Alexandre Cabanel (1823-89): 1865, SDbl, L’Empereur Napoleon III, 238×170, MNChd Compiègne (iR6;iR2;R231-8+10;R337/1865+1866;M200) Expos: =S1865-346, Portrait de l’Empereur (Médaille d’Honneur); EU-1867-124, Portrait de S.M. l’Empereur; Salon de 1865 (Grand Prix).
The Salon of 1865, short info: The Salon of 1865 (the 83th) lasted from the 1st of May till the 20th of June and was held in the Palais des Champs-Elysées in Paris (iR4;iR3). The catalogue mentions 2744 partakers and 3605 numbers (iR1); or 3554 numbers excluding the public monuments. Boulanger was appointed in the Légion d’Honneur as Officier. The Médaille d’Honneur was awarded to Cabanel↑ and to Paul Dubois (statuaire). These paintings can be seen as the standard of art.
On this page you will find short information on the Salon of 1865 and some of the pictures exhibited. First you will find art-works of the partakers of the ‘impressionist’ expositions. Than 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!
Eugène Boudin: S1865-252, Un concert au casino de Deauville =1865, CR349, SDbr, Concert at the Casino of Deauville, 42×74, NGA Washington (iR6;iR1;R161,p42;R318,p201;R122,no349;M21,no1985.64.3) Provenance: Gustave Cahen; sale GP1919/05/24-45. Expo: =? EU-1900-C-54, Plage aux environs de Trouville (1864) (à M. Gustave Cahen).
Stanislas Lépine: 18xx, CR333, La Seine à Bercy, 17×33, A2021/12/08 (iR14;iR1;R208,no333) =?? S1865-1337, Le pont de Bercy
Claude Monet: S1865-1524, L’embouchure de la Seine à Honfleur =CR51, 1865, SDbr, Mouth of the Seine at Honfleur, 90×150, NSM Pasadena (iR51;iR1;R22,no51;M43) Compare CR38=study.
Claude Monet: S1865-1525, La Pointe de la Hève à marée basse =CR52, 1865, The Pointe de la Hève at low tide, 90×150, KAM Fort Worth (iR2;iR1;R22,no52;M224) Compare CR40=study.
Camille Pissarro, S1865-1723, Chennevières, au bord de la Marne. Now: 1865ca, CCP103, Banks of the Marne at Chennevières, 92×146, SNG Edinburgh (iR2;iR10;R116)
Camille Pissarro, S1865-1724, Le bord de l’eau. Uncertain: 1863-5ca, CCP80, River bank and Barge, 10×19 (or 46×72), A2000/06/27 (or MCP Pontoise)(iR112;iR2;iR15;R116)
Auguste Renoir: S1865-1803, Soirée d’été (lost). Compare 2 other artists depicting an evening scene.
Edouard Brandon, S1865-2322, Ensemble de peintures murales; aquarelle; Exécutées par l’auteur dans l’oratoire de Sainte-Brigitte, à Rome. Compare: Photo of room in the Brigittine convent (aR16;iR10;iR1;aR4). Compare: SNBA-1890-943, Fragment des cartons de la vie de Sainte Brigitte (dessin); Appartient à l’oratoire de Sainte-Brigitte à Rome + HD1897/12/13-44+46+60, La Mort de sainte Brigitte.
Edouard Brandon, S1865-2323, Frise de l’oratoire de Sainte-Brigitte; dessin au fusain. Compare: Lorenzo Lotto, 1523-24, The life of St. Brigid, fresco, xx, Suardi chapel Trescore (aR15;iR1;aR4). Compare: S1861-403, Canonisation de sainte Brigitte + HD1897/12/13-43+59+72, La Vie de sainte Brigitte.
Ed. de gas, S1865-2406, Scène de guerre au moyen âge; pastel =!? Edgar Degas, 1865, CR124, War Scene from the Middle Ages (The Suffering City of Orléans), 81×147, Orsay (iR2;iR1;R26,no107;R47,p35;R114,no124;M1). Note1: the Salon database depicts this work was a pastel; Wikipedia depicts it was made of thinned oil on paper laid on canvas (iR4). Note2: the emphasize on gestures.
Adolphe-Félix Cals: 1865ca, Les deux sœurs, 65×54, unknown location (R152,p96+205;iR1) =S1865-354, Les deux sœurs (Appartient à M. le vicomte Doria)
Adolphe-Félix Cals: 1861, SDtr, La Veillée (the wake), 40×33, A2000/06/21 (iR2;iR13;iR10;iR1;R231-5;R455) Compare: Provenance: Armand Doria; GP1899/05/04-11, La Veillée, 54×53 (13.600fr). Expos: =S1865-363, La Veillée (Appartient à M. le vicomte Doria); =EU-1889-C-116, La Veillée (app. à M. le comte Doria; S.1844)
Ludovic Piette-Montfoucault, S1865-1710, Paysage. Maybe?: 1865, Chemin aux environs du Maine (retour au village du promeneur), 92×73, A2000/03/13 (iR13;iR1)
Auguste Renoir: S1865-1802, Portrait de M. W. S… = 1864, SDcl, CR11=1F6, Portrait of William Sisley, 81×65, Orsay (iR2;iR1;R31,no2;R108,no11;R30=R193,no6;R190,no6;R166,p260;M1)
Adolphe-Félix Cals, S1865-2345, Portrait de M. P…, dessin. Uncertain: 1862 (or:1842), Portrait d’homme, dr, 33×26, A2004/03/22 (iR13;iR1)
Adolphe-Félix Cals, S1865-2346, Portrait de Mme la comtesse D…, dessin. Maybe: 1859, Portrait of Countess Doria, dr, 39×28, A2013/12/29 (iR17;iR1)
Alfred Meyer: 1865, SDbl, Diane, email, 68×44, Orsay (M1;iR10;iR1) =S1865-2659, Diane; d’après M. E. Levy; émail
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 1865. 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: Jongkind; Manet;
41 artists received a medal for the section painting and drawings, etc., including Brandon, John-Lewis Brown, Charles Chaplin, Alfred Dehodencq, Delaunay*, Feyen-Perrin, Henner*, Lefebvre*, Gustave Moreau, Vollon*. Note*: later member of L’Institut; see Academic painters. Note: additional info and pictures will follow.
Jules Breton (1827-1906): S1865-294 =EU1900-C-63, La fin de la journée (à M. Gallice; S.1865). Compare: copy (R231-2) + 1865ca, The close of day, 66×49, WAM Baltimore (M24)
Antoine Chintreuil (1814-73): 18xx, L910, Sbl, Evening fumes, 100×215, PBA Lille (iR6;iR10;iR1;aR2,V7,no910;M17) Expos: S1865-453, Les vapeurs du soir; EdBA-1874-157; HD1875/02-78
Alfred Dehodencq (1822-82): 1852, Bohemians returning from a party in Andalusia, 84×117, Axx (iR10;iR13;iR7;R231-1+2) Expo: S1865; EU-1900-C-212, Les Bohémiens (et bohémiennes au retour d’une fête en Andalousie) (Musée de Chaumont; S.1865).
Johan Barthold Jongkind (1819-91): 1864, SDbl, La route de Saint-Claire, près de Honfleur, effet du matin, 50×80, Axx (iR13;iR10;iR1) =!? S1865-1128, La route de Saint-Claire, près de Honfleur; effet du matin
Johan Barthold Jongkind (1819-91): 1864, Delteil 11, Sortie du Port de Honfleur, etch, 23×30, BM London (iR6;iR1;R138I,no11;M147) =S1865-3352 Sortie du port de Honfleur; eau-forte (Publication de la Société des aquafortistes)
Guillaume Regamey (1837-75): 1865ca, Un tambour de la Garde Impériale, ?cm, MBA Pau (iR155;M170;R231-1+2) Expos: S1865; EU-1900-C-547, Une Batterie de tambours de grenadiers de la garde; campagne d’Italie (Musée de Pau; S.1865)
Bouguereau (1825-1905): 1864, Portrait de Marie-Thérèse Bartholoni, 221×150, private (iR135;iR4;iR1;R231;R337) =!?S1865-257, Portrait de Mme***; =EU1867-75, Portrait de Mme Bartholoni (Salon de 1865)
Rejected art-works: The following artists were rejected for the Salon of 1865: Cézanne; Sisley (2x);
Background information: This Salon counted 6 sections: 1. paintings; 2. drawings, watercolours, pastels, miniatures, enamels, porcelain and cartons for stained glass (windows); 3. sculpture and engraved medals; 4. architecture*; 5. engravings*; 6. lithographs*. Note*: The order of the sections have been changed compared to last year. In an appendix the paintings and sculptures executed since 1864 in public monuments were noted.
The jury: There were 4 juries for section 1+2, 3, 4 and 5+6. The overall president was Comte de Nieuwerkerke. The jury of the painting and drawing section consisted of 16 members; 3/4 part of the jury (12 members) was voted for, 1/4 was chosen by the ‘Adminstration’ (4 members): Robert-Fleury* (president; 137 votes), Théophile Gautier (writer; vice-president); and as members: Bida (102), Cabanel* (167), Corot (119), Adrien Dauzats (49), Français** (75), Fromentin (87), Gérôme** (141), Audré Maison (from the Administration), Pils** (145), Frédéric Reiset (curator of the Imperial musea); and as supplementary members Cogniet* (43), Gleyre (41), Louis Lagaze (from the Administration), Meissonier* (44).
Those who could vote were artists that were part of L’Institut, the Légion d’Honneur and/or who had received an award. Note*: member of L’Institut; see Academic painters. Note**: later member of L’Institut; see Academic painters.
The awards: The Médaille d’Honneur was awarded to Cabanel and to Paul Dubois (statuaire).
41** artists received a medal for the section painting and drawings, etc., including Brandon, John-Lewis Brown, Charles Chaplin, Alfred Dehodencq, Delaunay*, Feyen-Perrin, Henner*, Lefebvre*, Gustave Moreau, Vollon*. Note*: later member of L’Institut; see Academic painters. Note**: more than the max of 40.
Légion d’Honneur: There were people appointed in the Légion d’Honneur: 2 as Officier, including the painter Amaury Duval; and 8 as Chevalier, including Boulanger, Chaplin and a Belgian painter.
Sources: Namely the Explication des Oeuvres of 1865 and 1866 (for the awards) (=R337).
See at the bottom of the main page on the Salon.
Recommanded citation: “Meta-Impressionism / other exhibitions: Salon of 1865; info and pictures. Last modified 2025/12/09. https://www.impressionism.nl/1865-salon/”
