03 — ARTWORK
Afternoon Tea at the Temple
OLLIVIER, Michel-Barthélémy · 1766 →
- MEDIUM
- Oil on canvas, 53 x 68 cm
- TYPE
- Genre
PALETTE
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COMMENTARY
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The painting depicts an English-style tea in the Four-Mirror SalonIn the French language of the 18th and 19th centuries it designated an actual exhibition space, as well as the academic art exhibitions staged in the Salon d'Apollon of the Louvre since 1667. From 1737, the exhibitions took place biennially and, after the French Revolution, annually in the Salon Carré of the Louvre in Paris. Towards the end of the 19th century the official Salon jury was dissolved in order to make way for a committee of state-approved artists, i.e. former Salon members, who created the highly influential Société des Artistes Français. of the Palais du Temple in Paris in 1766.
The salons, places of conversations in sophisticated social circles in Paris and the provinces, played an important role in 18th-century cultural life. Artistic undertakings, problems of decoration, and literary endeavours all became topics in the salons. It is interesting to note that the term designating social gatherings was also applied to the dominant mode of artistic exhibition, the famous Salons of painting.
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title = {Afternoon Tea at the Temple by OLLIVIER, Michel-Barthélémy},
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date = {2026-09-09},
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