Introduction: On this page you will find short information on the Salon of 1875 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 small slideshow. On a smartphone or laptop you can also zoom in. Enjoy!
The Salon of 1875, short info: The Salon of 1875 (the 92th) started the 1th of May in the Palais des Champs-Elysées in Paris (iR4;iR3). The catalogue mentions 2611 partakers and 3904 numbers (iR1). Note: more info will follow.
Highly awarded art-works: (In the future) you will find some paintings that were highly rewarded at the Salon of 1875*, that can be seen as the standard of art. Note*: works that received a medal of honor, works that received a golden medal, were (assigned and) purchased by the state; of artists that later that year were appointed in the Légion d’Honneur as Officier or higher.
Antoine-Ferdinand Attendu: 18xx, Nature morte de chasse au lapin, faisan et au pigeon (Hunting still-life with Rabbit, Pheasant and Pigeon), pastel, 71×98, Axx (iR13;iR1). Compare: S1875-47, Lapin de garenne; SdAF-1888-2615, Le lapin de garenne, pastel(?); SdAF-1896-2113, Lièvre et ramiers; pastel.
Alphonse Legros, S1875-1311, Un chaudronnier = 1874, The Tinker, 115×132, VAM London (iR2;aR9,p8;iR127;iR1;M65)
Alphonse Legros, S1875-1312 Les demoiselles du mois de Marie =? 1868, A May Service for Young Women, 107×147, VAM London (iR2;iR6;aR9,p8;iR1;M65)
Ludovic Lepic, S1875-1345, Pêche de nuit au chien de mer = !? 1875, Pêche de nuit au chien de mer (Night fishing with a dogfish), 132×152, Nantes MBA (M16;iR23;iR1)
Stanislas Lépine: S1875-1347, Un lavoir aux environs de Caen =1872-73ca, CR263, Washhouse near Caen, 41×54, A2007/06/20 (iR15;iR11;iR1;R208,no263)
Giuseppe de Nittis: S1875-1544, Place de la Concorde. Compare: 1875, SDbl, DMM538, Place de la Concorde on a rainy day, etch after painting, 21×30, Carnavalet (iR195;R264,p328/9;R277,no538;iR1;iR10;iR1;M8)
Giuseppe de Nittis: 1880, SDbr, DMM825, (A corner of the) Place de la Concorde, 44×52, PZS Naples (iR10;iR167;iR94;iR6;iR1;iR195;R277,no825) Compare: GP-1885-EdP2-203, La place de la Concorde (pastel !?). Compare: S1875-1544, Place de la Concorde + EU-1900-?, Place de la Concorde par un jour de pluie.
Giuseppe de Nittis: 1876, SDbl, In canotto (in a canoe), 54×73, Axx (iR10;iR13;iR1;R264,p327/8) =!? S1875-1545, À Bougival; Compare: Venice-1914-35, Nel canotto (=DMM502)
Léon-Auguste Ottin: 1875, SDbr, Young man sitting on a dune, oil on wood, 21×33, A2006/05/20 (iR10;iR12;aR2;iR13) Expos: =? S1875-1570, La butte Montmartre, le matin; =?? 2IE-1876-184, Mont Cassin, versant sud (Butte Montmartre); Compare: 1IE-1874-131, La butte Montmartre, versant sud.
Alphonse Legros: 1876, CR144, L’incendie (the fire), no.2, etch 9th state, 24×28, BNF Paris (iR40,btv1b10545526d;iR17;iR1;aR9,p12;R231-1) Expos: compare: S1875-2481, L’incendie (drawing?); compare: EU-1900-C-II-1133, L’incendie; dessin à la plume et à la sépia (Musée de Dijon).
Ludovic Lepic (1839-89): 1862, La baie de Naples par temps clair, 94×128, A1997/12/05 (iR13;R2,p121+162;R90II,p8;iR1) Compare: 1IE-1874-76, Golfe de Naples, aquarelle; S1875-2498, Le golfe de Naples, vu du cours Victor-Emmanuel; aquarelle; 2IE-1876-125, Le quai Sancte Lucia à Naples (aquarelle).
Ludovic Lepic (1839-89): 1871, SDbl, A fisherman’s grotto (Naples), gouache, 27×38, A2015/07/08 (iR11;iR14;iR13;iR41;iR1;R2,p162) Expos: =? S1875-2499, Cabane de pêcheurs, à Torre del Greco (Italie); aquarelle; =?? 2IE-1876-132, Les souterrains du port de Naples (aquarelle)
Marie Bracquemond: 1869ca, Fauconnerie, 65×54, MBA Rouen (iR23;iR10;iR64;iR1;aR17;R168,p232;M12) =1869/08 expo in Rouen. Compare: S1875-287, La lecture.
Mary Cassatt: 1874, CR35, SDtl, Portrait of Mme Cortier, 48×40, A2016/10/20 (iR10;iR14;iR2;iR92;iR1;R187,no35). =?? S1876-353, Mlle Mary Cassatt, Portrait de Mlle C… Compare: S1875-367.
Gustave Colin, 1871, Young woman with a fan, 101×61, A2011/04/01 (iR13;iR46;iRx;iR1) Compare: S1875-482 Marie Artinchola, paysanne basque.
Marcellin Desboutin: 1875, B78=CJ29, Alfred Cadart, fondateur de la Société des Aqua-fortistes (1828-75), etch ps 1st state, 45×30 (or 16×12), BNF Paris (iR40,btv1b10524692x;iR6;iR1;iR105;R85XIII,no78;R85V,p189;R158,no29;aR10,no45;R466,no66;R465,no6) =!? S1875-3660-1, Portrait de M. Cadart
Marcellin Desboutin: 1875, B11=CJ4, Hippolyte Babou (1824-78; writer and art-critic), etch ps 1/3, 26×17, BNF Paris (iR40,btv1b10524641d;iR1;R85V,no11;R158,no4;aR10,no32;R466,no56;R465,no10) =!? S1875-3660-2, Portrait de M. Babou
Marcellin Desboutin: 1875, CJ39 (or 20), Mr Bowles (1841-1922), le critique anglais (d), etch ps, 25×15, BNF Paris (iR40,btv1b105246723;iR1;aR10,no39;R158,no39;R466,no62;R465,no9) =!? S1875-3660-3, Portrait de M. Bowls
Marcellin Desboutin: 1875ca, CJ81, Deschamps, marchand de tableaux à Londres (d), etch 1st, 45×30 (or 22×13), BNF Paris (iR40,btv1b105245898;iR1;aR10,no71;R158,no81) =!? S1875-3660-4, Portrait de M. Deschamps
Marcellin Desboutin: 1875, B88=CJ112, Portrait of Edmond de Goncourt (1822-96; d), ps, 40×26 (or 16×12), A2021/03/17 (iR14;iR195;iR1;R85XIII,no88;R85V,p189;aR10,no88;R158,no112;R466,no87;R465,no7) =!? S1875-3660-5, Portrait de M. de Goncourt
Marcellin Desboutin: 1875, B97=CJ179, Edward Lévi Montefiore, colletioneur et graveur (detail), etch 1/2, 27×18, BNF Paris (iR40,btv1b10524711j;R85XIII,no97;R158,no179;iR1) =!? S1875-3660-6, Portrait de M. Montefiore
Marcellin Desboutin: 1875, B25=CJ215, Henri Rouart, peintre et collectionneur, etch ps, 27×20, Metropolitan (iR10;M23;R90II,p37+51;R2,p161;R90I,p71;R85V,no25;R158,no215;aR10,no135;R466,no122) =!? S1875-3660-7, Portrait de M. Rouard (sic); =? 2IE-1876-71, Portraits (gravure à la pointe sec)
Marcellin Desboutin: 1875, B38=CJ27, Mademoiselle Madeleine Burty (future Mme Haviland; d), etch ps, 24×16, BNF Paris (iR40,btv1b105246740;iR1;R85XIII,no38;R158,no27;aR10,no43;R466,no65;R465,no8) =!? S1875-3660-9, Portrait de Mll. M. Burty
Marcellin Desboutin: 1876ca, Sbr, B22=CJ181, Berthe Morisot, peintre (d), etch ps 2/2, 26×18, A2014/09/23 + BNF Paris (iR4;iR11;iR17;iR40;iR1;R85V,no22;R158,no181;R89,no25;R466,no109) =!? S1875-3660-10, Portrait de Mll. B. Morisot
Alphonse Legros, 2IE-1876-89, Grand paysage, coup de vent =!? 1875-77, CR110, Le coup de vent, etch, 57×47, BNF Paris (iR40,btv1b10545317p;iR105;R90II,p38+55;R2,p162;aR9,p14;iR1) Compare: S1875-2482, Le coup de vent (Appartient à M. Malassis) (=drawing; aR9,p11)
Alphonse Legros: 2IE-1876-88-2, Femmes de Boulogne =? 1877-, CR82, Fisherwomen at Boulogne (Femmes de pecheurs), etch, 68×53, NGA Washington (M23;iR10;M183;aR13=iR40) =? S1875-2483, Femmes de pêcheurs (Appartient à M. Malassis)
Alphonse Legros, 2IE-1876-83-4, Paysage (pointe sèche) =? 1852-71, CR103, La ferme au grand arbre, ps, 32×26, BM London (iR105;M147;iR40;R90II,p38+54;R2,p162;aR9,p11) =? S1875-3734, Une eau-forte: La ferme au grand arbre (Appartient à M. P. Malassis)
Alphonse Legros: 2IE-1876-85, Portrait de petite fille (pointe sèche) =!? 1875, CR30, La petite Marie (fille de l’artiste), ps, 23×17, BNF Paris (iR40,btv1b105455109;iR105;R2,p162;R90II,p38+54;aR9,p13;R85IX,no30) =!? S1875-3735, Une eau-forte: La petite Marie (Appartient à M. P. Malassis) =!? HD-1897/12/13-132bis-3, Portrait de la petite Marie
Bernard-Alfred Meyer: 1867, Portrait d’homme (after Antonello de Messine), email paint, 27×21 (46×40), MAD Paris (aR5;iR1;R410,p121) =!? S1867-1945, Le Condottiere, d’après Antonello de Messine; émail; =!? S1875-2560, Le Condottiere, d’après Antonello de Messine; émail, appartient à M. L. du Paty
Auguste-Louis-Marie Ottin: 1883, Campaspe taking off her clothes in front of Apelles by order of Alexander, sc, xx, Palais du Louvre (iR6;iR10;iR119;iR125) =!? SdAF-1883-4036, Campaspe se déshabillant devant Apelle, par ordre d’Alexandre; statue, marbre. Compare S1875-3314, Campaspe; statue, plâtre.
Jean-François Raffaëlli, S1875-1696, A Nice. Maybe?: 1xxx, Nice, la vieille ville, wc, 23×15, A2014/03/06 (iR11;aR7,p48;iR1)
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 1875. 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: Manet; Puvis de Chavannes; Note: additional info and pictures will follow.
Édouard Manet (1832-1883): 1874, RW221, Argenteuil, 149×115, Tournai MBA (iR2;iR1;aR1;R231=iR40;R19;R213,no162;R262,no171;R120,no221;M248) =S1875-1412; =ENBA-1884-75; =EU-C-1889-490 (app. à M. E. May)
Puvis de Chavannes (1824-98): 1887, The family of the fisherman, 83×72, AI Chicago (M20;iR10;iR94;iR6;R231=iR40;iR1;iR23) =DR-1899-11 Compare: S1875-1689, Famille de pêcheurs =EU-C-1900-537, La famille de pêcheur (à M. Durand-Ruel)
Gustave Caillebotte: 2IE-1876-17, Raboteurs de parquets = 1875, SDbr, 1CR28 + 2CR34, The floor-scrapers, 100×145, Orsay (iR2;iR3;iR8;R2,p166;R90II,p33+47;R101,no28;R102,no34+p282;R41,p100;M1,RF2718) =HD1877/05/28-1 (655fr; bought back); =New York-AAG+NAD-1886-30; =DR1894-29. Location: 77, rue de Miromesnil.
Mary Cassatt: 1875, CR45, Young woman on a striped sofa with her dog, 33×41, FAM Cambridge (iR92;iR1;R187,no45;R44,p14) =?? S1875-R
Sources: See at the bottom of the main page on the Salon.
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