Meta-Impressionism /other exhibitions:

Expo Artistes Indépendants

May + June 1884

preceeding the Salon des Indépendants

Georges Seurat: 1883-84 (+1887), DR98 dH92, Bathing at Asnières, 201x300, NG London (iR6;iR2;R3,p254;R183,no98;R40,p93;R207,p122;M61) =GdAI-1884/05-261 =NY-AAG-1886-170 =8SdI-1892-1081 =RB1900-7 =21SdI-1905-4 — Georges Seurat: 1883-84 (+1887), DR98 dH92, Bathing at Asnières, 201×300, NG London (iR6;iR2;R3,p254;R183,no98;R40,p93;R207,p122;M61) =SdAF-1884-R =GdAI-1884/05-261 =NY-AAG-1886-170 =8SdI-1892-1081 =RB1900-7 =21SdI-1905-4

1884, expo Artistes Indépendants, general info:
The exposition du Groupe des artistes indépendants (=GdAI-1884/05) started 1884/05/15 in Barrack B. in the Cour des Tuileries in Paris and closed the 30th of June*. 402 artists performed their works, all having 1 catalogue number** which included 1-7 art-works, with an average of 3. So, there were about 1200 works exhibited. (aR4=iR40). There were many women included. According to some sources, ‘hundreds’ of these artists had been rejected for the Salon de la Société des Artistes Français (R2,p24;aR10) and decided to organise their own independant exhibition. The participants had to pay 10 francs contribution and they were aloud to exhibit a maximum of 2 art-works per genre, being painting, sculptures, drawings and etchings.
H. Stupfler was president of the committee; there also was a ‘commission de comtabilité et de control’ and a ‘commission de placement’; in the last committee Cross was a member but all other members are unknown to me.
There have been fights between the partaking artists. The group split and one group would form the ‘Société des artistes indépendants’ and they would organise the Salons des Indépendant.
Sources: R5,p139;R2,p24;R39,p40-42+325;R40,p93;aR3=iR387;aR4=iR40;
Note*: or the 1st of July (aR10).
Note**: the catalogue renders the artists in a none alphabetical order.
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Odilon Redon: 1875ca, CR261, Profile of glory (Caesar) (Tête de Romain à la couronne de lauriers), dr, 36×31, KMM Otterlo (iR10;iR7;R182,no261+IV,p329-331;M72) =LVM 1881-5, Le Profil; GdI-1884-192-2, Profil de gloire, dessin; =3XX-1886-3, Profil de gloire; =EPG1890-206, Profil de César.

Odilon Redon: 1876, CR2588, Lady Macbeth, fusain, 50x31, Library New York (R182IV,p253+329+no2588) =GdI-1884-hc; =1SdI-1884-3, Lady Macbeth. — Odilon Redon: 1876, CR2588, Lady Macbeth, fusain, 50×31, Library New York (R182IV,p253+329+no2588) =GdI-1884-hc; =1SdI-1884-3, Lady Macbeth.

Paul Signac: 1884, CR58, opus 63, Rue Caulaincourt (Monmartre, à l'ami Cuvillier), 34x26, Carnavalet Paris (iR2;iR59;R39,no5;R106,no58;R3,p252;R16,p317;M8) =GdAI-1884/05-71-2. — Paul Signac: 1884, CR58, opus 63, Rue Caulaincourt (Monmartre, à l’ami Cuvillier), 34×26, Carnavalet Paris (iR2;iR59;R39,no5;R106,no58;R3,p252;R16,p317;M8) =GdAI-1884/05-71-2.

The Impressionists:
The following 5* partakers of the ‘impressionist’ expositions were present: Lépine (2x), Redon (3 drawings + 6 lithographes), Schuffenecker (2x), Seurat (1x =Une baignade↑), and Signac (2 oils + 1 pastel). The last 4 would only join the upcoming 8th ‘impressionist’ exposition in 1886.
Note*: Though several sources claim that Guillaumin joined this exhibition, he was not in the catalogue and this is neither confirmed by Lobstein (R229).
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Paul Signac: 1884, CR61, opus 66, La Seine, Quai d'Austerlitz (soleil), 60x91, private Tokyo (iR135;iR10;R39,p74;R106,no61) =GdAI-1884/05-71-1. — Paul Signac: 1884, CR61, opus 66, La Seine, Quai d’Austerlitz (soleil), 60×91, private Tokyo (iR135;iR10;R39,p74;R106,no61) =GdAI-1884/05-71-1.

Néo-Impressionists:
Other participents were (future) Néo-Impressionists like: Angrand (2x), Cross (1x), Dubois-Pillet (3x; with large portraits);

Albert Dubois-Pillet (1845-90): 1881, Dead child, xx, Musée Crozatier Le Puy-en-Velay (iR6;iR94;R9,p254;R235/R286) =GdAI-1884/05-32-3, L'Enfant mort — Albert Dubois-Pillet (1845-90): 1881, Dead child, xx, Musée Crozatier Le Puy-en-Velay (iR6;iR94;R9,p254;R235/R286) =GdAI-1884/05-32-3, L’Enfant mort

Other French artists:
Among the other partakers were: Para-Impressionists like Arsène Gilles Séguin (2x), who would exhibited every year; and Post-Impressionists like Valtat (1x). And also: Hubert de la Rochefoucault. In the 1934 catalogue Jaudin, Lauzet, Pata are (also) explicitly mentioned.
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Foreign artists:
There also were foreign artists present. We will mention some of them:
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Sources:
catalogue at gallica.fr =iR40;
See at the bottom of the main page on the Salon des Indépendants.

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