6th ‘impressionist’ exposition slideshow

 

 

Impressionism, a historical reconstruction:

slideshow

of the

6th ‘impressionist’ exposition 1881

What pictures were shown at the 6th ‘impressionist’ exposition?
In 1881 the ‘6me exposition de peinture‘ was held in Paris. This exposition is now mostly called the 6th ‘impressionist’ exposition. There were 14 partakers. The catalogue rendered the numbers 1-170, but in reality there were about 186 art-works exhibited. Several techniques/media were used. On this page you will find an accounted impression of 180 exhibited art-works (rendered within 177 pictures). 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 suggestions for 180 art-works (rendered within 177 pictures) of the about 186 art-works that were exhibited at the 6th ‘impressionist’ exposition in 1881.
No. 149 of Tillot is counted as 4 art-works, but I render 4 art-works within one frame, so just 1 picture.

Ruth Berson renders 134 small black and white pictures of the works that are quite certainly exhibited (1996=R90II,p257-279).
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): nos. 140 +141 (of Tillot)
The following pictures I render to compare are quite weak: nos. 101 +114 of Raffaëlli; nos.125 + 126 +127 +128 +129 +130 +131 +132 +134 +135 +136 +137 +139 of Rouart; nos. 142 +147 +148 (of Tillot); no.169 (Zandomeneghi).
For the following numbers I only render pictures of other artists to compare: nos. 143 +144 +145 +149(1-4) (of Tillot)

Helas, of several options I could only find a picture in black and white, namely no.17 of Degas; no.23 of Forain; nos. 57 + 59 +60 +62 +hc of Morisot; nos. 77 + 79 +84 +85 of Pissarro; no.95+115 of Raffaëlli; no.167 of Zandomeneghi.

Sometimes (6x) I have no suggestion at all, namely catalogue no.10 (Cassatt), no.32 (Gauguin), no.48+53 (Guillaumin), nos. 110 + 124 (Raffaëlli).

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.