On February 26, 1884, the first Salon des Indépendants opened in Paris at the Tuileries Palace, organized by the Société des Artistes Indépendants. Founded by artists including Albert Dubois-Pillet, Odilon Redon, Georges Seurat, and Paul Signac, the exhibition was established to provide an alternative to the official, jury-controlled Paris Salon. The group adopted the motto 'No jury, no prizes,' allowing any artist to exhibit upon payment of a small fee, fundamentally challenging the academic hierarchy and censorship of the time.
It established a permanent, open platform that became the primary showcase for avant-garde movements like Neo-Impressionism and Fauvism.
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