Introduction: You will find on the bottom of this page short information on the Salon de la Libre Esthétique of 1904 held in Brussels, which was explicitly called an exposition of impressionist painters. It is interesting to see which painters did partake, ergo which painters were labelled as impressionist. You will also find some pictures that were exhibited. There will be extra attention for the partakers of the ‘impressionist’ expositions. The pictures will be shown by form and in alphabetical order.
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Paul Cézanne: 1879-82, V341=FWN780, Sbl, Still life with fruit bowl, 46×55, MoMa New York (iR10;M41;iR493;iR261;iR194,no780;iR19;R231-1;R48,no452;R189,no341) Provenance: Viau; sale DR1907/03/02-04, no.13 (19.000fr). Expos: EU-1900-C-86, Nature morte: fruits (appartient à M. Viau); Vienna-EdI-1903-62; 11LE-EPI-1904-13; Budapest-NIK-1910-15, Still life, lent by Marcel Nemes.
Maximilien Luce (1858-1941): 1893, SDbr, The Port of Saint-Tropez, 74×91, private (iRx;R306,no15) =9SdI-1893-824 =11LE-1904-75
Edouard Manet (1832-83): 1873, RW188, On the Beach (Suzanne and Eugène Manet; Berck-sur-Mer, 60×73, Orsay (iR2;R71,no167;R262,no161;R120,no188) 1873: bought by Henri Rouart; =ENBA-1884-71; =LE-1904-76; MJ1912-237
Claude Monet: 1872-73, Sbl, CR262, Sunrise (seascape), 49×60, Getty Los Angeles (iR10;iR166;iR8;iR40;R22,no262;M31) Provenance: sale HD1875/03/24-8, Soleil levant (marine; 50x61cm) -> Rouart (75fr.); sale MJ1912/12/09-252. Expos: =?? 1IE-1874-98, Impression, soleil levant (R1,p339+316); =LE-PI-1904-92; =? Berlin-PC-1905-14.
Claude Monet: 3IE-1877-103, La maison du passeur à Argenteuil = CR329 = destroyed ca1950. Compare: 1874, CR325, Le Bassin d’Argenteuil, 55×74, Rhode Island SD (iRx;R22+R127,CR325;M152,no42.219) =11LE-1904-93
Claude Monet: CR440, 1877, SDbl, Saint-Lazare station, the Normandy train, 60×80, AI Chicago (iR2;R90I,p130+180;R231-1;M20,no.1933.1158) Provenance: 1877/03 Ernest Hoschedé; 1878 G. de Bellio; 1894 Donop de Monchy; 1899ca Bernheim-Jeune; Paul Rosenberg; 1911 Durand-Ruel. Expos: -? 3IE-1877-100, La gare St-Lazare, arrivée d’un train, app M. H… (note: mostly suggested for no.97, see R22,CR440;R2,p222;R90II,p94;M20) Expos: =6EIPS-1887-hc; =GP1889-M+R-33; =EU-1900-C-484, Le Train de Normandie (appartient à M. Alexandre Bernheim jeune); =LE-1904-PI-98; NYDR1911-8.
Claude Monet: 1882, CR758, SDbr, Walk on the cliff at Pourville, 65×81, Chicago AI (M20;iR6;iR8;iR10;R22,no758) Provenance: 1882/10 Durand-Ruel. Expos: London-SdI-1883-32; DR1883-20; 11LE-1904-109; London-GG-1905-157; DR1914/03-30.
Claude Monet: 1875, SDbr, CR353, Winter effect at Argenteuil, 59×80, private (iR10;iR64;R22,no353) Provenance: 1875/01 Rouart; MJ1912/12/09-254 (R45,p105+32+++). Expo: =11LE-1904-353
Camille Pissarro: CCP747, 1884, SDbr, Petit-Moulin and a meadow at Osny, 54×66, MA Providence (iR10;iR64;R116,CCP747;M152) Provenance: before 1900 Jos Hesel. Expos: =EU-1900-C-517, Ferme à Eragny (à M. Hessel); =11LE-1904-122.
Georges Seurat: 8IE-1886-178, La rade de Grand-Camp =1885, DR154, La rade de Grandcamp, 64×80, A2018/05/08 (iR11;iR15;iR6;R183,no154;R207,p122-6;R90II,p252+275;R2,p446+465) =2SdI-1886-355 =4XX-1887-3 =RI1888/01 =9XX-1892-3 =8SdI-1892-1092 =RB1900-18 =EU-C-1900-610 =1LE-1904-144
Georges Seurat: 8IE-1886-176, Le bec du Hoc (Grand-Camp) =1885, DR153 dH159, Le Bec du Hoc, Grandcamp, 66×82, Tate London (iR2;iR6;iR11;R3,p271;R183,no153;R2,p446;R90II,p252+275;R207,p122-7;M62) =2SdI-1886-354 =4XX-1887-2 =RI1888/02 =9XX-1892-4 =1LE-1904-145
Georges Seurat: 1886, DR168 dH173, The Hospice and Lighthouse of Honfleur, 65×82, NGA Washington (iR2;iR6;R3,p272;R2,p468;R183,no168;R207,p124/5;M21) =Nantes-1886-968 =4XX-1887-5 =3SdI-1887-439 =Anvers-ApA-1892-2 =9XX-1892-6 =8SdI-1892-1095 =11LE-1904-146 =21SdI-1905-37 =Saint-Petersbourg-1912-593
Georges Seurat: 1888, DR183, The Seine at La Grande-Jatte, Spring, 65×82, MRBA Brussels (iR6;R183,no183;R207,p128M80) =6SdI-1890-734 =9XX-1892-15 =11LE-1904-147 =17LE-1910-168
Georges Seurat: 1888, DR190, Gray weather, Grande Jatte, 70×84, Metropolitan (iR6;R183,no190;R207,p128/9;M23) =6XX-1889-3 =6SdI-1890-733 =8SdI-1892-1091 =11LE-1904-148 =21SdI-1905-41
Georges Seurat: 1890, DR207, The canal of Gravelines, in the direction of the sea, 73×93, KMM Otterlo (iR6;R183,no207;R207,p129+130;M72) =8XX-1891-5 =7SdI-1891-1104 =9XX-1892-18 =11LE-1904-149 =21SdI-1905-40
Georges Seurat: 1890, DR203, The Channel at Gravelines, Evening, 65×82, MuMa Le Havre (iR6;iR8;R183,no203;M15) =8XX-1891-7 =7SdI-1891-1106 =Anvers-ApA-1892-6 =9XX-1892-17 =8SdI-1892-1107 =11LE-1904-150 -21SdI-1905-3
Paul Signac: 1897, CR307, Mont Saint-Michel, fog and sunlight, 47×56, private (iRx;iR11;R106,no307) =DR1899-119 =11LE-1904-152 (appartient à M. Théo van Rysselberghe) =BJ1907-30
Paul Signac: 1901-02, CR363, Leaving the harbour of Saint-Tropez, 89×116, private (iR10;iR6;iR39;R106,no363) =? 19SdI-1903-2242 =11LE1904-155 =BJ1907-19 =PP1934-18
Paul Signac: 1901, CR359, Saint Tropez, 131×162, Tokyo MAO (iRx;R39,no97;R106.no359) =18SdI-1902-1633 =11LE-1904-153 =BJ1907-17
Alfred Sisley: 1892, SDbr, CR803=CCPP923, Une après-midi au milieu de l’été (An afternoon in mid-summer), 65×81, private (R396,no923;R129,no803;iR1) Expos: SNBA-1893-974, Une après-midi du milieu de l’été; LE-1904,164. Provenance: sale atelier Sisley GP1899/05/01-6; Dr. Viau; sale DR1907/03/04-70.
Édouard Manet: 1874, Portrait of Berthe Morisot with a Fan (detail), 135×190, Lille PBA (iR10;iR4;iR2;iR23;R262,no186;R71,no201;M17) =ENBA-1884-74; =LE-1904
Auguste Renoir: 1IE-1874-142, La Loge = 1874, 1CR116=1F125, SDbl, The theater box, 80x64cm, Courtauld London (iR2;R87,p251;R2,p107;R90II,p12+28;R1,p334; R108,no116;R30=R193,no125;R190,no120;R31,no26;R231-1+2;M60) Provenance: 1874 Père Martin (425fr); Louis Flornoy; 1899/02 Durand-Ruel till 1925. Expos: London-SFA-1874-12; Nantes-1886-893; DR1892-63; DR1899-74; = EU-1900-C-562, La loge (1874) (à Mme A.F. Aude); 11LE-1904-128; London-GG-1905-251.
1904/02/25 – 03/29, “Exposition des peintres Impressionnistes” (=11LE-EPI-1904): This was the 11th exposition de la Libre Estétique. It was explicitly called an exposition of impressionist painters. It is interesting to see which painters did partake, ergo which painters were labelled as impressionist.
We see several partakers of the ‘impressionist’ expositions joining this exposition: Monet (20x) Pissarro (7x), Renoir (12x) and Signac.
Posthumously there were also works shown of Gauguin, Morisot, Seurat and Sisley.
We also see para-impressionists like: Manet.
We also see Neo-Impressionist painters like: Cross and Luce. Cross showed works made in Venice (R56,p160).
Recommanded citation: “Meta-Impressionism / other exhibitions: Salon de La Libre Esthétique 1904 in Brussels: “Exposition des peintres Impressionnistes”. Last modified 2025/07/11. https://www.impressionism.nl/1904-la-libre-esthetique/”
