Salon of 1836

The Battle of Friedland by Horace Vernet. One of three Napoleonic battle scenes exhibited by Vernet.

The Salon of 1836 was an art exhibition held at the Louvre in Paris. Since 1833 the Salon had been held annually, featuring paintings, sculptures and other works of art. It was followed by the Salon of 1837.

It took place during the July Monarchy and featured works depicting the July Revolution of 1830 The Arrival of the Duke of Orleans at the Hôtel de Ville by Charles-Philippe Larivière and The King Distributing Battalion Standards to the National Guard. Louis Philippe I had ordered the restoration of the historic Palace of Versailles as a Musée de l'Histoire de France. This meant commissioning of a number of battle scenes depicting patriotic moments from French history. Notably, Horace Vernet exhibited three paintings (The Battle of Friedland, The Battle of Jena and The Battle of Wagram) showing scenes from the Napoleonic Wars intended to hang in the Galerie des Batailles. Vernet also submitted his The Battle of Fontenoy set during the War of the Austrian Succession. In addition works by other artists destined for Versailles were also displayed, including The Battle of Hohenlinden by Henri Frédéric Schopin, The Battle of Marignan by Alexandre-Évariste Fragonard and The Battle of Lauffeld by Auguste Couder.

Camille Roqueplan displayed The Lion in Love, now in the Wallace Collection Léon Cogniet's The National Guard of Paris Departs for the Army portrayed a scene from 1792 during the first French Revolution. Eugène Delacroix exhibited The Martyrdom of Saint Sebastian but a painting featuring Hamlet was rejected by the committee. The German artist Franz Xaver Winterhalter made his Salon debut with Il Dolce far niente. The young artist Théodore Chassériau received third-place medal in the category of history painting. A young British artist Thomas Jones Barker also appeared for the first time.

In portraiture Auguste de Châtillon submitted a portrait of the writer Victor Hugo seated with his son. The admiral Henri de Rigny, co-victor at the Battle of Navarino, was depicted by François-Gabriel Lépaulle. Pierre Daubigny produced a miniature featuring the writer Alfred de Vigny. The engraver Jean-Pierre-Marie Jazet exhibited six prints including versions of works by Vernet.

Gallery

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  The Battle of Jena by Horace Vernet
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  The Battle of Wagram by Horace Vernet
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  The Battle of Fontenoy by Horace Vernet
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  The Lion in Love by Camille Roqueplan
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  The Martyrdom of Saint Sebastian by Eugène Delacroix
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  The National Guard of Paris Departs for the Army by Léon Cogniet
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  The Count of Comminges Recognising Adélaïde by Claudius Jacquand
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  The Battle of Hohenlinden by Henri Frédéric Schopin
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  The Battle of Marignan by Alexandre-Évariste Fragonard
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  The Battle of Lauffeld by Auguste Couder
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  An Episode from the Russian Campaign by Nicolas-Toussaint Charlet
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  The Arrival of the Duke of Orleans at the Hôtel de Ville by Charles-Philippe Larivière
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  Cinq-Mars' Farewell to Marie d'Entraigues by Claudius Jacquand
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  Madeleine au désert by Herminie Déhérain
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  Jean Poton de Xaintrailles by Raymond Monvoisin
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  Flowers by Élise Bruyère
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  Victor Hugo and His Son by Auguste de Châtillon
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  Portrait of Alfred de Vigny by Pierre Daubigny
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  Portrait of Henri de Rigny by François-Gabriel Lépaulle
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  The King Distributing Battalion Standards to the National Guard by Joseph-Désiré Court
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  Il Dolce far niente by Franz Xaver Winterhalter
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  The Studio of Abel de Pujol by Adrienne Marie Louise Grandpierre-Deverzy
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  The Lion Hunt by Horace Vernet

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