Salon of 1800

The Salon of 1800 was an art exhibition held at the Louvre in Paris, opening on 2 September 1800. It was the first Salon to take place following the Coup of 18 Brumaire that brought Napoleon Bonaparte to power on 9 November 1799. ^[1] It followed on from the Salon of 1799.

John Vanderlyn became the first American ever to exhibit at the Salon, displaying two portraits. ^[2] One of these was a self-portrait which belonged to his patron Aaron Burr. ^[3] Charles Meynier showed part of his series of depictions of the Ancient Greek muses with Apollo. ^[4] He also displayed his history painting Telemachus, Urged by Mentor, Leaving the Island of Calypso. ^[5] Marie-Guillemine Benoist submitted her Portrait of Madeleine establishing the artist's reputation. ^[6] Louis-Léopold Boilly exhibited a Trompe-l'œil, the first time the term had been used. ^[7] He also showed several portraits, a significant shift in his artistic career from his earlier boudoir scenes. ^[8]

In sculpture Charles-Louis Corbet produced a marble bust of General Bonaparte. ^[9] However, one of the most-admired works of the Salon was François Gérard's portrait of Bonaparte's rival Jean Victor Marie Moreau who went on to win the Battle of Hohenlinden in December of the same year. ^[10] It was followed by the Salon of 1801

Gallery

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  Portrait of Madeleine by Marie-Guillemine Benoist
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  Self-Portrait by John Vanderlyn
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  Erato, Muse of Lyrical Poetry by Charles Meynier
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  Polyhymnia, Muse of Eloquence by Charles Meynier
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  Telemachus, Urged by Mentor, Leaving the Island of Calypso by Charles Meynier
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  L'école d'Apelle by Jean Broc
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  The Remorse of Orestes by Philippe-Auguste Hennequin
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  The Dead Bird by Jean-Baptiste Greuze
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  Portrait of Citizen Bourgeon by Girodet
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  Portrait of François-Adrien Boieldieu by Louis-Léopold Boilly
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  Portrait of Étienne Vigée by Adele Romany
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  Amelie-Justine and Charles-Edouard Pontois by Adele Romany

References

1. Boime p.26
2. Boime p.26-27
3. Merrill & Endicott p.195
4. French Painting 1774-1830, the Age of Revolution. Wayne State University Press, 1975. p.54
5. Johnson p.47
6. Mullins p.182
7. Alsdorf p.255
8. Ives & Barker p.12
9. Gott & Huguenaud p.90
10. Moon p.130

Bibliography

• Alsdorf, Bridget. Gawkers. Princeton University Press, 2022.
• Boime, Albert. A Social History of Modern Art, Volume 2: Art in an Age of Bonapartism, 1800-1815. University of Chicago Press, 1993.
• Gott, Ted & Huguenaud, Karine. Napoleon: Revolution to Empire. National Gallery of Victoria, 2012.
• Halliday, Anthony. Facing the Public: Portraiture in the Aftermath of the French Revolution. Manchester University Press, 2000.
• Ives, Colta Feller & Barker, Elizabeth E. Romanticism & the School of Nature. Metropolitan Museum of Art, 2000.
• Johnson, Dorothy. Jacques-Louis David: The Farewell of Telemachus and Eucharis. Getty Publications, 1997.
• Merrill, Jane & Endicott, John. Aaron Burr in Exile: A Pariah in Paris, 1810-1811. McFarland, 2016.
• Moon, Iris. The Architecture of Percier and Fontaine and the Struggle for Sovereignty in Revolutionary France. Taylor & Francis, 2016.
• Mullins, Charlotte. A Little History of Art. Yale University Press, 2022.