The Salon of 1848 was an art exhibition held at the Louvre in Paris between 30 March and 20 June 1848. It was the first Salon to be held during the Second Republic that followed overthrow of the July Monarchy of Louis Philippe I during the French Revolution of 1848 in February. The organisers chose to permit all entries to be displayed, a unique event in the history of the Salon. [1]
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Auguste Couder exhibited the history painting The Tennis Court Oath which drew inspiration from an unfinished work of the same title by Jacques-Louis David. [2] Gustave Courbet submitted seven pictures to the exhibition. [3] It marked a breakthrough for him with public acclaim and the award of a gold medal. [4] Courbet described the self-portrait of himself as a cellist as having been rejected by the Salon of 1847 but then accepted for this edition, although it does not appear in the catalogue. [5] The leading Romantic painter Eugène Delacroix enjoyed success with The Death of Valentin and the religious Christ at the Tomb. [6]
