Salon of 1852

The Salon of 1852 was an art exhibition held at the Palais-Royal in Paris 15 May and 31 October 1852. Organised by the Académie des Beaux-Arts, it took place in the Galerie d’Orléans.
It was the first Salon to be held following the December 1851 coup that overthrew the Second Republic, with Napoleon III proclaimed Emperor later that year.[1] Charles-François Daubigny of the Barbizon School displayed a landscape painting The Harvest.[2] Auguste-Barthélemy Glaize exhibited the history painting The Gallic Women. [3] Théodore Rousseau's Oak Grove, Apremont was purchased by Charles, Duc de Morny, Napoleon's half-brother.[4]
The veteran artist Horace Vernet displayed a scene of recent history The Siege of Rome showing the 1849 siege of the city. Commissioned for the Palace of Versailles received a negative reception from both the public and the art critics. [5]
Gallery
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The Battle of Mans by Jean Sorieul -

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Oak Grove, Apremont by Théodore Rousseau -
Leonardo da Vinci Among His Students by Jean-Baptiste Jules Trayer -
Sappho by James Pradier -
La Comédie Humaine by Jean-Louis Hamon -

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Jeanne d'Albret Buying Poisoned Gloves from Catherine de' Medici's Parfumeur by Pierre-Charles Comte -
A Christian Slave by Louise Eudes de Guimard -
Photograph by Gustave Le Gray of the Salon of 1852
See also
- Royal Academy Exhibition of 1852, held at the National Gallery in London
References
- ^ Hellman p.24
- ^ https://pop.culture.gouv.fr/notice/joconde/000PE000773
- ^ https://pop.culture.gouv.fr/notice/joconde/000PE028907
- ^ Eitner p.334
- ^ Harkett &, Hornstein p.90
Bibliography
- Eitner, Lorenz. French Paintings of the Nineteenth Century: Before Impressionism. National Gallery of Art, 2000.
- Harkett, Daniel & Hornstein, Katie (ed.) Horace Vernet and the Thresholds of Nineteenth-Century Visual Culture. Dartmouth College Press, 2017.
- Hellman, Karen. Real / Ideal: Photography in Mid-Nineteenth-Century France. Getty Publications, 2016.