#paris salon

[diemelusine]

Marie Rochegrosse (the artist's wife) in the dining room of their villa outside Algiers (1904) by Georges Rochegrosse. Private collection.

[materassassino]

Can anyone with art history knowledge tell me how the Paris Salon actually worked? Like how did the public go there and see the paintings? Did it cost money to enter? If so how much? Who was allowed in? Were the artists there?

[simple-pretty]

the row spring 2026 | looks (from top) 31 and 14

the row courtesy photos by mark kean, via voguerunway.com

[digitalfashionmuseum]

Oil Painting, 1791, French.

By Rose Adélaïde Ducreux.

Portraying the artist in a blue striped silk dress.

Met Museum.

Although harps were popular accessories for portraits in this period, Rose Adélaïde Ducreux really was both a talented artist and a gifted m

[bloody-wonder]

please take part in my survey🙏

I’m writing a thesis about nude french salon paintings and I want to start my next presentation by sharing *survey results* that will bedazzle my supervisor, disguise months of procrastination under the semblance of professionalism and hopefully back up some of my points.

It’s really short and has images of naked people. Your help is very much appreciated, thank you😉

Depicted: me, doing Research for Science

(If you could reblog this post or maybe even share the link on your other social media, I would be very grateful indeed).

[diabolus1exmachina]

Citroen B11 (1938) 

André Citroën, an engineer, set up a factory to make gearbox mechanisms with right angle bevel gears. In 1908 he took over the Mors automobile factory, managing to revive it. Thanks to his friendship with Henry Ford, he became familiar with the techniques used in the USA to produce large series. This allowed him to design and install large factories to supply war material to the French government during the First World War. 

The origin of the 11 CV must be found in the conditions established by André Citroën for his engineers with a view to the new model to be developed: he wanted to manufacture a light car, weighing less than 800 kg, capable of traveling at 100 km/h, transport four passengers, and consume less than 10 liters per 100 km. The incorporation to the firm, in 1933, of the aeronautical engineer André Lefèbvre, coming from the firms Voisin and Renault, was fundamental for the development of this project. He presented the sketch of a small car with front-wheel drive and monocoque bodywork, known as Petit Voiture (PV), equipped with a 7 fiscal horsepower engine. The body design was the work of Flaminio Bertoni, an Italian designer who also created the bodies of the Citroën 2CV and the advanced DS. The project received the approval of Citroën, manufacturing the first prototypes in August 1933. On March 23, 1934 it was presented to selected dealers, being baptized as 7CV, version A. On April 18 its official presentation took place. 

During the 1934 Paris Salon, Citroën, in addition to presenting the 7 CV update with its B series, announced the new 11 CV model. This vehicle, following the guidelines established by the 7 CV, had a body with a very similar monocoque design that was wider and longer, as well as front-wheel drive. The range of the 11 CV model was basically made up of the following variants: Light (AL/BL ) and Normal, manufactured between 1935 and 1939, with a power of 46 horses. Of the first 75,000 units were manufactured and of the second 40,000. The difference between the Normal and Light versions was that the former were slightly longer and wider.

[ashmoleanmuseum]

Édouard Manet

French painter Édouard Manet was born #onthisday in 1832.⁠ ⁠ After a promising start to his career as an artist, Manet was rejected by the Paris Salon exhibition in 1863. In that same year, a 'Salon des Refusés' was arranged by Napolean III due to public outcry about the number of rejected artworks. It was there that Manet first exhibited 'Le Déjeuner sur l'Herbe', a study of which you can see here. While this work shocked critics at the time, it is now considered a pivotal artwork marking the beginning of modern art.⁠ ⁠ As Manet continued to paint, he continued to be criticised for breaking tradition and depicting of modern scenes. Determined to find an audience for his art, he befriended and worked closely with a number of artists who would later form the Impressionist movement, including Degas, Monet, Pissarro and Cézanne. ⁠ ⁠ Whilst Manet did not exhibit with the group, his work is thought to have laid the foundations for the transition from Realism to Impressionism. His unique style, which often featured flat, opaque surfaces and black outlines, inspired many painters for years to come.⁠ ⁠ Study of 'Le Déjeuner sur l'Herbe', c. 1863 - 1873. Black chalk with watercolour.⁠

[overig]

Le printemps by Eugene Bidau (1896)