1874 | Europe - France![]() Nadar, 1860, Studio of Nadar at 35 Boulevard des Capucines, Paris (detail), Albumen print, Creative Commons - Wikipedia, | Nadar holds the first exhibition of Impressionist paintings (15 April-15 May 1874) at his photographic studio at 35 boulevard des Capucines, Paris. The Salon had refused their paintings in 1873 and the painters, who collectively called themselves the Societé anonyme des artistes peintres, sculpteurs, graveurs, mounted the show as a protest. The name Impressionism was taken from one of Monet's paintings Impression: Sunrise and originated in a derogatory comment from a journalist. |