Société des Artistes Français

The Société des Artistes Français is the association of French painters and sculptors established in 1881. Its annual exhibition is called the Salon.

When the Société was established, it associated all the French artists. Its president was a painter and its vice-president a sculptor. The main task of the Société is to organize the Salon, since the French government ceased to do it.

Secession 1
Presidents of the association since 1881 2
Current Days 3
See also 4
External links 5

Secession

In December 1890 president Bouguereau suggested that the Salon should be an exhibition of young, yet unrecognized, artists. Société Nationale des Beaux-Arts in 1899) that was also named the Salon, officially Salon de la Société Nationale des Beaux–Arts, in short Salon du Champs de Mars. The original Salon was sometimes called Salon de Champs-Élysées, or simply Salon des artistes français).

Presidents of the association since 1881

1881: Antoine-Nicolas Bailly, architect
1891: Leon Bonnat, painter
1896: Édouard Detaille, painter
1900: Jean-Paul Laurens, painter
1901: William Bouguereau, painter
1904: Tony Robert-Fleury, painter
1907: Henri-Paul Nénot, architect
1910: Victor Laloux, architect
1913: Antonin Mercie, sculptor
1917: Francois Flameng, painter
1920: Victor Laloux, architect
1922: Jules Coutan, sculptor
1924: Henri-Paul Nénot, architect
1926: Paul Chabas, painter
1936: Alphonse-Alexandre Defrasse, architect
1939: Albert Tournaire, architect
1941: Henri Bouchard, sculptor
1945: Albert Tournaire, architect
1947: Jules Formigé, architect
1955: Georges Labro, architect
1959: Jean-Gabriel Goulinat, painter
1965: Georges Cheyssial, painter
1977: Georges Muguet, sculptor
1979: Paul Ambille, painter
1981: Arnaud d'Hauterives, painter
1991: Jean-Marie Zacchi, painter
1994: Jean Campistron, painter
1997: Françoise Zig-Tribouilloy, engraver
2000: Christian Billet, painter
2010: Viviane Guybet, sculptor
2013: Martine Delaleuf, architect

Current Days

The Société des Artistes Français still exists and organizes each year the "Salon des Artistes Français". Its current President is Ms. Martine Delaleuf.

External links

Société des Artistes Français (official website)

Categories

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