Thirty artists of the Société Anonyme des artistes peintres, sculpteurs et graveurs opened their own exhibition in the photographer Nadar's old studio, bypassing the Salon jury entirely. Among the works was Monet's Impression, soleil levant, which lent the critic Louis Leroy the mocking name that stuck: Impressionism.
The model of the self-organized group exhibition was born, eight Impressionist shows followed through 1886, and with them the modern idea of the avant-garde.
Artists involved
