soleil couchant
Théodore Rousseau (1812-1867): 1850s, Edge of the Woods (Plain of Barbizon near Fontainebleau), 55×65, MFA Boston (M22;iR6) S1859-2641
Corot (1796-1875): 1859, La Toilette, 150×60, private (iR6;iR10;R60,p106;R231) =S1859-691, Paysage avec figures =EU-1867-162, La Toilette; paysage avec figures (2nd class medal + Officier LdH) =EU-C-1889-178, La Toilette
Constant Troyon (1810-65): 1859, On the Way to the Market, 261×211, Hermitage (iR2;iR1;M95;R290,p195) =!? S1859-2902, Le départ pour le marché
Constant Troyon (1810-65): 1851, Going to Market on a Misty Morning, 65×52, CAI Williamstown (iR2;M26;R290,p195) cpS1859-2902, Le départ pour le marché = EU-C-1889-629, Le matin, départ pour la marché
Bouguereau (1825-1905): 1859, Le jour des morts, 147×120, MBA Bordeaux (iR10;iR64;iR23;iR1;R231;M11) =S1859-335; =EU1867-69 -> 3rd class medal
Rejected art-works: Here below you will find some art-works that had been rejected. Namely of the partakers of the ‘impressionist’ expositions: Cals. See also the accounts of these artists. Note: additional info and pictures will be added.
Adolphe-Félix Cals: 1859, La dinette, 45×55, A1995/02/16 (iR13;iR1) =!? S1859-R, La dinette, 46×55; in 1900 in the Hazard collection (R152,p204)
Background information: This Salon counted 6 sections: 1. Peinture (paintings, drawings, watercolours, pastels, miniatures, enamels, porcelain); 2. sculpture and engraved medals; 3. engravings; 4. lithographs; 5. architecture; 6. works executed since 1857 in public monuments.
The jury:
The jury for the painting section consisted of the 14 members of L’Institut: Abel de Pujol, Alaux, Brascassat, Cogniet, Couder, Delacroix, Flandrin, Heim, Hersent, Ingres, Picot, Robert-Fleury, Schnetz, Vernet (see Academic painters). President of the jury was Comte de Nieuwerkerke, Directeur général des Musées Impériaux.
The awards:
There was no Médaille d’Honneur distributed.
1st class medal (rappel) (4x): (Charles) Fortin; Daubigny; (Louis) Knaus; (Louis) Bézard).
1st class medal (3x): Breton; (Eugène) Fromentin; (Armand) Leleux.
2nd class medal (rappel) (12x), including Boulanger; 2nd class medal (6x);
3rd class medal (rappel) (13x); 3rd class medal (12x), including Delaunay. (R337/1861)
Sources: Namely the Explication des ouvrages of 1859 and of 1861 (for the awards) (=R337)
See at the bottom of the main page on the Salon.
Recommanded citation: “Meta-Impressionism / other exhibitions: Salon of 1859; info and pictures. Last modified 2025/12/09. https://www.impressionism.nl/1859-salon/”
