Where was the first Impressionist exhibition held in 1874?

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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, which opened on April 15, 1874, was held at 35 boulevard des Capucines in Paris. The exhibition took place in the rented rooms that had formerly served as the atelier of the photographer Nadar.1

This event was organized by a group of countercultural artists, including Pierre-Auguste Renoir, Claude Monet, and Edgar Degas, who sought to exhibit their work independently after being frequently rejected by the jury of the government-sponsored Salon.21