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Paris Salon painting

Painting made for the great annual exhibition in Paris, and the realists who argued with it.

79 works · hang 1280 ·

The rooms are imagined; every work on their walls is real.

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Section 1, north wall

  1. A work made of oil on canvas.
    The Song of the LarkJules Breton, 1884Courtesy of the Art Institute of Chicago
  2. The Cliff at Étretat, by Gustave Courbet, after 1872
    The Cliff at ÉtretatGustave Courbet, after 1872Courtesy of the Cleveland Museum of Art
  3. In this painting, there are two women standing near a body of water, surrounded by tall green grass and white flowers. One woman wears a bright pink dress, while the other wears a brown dress with a white apron. The woman in pink holds a long, thin rod outwards, its other end connected to a thin string and a small red lure floating on the water. The other woman stands behind her and holds a baby wearing white clothes and a white bonnet. Behind both women, on the right, is a brown shape like a small dog running towards them. The reflection of the women is visible against the still, blue water. The sky is light blue at the top, transitioning to a warm pink by the horizon, crossed by purple clouds and a flock of small birds. In the bottom right corner, across the water from the women, is a patch of more tall blue-and-green grass. The brushstrokes of the painting are light and feathery.
    The Artist's Wife FishingJean Louis Forain, 1896Courtesy National Gallery of Art, Washington

Section 1, south wall

  1. René-Charles Dassy and His Brother Jean-Baptiste-Claude-Amédé Dassy, by Hippolyte Jean Flandrin, 1850
    René-Charles Dassy and His Brother Jean-Baptiste-Claude-Amédé DassyHippolyte Jean Flandrin, 1850Courtesy of the Cleveland Museum of Art
  2. A work made of oil on canvas.
    Landscape near Chiusi, TuscanyAlexandre Desgoffe, 1841Courtesy of the Art Institute of Chicago
  3. A work made of oil on panel.
    Venice from the Riva looking toward the Piazzale San MarcoFélix Ziem, c. 1890Courtesy of the Art Institute of Chicago
  4. A work made of oil on canvas.
    The Rock of HautepierreGustave Courbet, c. 1869Courtesy of the Art Institute of Chicago

Section 2, south wall

  1. Panoramic View of the Alps, Les Dents du Midi, by Gustave Courbet, 1877
    Panoramic View of the Alps, Les Dents du MidiGustave Courbet, 1877Courtesy of the Cleveland Museum of Art
  2. The image portrays a woman in a profile view, with her head turned towards the left. She has medium-length dark hair styled back, wearing a high-collared garment with ruffled edges. She has a sharp nose, defined cheekbones, and a firm chin. The background is a plain, light-colored canvas, and the artist's signature "A. Legros" and the year "1875" are seen in the upper right corner.
    Portrait of a WomanAlphonse Legros, 1875Courtesy National Gallery of Art, Washington

Section 2, north wall

  1. Joan of Arc, by Jules Bastien-Lepage, 1879
    Joan of ArcJules Bastien-Lepage, 1879Courtesy of The Metropolitan Museum of Art
  2. The Orange Christ, by Maurice Denis, 1889
    The Orange ChristMaurice Denis, 1889Courtesy of the Cleveland Museum of Art
  3. Bashi-Bazouk, by Jean-Léon Gérôme, 1868–69
    Bashi-BazoukJean-Léon Gérôme, 1868–69Courtesy of The Metropolitan Museum of Art

Section 3, north wall

  1. The Lovers, by James Tissot, 1872
    The LoversJames Tissot, 1872Courtesy of the Cleveland Museum of Art
  2. A leafless, ash-white tree trunk has fallen from a broken stump into the wide V of a neighboring tree at the edge of a body of water near a verdant forest in this horizontal landscape painting. The fallen trunk creates a diagonal from near the lower left corner to the upper right. As it fell, it sheared off a substantial branch from a neighboring tree with a dark trunk. The bark where the damaged branch has pulled away is honey-orange, the same color as the leaves at the canopy, which has been pinned under the fallen trunk. Trees, vines, and other vegetation fill the space around and beyond this pair. In the lower right corner of the painting, vines grow over a broken stump, which deep in shadow. Between the stump and fallen tree, the peanut-brown surface of the water is smooth. Tiny in scale beneath the fallen tree and easily overlooked, there are two men and a dog in a boat. One man stands at the back of the boat and pushes it along with a long pole. He wears a tall, brown, cloth hat, a white shirt rolled up to the elbows under a blue vest, and loose-fitting pants. A second man wears a flat-topped, white hat with a black brim, a long, forest-green jacket, and tight-fitting slate-blue pants. He braces a rifle against one shoulder and shoots into the forest. The dog is white with brown spots, and it stands with its front paws on the edge of the boat, presumably ready to spring after the target. A patch of blue sky with puffy white clouds is seen above the trees in the upper left corner. The artist signed and dated the work in the lower right corner: “H. Vernet Rome 1833.”
    Hunting in the Pontine MarshesHorace Vernet, 1833Courtesy National Gallery of Art, Washington

Section 3, south wall

  1. A work made of oil on canvas.
    The Races at LongchampÉdouard Manet, 1866Courtesy of the Art Institute of Chicago
  2. A work made of oil on canvas.
    Dans la TranchéeEtienne Prosper Berne-Bellecour, c. 1875Courtesy of the Art Institute of Chicago