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Pierre-Auguste Renoir
Self-portrait by Pierre-Auguste Renoir, oil on canvas, 1910; in the Archives Denyse Durand-Ruel, Rueil-Malmaison, France.
The first Impressionist exhibition was held on April 15, 1874.1
Organized by a collective of artistsâincluding Pierre-Auguste Renoir, Claude Monet, and Edgar Degasâthe exhibition took place in Paris at 35 boulevard des Capucines, in the former studio of the photographer Nadar. This event marked a significant departure from the government-sponsored Salon, as these artists sought to showcase their work independently after facing repeated rejections from the traditional academic establishment.123