First Impressionist Exhibition

First Impressionist Exhibition

Cover of the catalog of the First Impressionist Exhibition
Native name	Première exposition des peintres impressionnistes
Date	April 15 – May 15, 1874 (1874-04-15 – 1874-05-15)
Venue	35 Boulevard des Capucines
Location	Paris, France
Also known as	The Exhibition of the Impressionists
Type	Art exhibition
Organized by	Société anonyme des artistes peintres, sculpteurs, graveurs, etc.

The First Impressionist Exhibition was an art exhibition held by the Société anonyme des artistes peintres, sculpteurs, graveurs, etc.,^[a] a group of nineteenth-century artists who had been rejected by the official Paris Salon and pursued their own venue to exhibit their artworks. The exhibition was held in April 1874 at 35 Boulevard des Capucines, the studio of the famous photographer Nadar. The exhibition became known as the "Impressionist Exhibition" following a satirical review by the art critic Louis Leroy in the 25 April 1874 edition of Le Charivari entitled "The Exhibition of the Impressionists". Leroy's article was the origin of the term Impressionism.
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