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1900: Art exhibitions
Fittingly for a palace built for the fine arts, the Grand Palais has for over a century hosted many official and independent art shows.
It was at the Grand Palais that now-celebrated painters like Matisse and Picasso first broke through.
The 1900 Universal Exhibition in Paris. Sculptures on show at the foot of the Great Staircase in the Grand-Palais
© LL / Roger-Viollet
A Salon during the 1930s.
© Coll. Grand Palais
The official jury voting at the Salon des artistes français. The members, penned in by a ribbon, raised their umbrellas to indicate that a work had been accepted.
© Salon des artistes français, photo Cosimo Mirco Magliocca
The jury voting at the Salon des artistes français in 1903.
© Salon des artistes français, photo Cosimo Mirco Magliocca
The VIP Lounge at the turn of the century: carpets are laid out for an art exhibition.
© Société des artistes français, photo Cosimo Mirco Magliocca
