One, "The Artists' Wives" (1885), depicts a specific occasion, lunch at a posh restaurant on the opening day of the official Salon.

Based in Brussels, the society was active until 1876, by which time the aesthetic values it espoused had infiltrated the official Salon.

The painting was first exhibited at the official Salon of May 1831.

It was Rousseau's dream to see his art hang next to Bouguereau's in the official juried Salon.

Here, the public could see works rejected by the official Salon, including Manet's "Déjeuner sur l'Herbe."

The group was formed by 11 artists dissatisfied with the conservative policies of the organization L'Essor and the official academic Salon.

It was established in response to the rigid traditionalism of the official government-sponsored Salon.

At a time when bourgeois Paris still embraced the stolid academic work of the official Salon, he was buying paintings by Picasso and Cezanne.

Established by Napoleon III to accommodate the outcasts, it was held in the 12 galleries adjacent to the official Salon.

The show was installed in a Paris apartment at 1 rue Laffitte, which ran concurrently with the official Salon that year to make a statement.