The Société des Artistes Français (, meaning "Society of French Artists") is the
association of French painters and sculptors established in 1881. Its annual exhibition is called the "Salon des artistes français" (not to be confused with the better-known
Salon
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, established in 1667).
When the Société was established, it associated all the French artists. Its president was a painter and its vice-president a sculptor. The main task of the Société is to organize the ''Salon'', since the French government ceased to do it.
Secession
In December 1890 president Bouguereau suggested that the ''Salon'' should be an exhibition of young, yet unrecognized, artists.
Ernest Meissonier
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,
Puvis de Chavannes,
Auguste Rodin
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and others rejected this proposal and left the organization. They quickly created their own exhibition (
Société Nationale des Beaux-Arts
Société Nationale des Beaux-Arts (SNBA; ; ) was the term under which two groups of French artists united, the first for some exhibitions in the early 1860s, the second since 1890 for annual exhibitions.
1862
Established in 1862 by the painter a ...
in 1899) that was also named the ''Salon'', officially ''Salon de la Société Nationale des Beaux–Arts'', in short ''Salon du Champs de Mars''. The original ''Salon'' was sometimes called ''Salon de Champs-Élysées'', or simply ''Salon des artistes français'').
Presidents of the association since 1881
* 1881:
Antoine-Nicolas Bailly, architect
* 1891:
Leon Bonnat, painter
* 1896:
Édouard Detaille, painter
* 1900:
Jean-Paul Laurens, painter
* 1901:
William Bouguereau, painter
* 1904:
Tony Robert-Fleury, painter
* 1907:
Henri-Paul Nénot, architect
* 1910:
Victor Laloux, architect
* 1913:
Antonin Mercie, sculptor
* 1917:
Francois Flameng, painter
* 1920:
Victor Laloux, architect
* 1922:
Jules Coutan, sculptor
* 1924:
Henri-Paul Nénot, architect
* 1926:
Paul Chabas
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, painter
* 1936:
Alphonse Defrasse, architect
* 1939: , architect
* 1941:
Henri Bouchard, sculptor
* 1945: , architect
* 1947:
Jules Formigé, architect
* 1955: , architect
* 1959: , painter
* 1965: Georges Cheyssial, painter
* 1977: Georges Muguet, sculptor
* 1979: , painter
* 1981: , painter
* 1991: , painter
* 1994: Jean Campistron, painter
* 1997: Françoise Zig-Tribouilloy, engraver
* 2000: Christian Billet, painter
* 2010: Viviane Guybet, sculptor
* 2013:
Martine Delaleuf, architect
Present day
The Société des Artistes Français still exists and organizes each year the "Salon des Artistes Français". Its current President is Ms. Martine Delaleuf.
See also
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Salon
Salon may refer to:
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* Beauty salon
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*
Société Nationale des Beaux-Arts
Société Nationale des Beaux-Arts (SNBA; ; ) was the term under which two groups of French artists united, the first for some exhibitions in the early 1860s, the second since 1890 for annual exhibitions.
1862
Established in 1862 by the painter a ...
External links
Société des Artistes Français(official website)
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French artist groups and collectives
19th-century art groups
Société des Artistes Français
Modern art
1881 establishments in France