Auguste Renoir: S1879-2527, Portrait de Mme G.C… et ses enfants = 1878 Madame Georges Charpentier and her children, 154×190, Metropolitan (iRx;R1,p420;M23)
Introduction: On this page you will find short information on the Salon of 1879 and some of the pictures exhibited. First you will find highly awarded paintings. Than 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. 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 1879, short info: The Salon of 1879 (the 96th) started the 12th of May in the Palais des Champs-Elysées in Paris (iR4;iR3). The catalogue mentions 4445 partakers and 5926 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 1879*, 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, Sbl, Still-life with lobster and gherkins in a glass, 15×23, Axx (iR13;iR1). Maybe: S1879-79: Les langoustes; Toulouse-1886-9, Langoustes.
Gustave Colin, 18xx, Basque fisherman, on panel 28×34, A2019/12/13 (aR19;iR1) Compare: S1879-695, Lamaneurs du golfe de Gascogne + SNBA-1896-313, Pilotes basques.
Ludovic Lepic (1839-89): S1879-1898, La pêche au hareng d’Ecosse par les bateaux de Berck =1878, SDbl, Scottish herring fishing by the boats of Berck, 129×216, MBA Reims (iR23;iR1;M190) Info: 1879 bought by the State.
Stanislas Lépine: 18xx, Le quai aux fleurs et le pont d’Arcole, 32×46, MBA Reims (iR23;iR1;M190) =??? S1879-1900, Un quai, à Paris
Jean-François Raffaëlli, S1879-2501, La rentrée des chiffonniers. Probably: 1xxx, la rentrée des chiffonniers, 87×87, A2014/03/26 (iR11;aR14) Also exhibited as se1884-77.
Auguste Renoir: S1879-2527, Portrait de Mme G.C… et ses enfants = 1878 Madame Georges Charpentier and her children, 154×190, Metropolitan (iRx;R1,p420;M23)
Marcellin Desboutin: 1879, Guignol en chambre (Puppet theater; detail), etch (after his painting), in-4, 41×41?, BNF Paris (iR40,btv1b10524585g;R85V,no4;R185,no116) =!? S1879-5637-4, Guignol en chambre. Depicted is Mycho and Melandri.
Giuseppe de Nittis: S1879-2248, Une marchande d’allumettes dans la City (Londres). Compare: 1877, Une marchande d’allumettes à Londres, etch after painting in Gazette des Beaux-Arts 1885, xx, PP Paris (iR195;iR1;M4)
Auguste Renoir: S1879-2528, portrait de Mlle Jeanne Samary = 1878, Portrait de Mlle Jeanne Samary, 174×101, Hermitage (iRx;R30,no320;M95)
Marcellin Desboutin: 1876, Dailly, dans mes bottes de L’Assomoir, etch ps (after painting), 18×11, BNF Paris + A2021/04/29 (iR40;iR17;iR1;R158,p265,no58;R85XIII,no15;aR10,no58) Compare: S1879-949, Portrait de M. Dailly, dans le rôle de Mes-Bottes de l’Assommoir (=? oil painting) -> 3rd class medal (R231/iR40;R88I,p196)
Marcellin Desboutin: 1879, M. Legendre, courtier en tableaux (auteur et mon ami), ps 2nd, 22×20, BNF Paris (iR40;R85XIII,no61;R158,no157;aR10,no106;iR1) =!? S1879-5637-3. Portrait de M. Legendre
Marcellin Desboutin: 1879, CJ31, Portrait of Mme Hector de Callias (=Nina de Villart), etch ps premier planche, 24×16, Metropolitan (iR10;M23;iR6;R2,p161;R90II,p36+51;R2,p161;R158,no31;R90I,p68+104;R85XIII,no39?;aR10,no46or47;R158,no31) =? S1879-5637-6, Portrait de Mme N. de Villart; Compare: 2IE-1876-66, Portrait (oil painting).
Marcellin Desboutin: 1878ca, La Femme au toutou (au chien; Mme Desboutin), ps, 12×8, A2019/07/21 (iR4;iR17;iR105;iR1;R158,no101+p263;R85V,no3;aR10,no84) =!? S1879-5637-9, Maman et Toutou. Compare: SNBA-1897-415, La dame au toutou
Marcellin Desboutin: 1879, Portrait de Jules Sandeau de l’Académie Française, etch ps, 12×8, A2013/06/08 (iR6;iR17;iR1;R85XIII,no133;R158,no223) =!? S1879-5637-10. Portrait de M. Jules Sandeau
Marcellin Desboutin: 1879, Bs1 +CJ63, L’homme à la pipe (autoportrait), ps, 44×36, A2021/12/14 (iR17;iR11;iR195;iR1;aR10,no62;R158,no63+p147;R85XIII,p33+no1;R231-1) =!? S1879-5638-1. “Mon portrait” (>3rd class medal) =? EU-OdA-1889-2454, Une gravure, pointe sèche, Portrait de M. Desboutin (->2nd class medal) = !? EU-1900-C-2308, L’homme à la pipe (portrait de l’auteur); pointe sèche (à M. Beurdeley).
Marcellin Desboutin: 1879, Le fils de Ludovic Halévy, assis dans un fauteuil, etch, 22×20, BNF Paris (iR40;R85XIII,no50;R158,no118,cp119) =? S1879-5638-2. Enfant de M. Ludovic Halévy
Marcellin Desboutin: 1879, Mme Bouquet de la Grye, ps, 21×19, INHA Paris (iR366;iR10;aR10,no37;iR1;R85XIII,no35;R158,no18) =? S1879-5638-4. Portrait de Mme Bouquer de la Grie
Marcellin Desboutin: 1879, Docteur Collin, médecin des Folies-Bergère, ps, 20×17, BNF Paris (iR40,btv1b10524577z;R85V,no13;aR10,no54;R158,no50) =!? S1879-5638-5. Portrait du docteur Collin
Léon Auguste Ottin, S1879-p534, Hôtel-Dieu de Beaune (Côte-d’Or), Grande Salle, crucifixion + Mater dolorosa, verrière =? 15th century, Vitrail Chancelier Rolin chapelle hospices Hôtel-Dieu de Beaune (iR6;iR10;iR1)
Léon-Auguste Ottin, 1896-, 16th, Saint Giguel roi de Bretagne avec deux donateurs, vitrail, 66×150, Cathédrale de Quimper (aR7,p61;iR1) =? SdAF-1903- 3641, Vitraux de la Cathédrale de Quimper, XVe siècle; dessin + compare: S1879-4294, Donateurs avec leurs patrons, saint Roland et saint Georges + saint Mathieu et sainte Adélaide; vitraux
Jean-François Raffaëlli, 6IE-1881-120, Dessin à la plume. Maybe???: 1877, B15-2, Hans Burgmeier, dr, 37×26, A2010/04/28 (iR11;aR1=R85XI;R2,p355) Compare: S1879-4088.
Jean-François Raffaëlli, 5IE-1880-152, Homme tenant un sac à charbon; aquarelle. Compare: 1879, le chiffonnier, ink+wc on panel, 82×60, A2001/11/01 (iR204;iR11;iR6;iR10;R2,p313;R90II,p154). Compare S1879-4444 and 5IE-1880-161.
Auguste Renoir: S1879-4476, portrait de Paul C…, pastel =? 1878-87, Paul Charpentier, pastel, xx, private (iR52)
Auguste Renoir: S1879-4477, Portrait de Théophile B… (pastel) =?? 1879ca, Portrait of a Young Boy, 43×31, private (iR2)
Émile Schuffenecker: 1887ca, CR195, Portrait de femme assise (Mme Schuffenecker; study for 1885-88, The Square at Luxembourg Park (Louise, Jeanne + Paul Schuffenecker), dr, 47×31, A2021/07/12 (iR14;iR11;iR15;R209,no195;cpR54,no247) =?? S1879-4585, Portrait de Mme S… (iR1;R54,p227)
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 1879. 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: Dagnan-Bouveret; Manet; Note: additional info and pictures will follow.
Dagnan-Bouveret (1852-1929): 1879, Wedding in the photographer’s studio, 85×122, MBA Lyon (iR6;iR1;M217) =!? S1879-810, Une noce chez un photographe.
Eva Gonzalès (1847-83): 1874ca, Une loge aux Italiens, 98×130, Orsay (iR6;iR10;iR1;iR23;M1;R231-1) Expos: S1879-1405; sale HD1885/02/20-47; EU-1900-C-329, La Loge (à Mme Guérard)
Édouard Manet (1832-83): 1879, RW289, In the Conservatory (Dans la serre) (Mme + M Jules Guillemet), 115×150, NNG SM Berlin (iR2;iR1;iR19;aR1;R71,no268A;R120,no289;M52) =S1879-2010; 1883: bought by Faure; =ENBA-1884-90 (appartient à M. Faure); =NY-AAG-1886-192
Édouard Manet (1832-1883): 1874, RW223, Boating (En Bateau), 97×130, Metropolitan (iR2;iR1;aR1;R231=iR40;R71,no196;R213,no163;R120,no223;M23) =S1879-2011; =ENBA-1884-76; =EU-C-1889-498
Dagnan-Bouveret (1852-1929): 1877, SDbr, The grandpa of the artist (=M. Bouveret), 33×41, Orsay (iR6;M1) =? S1879-811, Portrait de M. G. B.. =EU-OdA-1889-372, Portrait de mon grand-père (Salon de 1879)
Rejected art-works: Some art-works were rejected for the Salon of 1879. Among them art-works of partakers of the ‘impressionist’ expositions. Namely of Cézanne; Sisley. See also the accounts of these artists (in the left or bottom sub-menus).
Sources: See at the bottom of the main page on the Salon.
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