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French Academy:
Académie des Beaux-Arts (Academy of Fine Arts)
1795
- -The most important school in France for art.
- -Becomes Royal French Academy (Seal of approval for art training)
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The Salon
- -The official art exhibit of the Académie des Beaux-Arts
- -Jury (Members of the academy) evaluated and selected art into exhibition
- -How artists achieved exposure for their work
- -The shift of popularity in art
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The Avant-Garde
- -Vanguard, Ahead of its time
- -Radical and shocking alternative to academic standard of art
- -Met with outrage and conservative public opinion
- -Often rejected by Salon
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Gustave Courbet
- -Painted Real Life. Coined it Realism
- -People did not like his nudes. Not pretty. Too real and offensive.
- -Did not conform to academic standard
- -Artwork rejected by the Salon
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Courbet’s Pavilion of Realism
1855
- -Rented shed not far from the Salon
- -Supported community for rebel artist to display their rejected artwork
- -Not successful, but creates alternative art style
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Salon des Refusés
- -3000 paintings rejected by Salon (more than usual)
- -Artists question why
- -Government sponsors alternative exhibition to show rejected art
- -Artwork mocked and laughed at. Artists are humiliated and discouraged.
- -Work was seen. Negative acknowledgement was skill OK.
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- -Edouard Manet
- -Le Déjeuner sur l'herbe (The Luncheon on the Grass)
- -1863
- -Realism
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- Claude Monet
- 1872
- Impression: Sunrise
- Impressionism
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Salon de Independents
1874
- -First independent exhibition for artist to show eachother their work (anonymous society)
- -Displayed art from real life
- -Poor attendance from curious people
- -Artists still encouraged by attendance
- -Attendance grows higher and higher over a span of 12years
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George Seurat
- -Developed unique style of experimental art (Pointillism)
- -Very reclusive, shy and reserved
- -Liked order
- -Studied from the Louvre for inspiration
- -Intrigued by antiquity
- -Drawn to Egyptian Art (Static Art)
- -Admired the clarity of Greek art (Timelessness)
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Pointillism
Art technique in where small dots of color are painted in patterns to form an image.
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- George Seurat
- Sunday Afternoon on the Island of La Grande Jatte
- 1984
- Pointillism
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- George Seurat
- La Parade
- 1888
- Pointillism
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Paul Cézanne
The Father of Modern Art
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- Paul Cézanne
- Montagne Sainte-Victoire
- 1887
- Post-Impressionism
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Expressionism
Art technique used to depict subjective emotions the artist envisions giving their paintings a sense of meaning and feel to them.
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- Paul Gauguin
- Vision of the Sermon (Jacob wrestling with the Angel)
- 1888
- Expressionism/Synthetism (Post-Impressionism)
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- Paul Gauguin
- Yellow Christ
- 1889
- Cloisonnism (Post-Impressionism)
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- Paul Gauguin
- Street in Tahiti
- 1891
- Cloisonnism (Post-Impressionism)
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- Paul Gauguin
- Woman with a Mango
- 1893
- Cloisonnism (Post-Impressionism)
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- Paul Gauguin
- Mano Tupapau (Spirit of the Dead Watching)
- 1892/1893
- Post-Impressionism
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- Paul Gauguin
- Day of the God
- 1894
- Post-Impressionism
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- Paul Gauguin
- Riders on the Beach
- 1902
- Cloisonnism (Post Impressionism)
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Vincent Van Gogh
- -Dutch, Born in Holland
- -Moves to Paris with brother Theo
- -Experiments with Impressionist style
- -Collected Japanese woodprints
- -Uses intense colors in his paintings
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- Vincent Van Gogh
- The Potato Eaters
- 1885
- Post-Impressionism/Realism
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- Vincent Van Gogh
- The Night Café
- 1888
- Post-Impressionism
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- Vincent Van Gogh
- Starry Night
- 1889
- Post-Impressionism
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- James Ensor
- Christ's Entry Into Brussels
- 1889
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