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Salon des Refusés

Syllabification: (Sa·lon des Re·fu·sés)

Definition of Salon des Refusés
  • an exhibition in Paris ordered by Napoleon III in 1863 to display pictures rejected by the Salon. The artists represented included Manet, Cézanne, Pissarro, and Whistler.

Origin:

French, literally 'exhibition of the rejected (works)'

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