page_title: Société des Artistes Indépendants
section_title: 1910, Lolo the donkey
hierarchical_section_title: Société des Artistes Indépendants / 1910, ignorant geometers / 1910, Lolo the donkey
caption_attribution_description: Deutsch: Sonnenuntergang über der Adria (Coucher de Soleil sur l'Adriatique) Öl auf Leinwand, gezeigt 1910 im Salon des Indépendants in Paris
context_page_description: The Société des Artistes Indépendants, Salon des Indépendants was formed in Paris on 29 July 1884. The association began with the organization of massive exhibitions in Paris, choosing the slogan "sans jury ni récompense". Albert Dubois-Pillet, Odilon Redon, Georges Seurat and Paul Signac were among its founders. For the following three decades their annual exhibitions set the trends in art of the early 20th century, along with the Salon d'Automne. This is where artworks were often first displayed and widely discussed. World War I brought a closure to the salon, though the Artistes Indépendants remained active. Since 1920, the headquarters is located in the vast basements of the Grand Palais.
context_section_description: Remarkably, the presence of a painting made by a donkey named Lolo passed by practically unnoticed. The painting was entitled Et le soleil s'endormit sur l'Adriatique presented by the fictitious artist Joachim-Raphaël Boronali, the 'excessivist' from Genoa was exhibited at the 1910 Salon des Indépendants. Boronali was in fact a Parisian donkey (Lolo), who made the painting with his tail. It is suspected that Lolo belonged to Frédéric Gérard (Le Père Frédé), owner of the cabaret Lapin Agile in Montmartre. Roland Dorgelès and two friends, André Warnod et Jules Depaquit, attached a paint brush to the tail of the animal. The donkey did the rest. The painting sold for 400FF (equal to 1,257 Euros today) and was donated by Dorgelès to the Orphelinat des Arts. The painting forms part of the permanent collection at l'Espace culturel Paul Bédu (Milly-la-Forêt).
caption: Joachim-Raphaël Boronali, 1910, Et le soleil s'endormit sur l'Adriatique, oil on canvas, 54 x 80 cm, painted by the donkey Lolo. Exhibited at the Salon des Indépendants, 1910
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