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The Salon

1863

 

The Salon of 1863, short info:
The Salon of 1863 (the 81th) lasted from the 1st of May till the 1st of July and took place in the Palais des Champs-Elysées in Paris (iR4;iR3). The catalogue mentions 1906 partakers and 2980 numbers (iR1). Note: relatively small numbers!
The Médaille d’Honneur was awarded to Jean-Joseph Perraud (statutaire), so not to a painter.
3 artists received a 1st class medal: Achille Benouville, Gustave Brion and Michel Dumas; 4 artists received a rappel: Auguste Bonheur, Édouard Cibot, Eugène-Ernest Hillemacher and Désirée-François Laugée. These paintings can be seen as the standard of art.
On this page you will find short information on the Salon of 1863 and some of the pictures exhibited. First you will find highly awarded paintings (in the future). 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. At the bottom of this page you will find some background information.
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!

 

 

Exhibited art-works by the ‘impressionist’:
7 of the 57 partakers of the ‘impressionist’ expositions showed maybe 13 art-works at the Salon of 1863. Brandon (2x +1dr); Debras (1x); Legros (2x); Lepic (3 engravings); Lépine (1x); de Molins (2x); Auguste Ottin (1sc). See also the accounts of these artists.
Brandon and Debras received a mention honorable.
Note: Some sources suggest that Marie Bracquemond exhibited two works at the Salon of 1863, but this is not confirmed by the Salon database (iR1).
(In the future) The art-works will be rendered by form, first the paintings, then other art-works and then alphabettically.

 

 

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 1863. You will find them 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; .
Some artists received an award: 6 artists received a 2nd class medal, including Delaunay; and 18 received a rappel, including Bonnat, Boulanger. 12 artists received a 3rd class medal, including Henner; 22 received a rappel, including Jacque. 120! artists received a mention honorable, including Brandon, Émile-Adelard Breton, Charles-Pierre Daubigny, Debras, Carolus Duran, Feyen-Perrin, Harpignies, Jozef Israëls, Laurens, James Tissot. Among the other sections Jacque received a 3rd class medal (rappel) for engraving.
Note: additional info and pictures will follow.

 

Rejected art-works:
In 1863 about 20% of the artists were rejected for the Salon (iR1). Many complained and the emperor Napoleon III ordained that  ’the refused works should be exhibited in another part of the Palais de l’Industrie.’ (R5,p24/5;R3,p60;R1,p80) This exhibition called the ‘Salon des Refusés‘ opened the 15th of May (1863). Not all, that were rejected exhibited at the Salon des Refusés. Monneret mentions that more than 1000 withdrew there works (R88). One of them was Renoir (R31,p179+295).
The following partakers of the ‘impressionist’ expositions were rejected and showed their art-works at the Salon des Refusées, some outside the catalogue (=hc): Félix Bracquemond (2 engravings); Cals (1x); Cézanne (hc); Colin (1x); Guillaumin (hc);  Legros (1x); Léon Ottin (4x); Pissarro (3x); Tillot (1x). See also the accounts of these artists.

 

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. Les vitraux peint*.
Note*: The painted stained glass windows were added as section 6. The paintings and sculptures executed since 1861 in public monuments were noted in an appendix (instead of being section 6 as in former years); in another overview it is rendered as section 7.

Légion d’Honneur:
14 artists were appointed as Chevalier in the Légion d’Honneur. Among the 5 foreign artists was Alfred Stevens.

The jury:
The jury for the painting section consisted of the 13 members of L’Institut: Alaux,  Brascassat, Cogniet*, Couder, Delacroix*, Flandrin*, Heim, Ingres*, Meissonier, Picot, Robert-Fleury, Schnetz*, Signol (see Academic painters). President of the jury was Comte de Nieuwerkerke, Directeur général des Musées Impériaux.
Note*: they were absent during the sessions of the Jury d’admission.

The awards:
The Médaille d’Honneur was awarded to Jean-Joseph Perraud (statutaire), so not to a painter.
3 artists received a 1st class medal: Achille Benouville, Gustave Brion and Michel Dumas; 4 artists received a rappel: Auguste Bonheur, Édouard Cibot, Eugène-Ernest Hillemacher and Désirée-François Laugée.
6 artists received a 2nd class medal, including Delaunay; and 18 received a rappel, including Bonnat, Boulanger.
12 artists received a 3rd class medal, including Henner; 22 received a rappel, including Jacque.
120! artists received a mention honorable, including Brandon, Émile-Adelard Breton, Charles-Pierre Daubigny, Debras, Carolus Duran, Feyen-Perrin, Harpignies, Jozef Israëls, Laurens, James Tissot.
Among the other sections Jacque received a 3rd class medal (rappel) for engraving.

 

Sources:
Namely the Explication des Oeuvres of 1863 and 1865 (for the awards) (=R337).
See at the bottom of the main page on the Salon.

 

Recommanded citation: “Meta-Impressionism / other exhibitions: Salon of 1863; info and pictures. Last modified 2025/12/10. https://www.impressionism.nl/salon-1863/”

 

Note: additional info and pictures will be added.