Title: Nantes, 1886 :
Authors: Lévy, Sophie,; Musée d'arts de Nantes,
Date: 2018
Publisher: Le Passage ;
Physical description: 267 pages : illustrations (chiefly color), facsimiles ; 30 cm
Language: French
LC classification: N
Abstract: In October 1886, Nantes organized a large art fair which presented nearly 1800 works at the Saint-André course: paintings, drawings, engravings, sculptures. Among the artists, there are great academic names of the time as Delaunay, Gerome or Merson, but also the impressionist vanguard that will mark the history of art: Renoir, Sisley, Seurat, Guillaumin, Stevens, Rodin. If this show is hailed by the press and the people who come running, it symbolizes the tumultuous irruption of modernity in Nantes. Indeed, the Impressionists are scandalous and trigger genuine controversy in the local press. The audience is shocked by this sudden eruption of modernity on the walls of this show that made history. The Salon de Nantes symbolizes a unique opportunity to show new aesthetic paths. This event upset the mentalities but also the taste of collectors. Purchases made by individuals and by the City Museum will change the public's apprehension about the art of the time when academicism will gradually give way to other more daring forms, such as Impressionism or symbolism. The exhibition returns to this wonderful show that embodies, through the most beautiful works presented at the time, the exceptional shift of art towards modernity.--Nantes-Tourisme. Ce catalogue est publié à l'occasion de l'exposition présentée au Musée d'art de Nantes, du 12 octobre 2018 au 13 janvier 2019. En octobre 1886, Nantes organise un grand salon d'art qui expose, cours Saint-André, près de 1 800 œuvres: peintures, dessins, gravures, sculptures. Parmi les artistes, figurent des grands noms académiques de l'époque comme Delaunay, Gérôme ou Merson, mais aussi l'avant-garde qui marquera l'histoire de l'art : Renoir, Sisley, Seurat, Guillaumin, Stevens, Rodin, dont les œuvres viennent d'être présentées à la dernière exposition impressionniste de Paris.
Contents: L'irruption de la modernité à Nantes / Cyrille Sciama -- Dans la tourmente. Les expositions parisiennes, 1859-1886 / Dominique Lobstein -- Une fanfare dans le concert des couleurs. Le Salon de Nantes de 1886 / Cyrille Sciama -- Les achats du musée de Morlaix au Salon de Nantes en 1886 / Béatrice Riou -- 1886. La bataille des genres / Paolo Serafini -- Pissarro et Gauguin : un maître et un élève à Nantes / Elpida Vouitsis -- 1886, Monet, Nantes / Sylvie Patry -- Un collectionneur nantais, Louis Flornoy / Cyrille Sciama -- En quête de vérité : regards critiques sur la peinture exposée à Nantes en 1886 / Catherine Méneux -- Catalogue / Cyrille Sciama -- L'éducation du public -- Une image de la France de la IIIe République -- L'éclectisme. Une vision du goût -- Les défenseurs de l'art moderne -- La rupture de la modernité.
Notes: This catalogue is published for the exhibition "Nantes, 1886 : le scandale impressionniste" presented at the Musée d'art de Nantes, October 12, 2018 to January 13, 2019--Verso title page.
Subject headings (LCSH): Exhibitions--France--Nantes--History--19th century.; Impressionism (Art)--Appreciation--France--Nantes--History--19th century.; Impressionism (Art)--France--Exhibitions.; Impressionist artists--Exhibitions.; Impressionist artists--France--Nantes--History--19th century--Exhibitions.; Musée d'arts de Nantes--Exhibitions.; Scandals in art.