4th ‘impressionist’ exposition slideshow

 

 

Impressionism, a historical reconstruction:

slideshow

of the

4th ‘impressionist’ exposition 1879

What pictures were shown at the 4th ‘impressionist’ expositon?
In 1879 the ‘4me exposition de peinture‘ was held in Paris. This exposition is now mostly called the 4th ‘impressionist’ exposition. There were 16 partakers. The catalogue rendered the numbers 1-246, but in reality there were about 271 art-works exhibited. On this page you will find an accounted impression of these exhibited art-works, I render 269 pictures in the order of the catalogue numbers. The 2 artists that exhibited hors catalogue (=hc), Gauguin and Piette, are rendered at last. 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 269 suggestions for the about 271 art-works that were exhibited at the 4th ‘impressionist’ exposition in 1879. Catalogue number 67 of Degas probably wasn’t exhibited.

Ruth Berson renders 130 small black and white pictures of the works that are quite certainly exhibited (1996=R90II,p121-142).
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 fit and/or the date doesn’t fit.
Sometimes to compare I render a compilation of 2 or 3 pictures. When possible with one of the artist itself and added with pictures of other artists. Pictures that fit more with the title in the catalogue 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): 231 +232 +233 +234 +237 +238(1+2) (Tillot).
The following pictures I render to compare are very weak: nos. 31+hc1 of Caillebotte; 90 + 99 +100 +105 +106 +107 of Forain; no.112+123 of Lebourg; no.198 of Pissarro; nos. 206 +207 +208 +210 +211 +212 +213 +214 +215 +216 +217 +218 +219 +220 +221 +222 +223 +224 +225 of Rouart; 235 +241 (Tillot).
For the following numbers I only render pictures of other artists to compare: 236 +239 +240 (Tillot). For no.hc1 of Caillebotte I could only find a drawing by Draner; for no.112 of Lebourg I could only find a photo.

Helas, of several options I could only find a picture in black and white, namely no.20 of Caillebotte; no.75 of Degas; no.94+104 of Forain; no.161 of Monet; nos. 194 +195 +196 +199 +hc of Pissarro.

Sometimes (2x) I have no suggestion at all, namely for no.76 of Degas and no.226 of Rouart.

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.