3rd ‘impressionist’ exposition slideshow

 

 

Impressionism, a historical reconstruction:

slideshow

of the

3rd ‘impressionist’ exposition 1877

What pictures were shown at the 3rd ‘impressionist’ exposition?
In 1877 the ‘3e exposition de peinture‘ was held in Paris. This exposition is now mostly called the 3rd ‘impressionist’ exposition. There were 18 partakers. The catalogue rendered the numbers 1-241, but in reality there were about 249 art-works exhibited. On this page you will find 230 pictures of these exhibited art-works. See the accounts of the partakers and the clarification at the bottom of this page. If you double click on the first picture and then click on full screen, you can create a slideshow. On a smartphone or laptop you can also zoom in. Enjoy!

 

Clarification:
On this page you find 230 suggestions for the about 249 art-works that were exhibited at the 3rd ‘impressionist’ exposition in 1877. Catalogue no.42 of Degas probably wasn’t exhibited. Maybe nos.51+54 of Degas weren’t exhibited either, but this is more doubtfull, so I will render them and count them as being exhibited. Probably nos.116+118 of Monet (two interiors of the Gare Saint-Lazare) weren’t exhibited and instead 2 exteriors of the Gare Saint-Lazare were exhibited outside the catalogue (=hc).

Ruth Berson renders 106 small black and white pictures of the works that are quite certainly exhibited (1996=R90II,p85-102).
You will find (most of) these suggestions (when possible) in larger coloured pictures.
The suggestions I add are mostly less certain*.

I also render works to compare. Works of the artist itself that has some similarity with the work exhibited, but are certainly not exhibited, because the title doesn’t fully fit, the description in the reviews doesn’t fully fit and/or the date doesn’t fit.
Sometimes to compare I render a compilation of 2 or 3 pictures. When possible of the artist itself, but I also use pictures of other artists. Pictures that fit largely with the title in the catalogue and/or the description in the reviews and (when possible) has similarities with the painting style of the artist. But, sometimes I just render to compare a photo. Anyway, in these ways I hope te render any impression of the work exhibited.

Sometimes I render a compilation of 2 or 3 pictures (that give a good impression): no.218 +221 +224 +227 +227+hc1 (Sisley); nos. 228 +230 +237 +238 (of Tillot).
The pictures (in a compilation) I give to compare that are very weak are: no.74+75 (of Jacques-François); nos. 81 +82 +83 +84 +85 (Levert); 130 +131 + hc of Morisot; no. 209 +210+hc of Rouart; nos. 229 +231 +233 (of Tillot).
For the following numbers I only render pictures of other artists to compare: nos. 232 +234 +235 +236 +240 +241 (of Tillot).

Helas, of several options I could only find a picture in black and white, namely no.10+14 of Cals, no.67+72 of Guillaumin; nos. 81 +82 +85 (Levert), no.92+103 of Monet; no.126+127 of Morisot; nos 140 +155 +160 of Piette; no.175+176 of Pissarro; no.203 of Renoir.

Sometimes (19x) I have no suggestion at all, namely nos.34 +35 +36 (of Cordey); nos. 76 +77 +78 +79 (of Franc Lamy), no.86+89  (Maureau), no.124 (Morisot), nos. 134 +135 +139 +142 +146 +147 +150 +151 +159 (Piette).

See the accounts of the partakers. See link for an explanation of the subscriptions.

Note*: the given suggestions vary from certain (=!), to almost certain (=?!), to uncertain (=?), to very uncertain (=??), to most uncertain (=???).

 

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Note: More accurate and extended suggestions will follow.  Additional pictures will be added.