The Salon of 1869, short info: The Salon of 1869 (the 87th) lasted from 1th of May till the 20th of June and took place in the Palais des Champs-Elysées in Paris (iR4;iR3). The catalogue mentions 3223 partakers and 4273 numbers (iR1). The Médaille d’Honneur was awarded to Léon Bonnat↑. His paintings can be seen as the standard of art. There were 3 artists appointed as Officier in the Légion d’Honneur, namely Baudry↓, Edouard Dubufe and Eugéne Fromentin↓.
On this page you will find short information on the Salon of 1869 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!
Edouard Brandon, S1869-320 La leçon de Talmud. Probably: 1869, The Talmud lesson, on panel, 10×15, A2003/04/24 (iR14;iR13;R88I,p79;iR1;R2,p119). Compare: 1IE-1874-32bis, Le maître d’école.
Gustave Colin, 1869, Training fight in Biscay, 54×65, MBA Arras (iR94;iR10;iR157;iR114;M174;iR1) Probably: S1869-516, Course de Novillos, sur la place de Pasages, le jour de la fête de Saint-Jacques (provinces basques espagnoles).
Gustave Colin: 1869, Sbl, The castle at the entrance of the harbour of Pasajes, 91×117, MBA Pau (iR23;iR1;R2,P120;R90II,p7;M170) =!? S1869-517, Le Castillo à Pasages. Bought by MBA Pau in 1870. Compare: S1868-554, Entrée du port de Pasages (Espagne) = 1IE-1874-49, Entrée du port de Pasages (Espagne) (R87,p235;R88I,p146).
Louis Latouche: 1869, Sous bois aux personnages, 45×70, CVdF Fontainebleau (iR10;iR127;iR1;R2,p121;R90I,p40) =!? S1869-1383, Sous-bois. Compare: 1IE-1874-70, Sous bois
Alphonse Legros, S1869-1460, Un réfectoire. Compare: 1862ca, CR55, The Refectory, etch, 34×45, Cleveland MA (iR19;M27,1944.388;iR2;iR40;iR1)
Stanislas Lépine: 1869ca, La Seine devant Saint-Denis, 40×90, MBA Reims (iR23;iR1;R240;R231;iR40;M190) = S1869-1506, La Seine devant Saint-Denis = Hoschedé sale HD1875/04/20-52 = EU-C-1900-423, Vue sur la Seine (Musée de Reims).
Stanislas Lépine: 1880ca, L’île de la Cité et l’île Saint-Louis, vues du pont d’Austerlitz, 52×84, Carnavalet Paris (iR195;iR1;M8) Compare: S1869-1507, Le quai de la Râpée
Camille Pissarro, S1869-1950, L’Ermitage. Uncertain: 1867ca, CCP121, The hills at L’Hermitage, Pontoise, 151×206, Guggenheim NY (iR112;iR2;R116)
Henri Rouart: 1885ca, Sbr, Landscape with farm, Brittany, 66×92, private Gallery London (iR13;iR1;R2). Compare: 1IE-1874-148, Ferme bretonne. Compare also: S1869-2069, Chaumière au milieu des arbres, en Bretagne; 2IE-1876-229, Vieille ferme bretonne (étude); 3IE-1877-210+hc, La ferme; 6IE-1881-129, Chaumières bretonnes.
Zacharie Astruc: 1869ca, Un Moine, plaster bas-relief, 102×298, M. Massey (Tarbes) (iR489;iR1) =S1869-3226, Le moine; bas-relief, plâtre.
Félix Bracquemond: 1869ca, B753-1, Don Juan and the poor man, litho, 22×26, NYPL (iR10;iR61;iR1;R85,no753) =!? SNBA-1907-171-153, Don Juan, acte III, scène II (lithographie) (iR19). Compare: S1869-318, Don Juan et le pauvre. (Molière. -Don Juan ou le festin de Pierre. – Acte 3, scène 2) =!? SNBA-1907-171-6, Don Juan et le Pauvre (peinture).
Félix Bracquemond: 18xx, How Pantagruel found Panurge (whom he loved all his life), wc+g, xx, xx (iR48;iR10;iR1) =? S1869-2553, La rencontre de Pantagruel et de Panurge; aquarelle
Félix Bracquemond: S1869-3909-2, Vaches au repos, d’après Albert Cuyp. Probably: 1869, Vaches au bord de l’eau (after Aelbert Cuyp), etch, xx, NYPL (iR10;iR6;iR61;iR1)
Edouard Brandon, S1869-2555, Fragment d’études d’après nature pour les peintures murales exécutées dans l’oratoire de Sainte Brigite à Rome; fusain et aquarelle. Compare: Lorenzo Lotto, 1523-24, The life of St. Brigid, fresco, xx, Suardi chapel Trescore (iR5;iR1;aR4). Compare: HD1897/12/13-43+59+72, La Vie de sainte Brigitte
Alfred Meyer: 1868ca, L’Histoire de Psychè (after Raphaël, plate 6: Zephyr carrying Psyche in an enchanted palace), ebony wood case with enamel + gold, xx, MNd Sèvres (R87,p241;aR10;iR1;R2,p121;iR13;iR48) =!? 1IE-1874-91, Figure d’après Raphaël, émail; =!? S1869-2966, Deux émaux; même numéro: Figures d’après Raphaël
Alfred Meyer: 1868ca, L’Histoire de Psychè (after Raphaël, plate 26 Psyche enters the underworld), ebony wood case with enamel + gold, xx, MNd Sèvres (R87,p241;aR10;iR1;R2,p121;iR42;iR48) =!? 1IE-1874-90, Figure d’après Raphaël, émail; =!? S1869-2966, Deux émaux; même numéro: Figures d’après Raphaël
Edouard Brandon: 1868-69, Scene in a Synagogue, 156×88, Philadelphia MA (iR6;iR1;iR3;iR26;M28;aR10;R87,p232;R2,p199;R90II,p5+20) = S1869-319, La sortie de la loi le jour de sabbat. =??? 1IE-1874-29, Première Lecture de la Loi.
Edgar Degas: 1867, CR165, Josephine Gaujean, 59×44, ISGM Boston (iR2;iR10;iR8;iR1;R26,no224;R47,p8+34;R27,p93;R90II,p73/74+91;R90I,p167+181) =S1869-661, Portrait de Mme G… =? 3IE-1877-53, Portrait
Giuseppe de Nittis: 1869ca, DMM263, Una visita all’antiquario (Gli intenditori), on panel, 25×20, Philadelphia MA (M28;iR6;R277,no263) =S1869-1810, Une visite chez l’antiquaire
Auguste Renoir: S1869-2201, En été; étude = 1868ca, 1CR33=1F31, Sbl, The gypsy girl (In the summer), 85×59, NNg Berlin (R31,no8;R108,no33;R30,no31;R190,no32;R5,p78;M52;iR1) Provenance: Durand-Ruel; 1873 Duret (400fr). Expo: =? EU-1900-C-555, Jeune fille
(à M. Rosenberg)
Félix Bracquemond: 1869, Gargantua and His Mare at the Ford of Vede, wc+g, 28×15, RISD Providence (M152;iR10;iR1) =!? S1869-2552, Gargantua sur sa jument; aquarelle.
Marcellin Desboutin: 1869ca, Jan Six (after Rembrandt 1654), etch ps, 18×13, xx (iR6;iR1;R85V,p188;R85XIII,no157;R158,repro no26) =!? S1869-3952-1, Portrait du bourguemestre Six, d’après Rembrandt, eaux-forte
Auguste-Louis-Marie Ottin: 18xx, Thésée précipitant Sciron à la mer, print after sculpture, xx, xx (aR16;iR1) Compare: S1869-3624, Thésée précipite le brigand Scyron du haut des rochers dans la mer; groupe, plâtre + S1876-3522, Thésée précipitant Scyron à la mer; groupe, fonte de fer
Léon-Auguste Ottin: 1896, Le Vitrail, fig.26: 13th century, La Roue de la Fortune, esquisse de vitrail, after Villard de Honnecourt (aR7,p29;iR1) Compare: S1869-3011, La roue de la fortune, vitrail
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 1869. You will find them by form and 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: Bazille; Bouguereau; Carolus-Duran; Corot; Jongkind; Manet; Note: additional info and pictures will follow.
Carolus Duran: 1869, SDbl, The Lady with the Glove (Mme Carolus Duran, born Pauline Croizette; detail), 228×164, Orsay (iR10;iR94;iR6;iR23;R231;M1) =S1869-843, Portrait de Mme… =EU-1878-302, La Dame au gant = EU-C-1889-119, Portrait de Mme F…
Antoine Chintreuil (1814-73): 1869ca, L1040, L’Espace, 102×202, Orsay (M1;iR6;iR1;R231-7;aR2,V8,no1040) Expos: S1869-483, L’Espace (bought by the State); EU-Vienna-1873-133 (medal); EU-1878-168, L’Espace.
Gustave Courbet (1819-77): 1868, CR643, SDbr, Napping during the haying season, 249×310, PP Paris (iR6;iR10;iR1;R231-1;R110,no643;M4) Expos: S1869-572, La sieste, pendant la saison des foins; montagnes du Doubs; EU-1900-C-144, La Sieste (à la Ville de Paris)
P.F.E. Giraud (1806-81): 1869ca, La Devisa (La mort du toréador), 110×152, MG Castres or MNCh Fontainebleau (M5;M284;iR127;R231-1+2) Expos: S1869; EU-1900-C-325, La Devisa (Palais de Fontainebleau; S.1869)
Johan Barthold Jongkind (1819-91): 1868, Delteil 15, SDbr, Soleil couchant – Port d’Anvers, etch (published 1868 in l’Illustration nouvelle), 15×23, BM London (iR6;iR1;R138I,no15;M147) =!? S1869-4042, Vue de l’Escaut à Anvers; soleil couchant; eau-forte (Pour l’Illustration nouvelle)
Édouard Manet (1832-83): 1868-69, RW135, The Lunch in the Studio (Le déjeuner dans l’atelier), 118×154, AP Munich (iRx;iR1;R231=iR40;R71,no120;R262,no110;R213,no103;R120,no135;M53) =S1869-1617; =1884-48, After the coffee; =!? EU-C-1900-447 (à M. Pellerin)
Paul Baudry (1828-86): 1868, SDtl, Portrait of Charles Garnier (architect; 1825-98), 103×82, Orsay (M1;iR6;iR23;R337/1869+1870) Expos: S1869-145 (Officier LdH); EU-1900-C-19.
Frédéric Bazille (1841-70): 1868, SDbr, Vue de village (View of the Village), 137×45, MF Montpellier (iR2;iR1;R231-1+2;M14) Expos: S1869-149 La vue du village; EU-1900-C-22, Femme assise au pied d’un arbre (Musée de Montpellier)
Bouguereau (1825-1905): 1869, Between Wealth and Love, 107×89, private (iR4;iR1) =S1869-292, Entre la Richesse et l’Amour
Corot (1796-1875): 1869, Une Liseuse, 54×38, Metropolitan (M23;R222,p129;R14,p70) =S1869-550, Une liseuse
Édouard Manet (1832-83): 1868-69, RW134, The Balcony, 170×125, Orsay (iRx;iR1;aR1;R213,no102;R71,no121A;R120,no134;R87,no21;M1) =S1869-1616, Le balcon; 1873: bought by Faure; =ENBA-1884-52; =HD1884/02/04-2, bought by Caillebotte; =NY-AAG-1886-254; =1896: Musée du Luxembourg
Rejected art-works: Works of several artists were rejected for the Salon of 1869. This included works of Mary Cassatt; Degas; Monet (2x); Sisley (1x).
Claude Monet, S1869-R2. Now: 1869, CR133, The Magpie, 89×130, Orsay (iR2;R22,no133;M1)
Claude Monet: S1869-R1 = CR126, 1868-69, Fishing Boats at Sea, 96×130, HSM Farmington (iRx;R22,no126;M39) Painted in the presence of Astruc. Wrongly suggested for 1IE-1874-96, Le Havre, Bateaux de pêche sortant du port (R87,p243;R2,p121)
Mary Cassatt: 1869, CR8, Two Women Seated (by a Woodland Stream), 24×33, private (iR2;iR92;iR1;R187,p31) =?? S1869-R
Alfred Sisley: 1869, SDbl, CR12=CCPP14, View of Montmartre, from the Cité des Fleurs aux Batignolles, 70×117, Md Grenoble (iR11;iR2;R53,p48;R8,p137;R166,p98;R129,no12;R396,no14;M198). Maybe: S1869-R
Edgar Degas, S1869-R, Now: 1869, CR207, Madame Camus at the Piano, 139×64, Bührle Zurich (iR2;iR1;R47,p7,34;R26,no245;R114,no207;M85)
Background information: The art-works were divided in 7 sections:
1. painting; 2. drawings +watercolours +pastels +miniatures +enamels +porcelain +(cartons for) stained glass windows; 3. sculpture; 4. engravings on medals and gemstones; 5. architecture; 6. engravings; 7. lithographs.
Per sections artists could send in 2 art-works.
In an appendix the paintings and sculptures executed since 1868 in public monuments were noted.
There were 164.344 paying visitors and 207.319 visitors during the 7 free sundays. The catalogue mentions 4.230 art-works, including 256 entries of foreign artists. It consisted of 2.452 paintings, 758 drawings, 581 sculptures, 291 engravings, 54 lithographs, 93 architecture projects.
The art-works acquired by the State were published in the Chronique politique des arts, 1869/08/01 + 08.
The jury: There were 4 juries. One for section 1+2; one for 3+4; one for 5; one for 6+7. The overall president was Comte de Nieuwerkerke. 1869/03/22 the admission and award jury was elected. In the painting section (+ drawing etc.) the following painters were elected (in order of the most votes): Gérôme*, Baudry**, Pils*, Bonnat**, Bida, Gleyre, Fromentin, Comte, Breton**, Daubigny, Robert-Fleury* (president), Cabanel*; and as reserve Philippe Rousseau, Cabat*, Brion, J.F. Millet, Français** and Corot. There were 6 additional non-artists part of the jury, in total 18 persons of which 4 were member of L’Institut. Note*: these artists were at that time member of L’Institut; see Academic painters. Note**: later member of L’Institut; see Academic painters.
The awards: The awards were distributed 1869/08/13.
M. Duc received the Grand Prix de l’Empereur worth 100.000fr. This artist is unknown. His first names are not mentioned. He was not in the catalogue of 1869 (R337). He is not mentioned by Schurr & Cabanne (R9). A quick search on the internet, namely on the French WikiPedia site, doesn’t render an indication.
The Médaille d’Honneur was awarded to Léon Bonnat and (Jean-Joseph) Perraud (statuaire).
Léon Bonnat had shown a painting made for a chapel and as public monument ceilings of the Palais de Justice:
S1869-265, L’Assomption (église Saint-André in Bayonne), see iR293; iR497; see study in the musée Bonnat-Helleu (M191); see watercolour study (iR155).
S1869-Monument Public, Plafonds salle des Assises, Palais de Justice de Paris; see studies iR6; iR6.
40 artists received a medal for the section painting and drawings, etc., including Detaille, Carolus-Duran, Harpignies, J.P. Laurens, Gustave Moreau and Vollon.
The 2 Médailles d’Honneur had a value of 4.000fr each; the other medals 400fr.
Légion d’Honneur: There were 3 artists appointed as Officier in the Légion d’Honneur, namely Baudry, (Edouard) Dubufe and Eugéne Fromentin; 7 artists were appointed as Chevalier. Paul-Jacques-Aimé Baudry (1828-86):
S1869-145, Portrait de M. Charles Garnier, architecte↑ (iR6; iR23; M1).
He would become member of L’Institut in 1870. Édouard Dubufe (1819-83) (iR3):
S1869-800, Portrait de S.E. le général Fleury, grand écuyer (iR6; iR23; M200).
S1869-801, Portrait de M. le comte de Nieuwerkerke, sénateur, surintendant des Beaux-Arts (not in WikiMedia on Dubufe iR6, nor on de Nieuwerkerke iR6). Eugène Fromentin (1820-76) (iR3):
S1869-982, Une fantasia; Algérie↑ (M1; iR6).
S1869-983, Halte de muletiers; Algérie (see small painting (46×55) on panel (maybe a study) auctioned in 2003 and 1997: iR11; iR13).
Sources: Namely the Explication des Oeuvres of 1869 and 1870 (for the awards) (=R337).
See at the bottom of the main page on the Salon.
See link for the subscriptions of the paintings.
Additional references:
Annuaire 1870 Gazette des Beaux-Arts; =R258,p312=iR40.
Recommanded citation: “Meta-Impressionism / other exhibitions: Salon of 1869; info and pictures. Last modified 2025/12/09. https://www.impressionism.nl/1869-salon/”
