1874 · The first Impressionist exhibition
Monet, Cézanne and Morisot show work at the first Impressionist exhibition in Paris.
France · 1870–1880
Paris, 1870s
A republic born out of defeat, and painters the Salon keeps rejecting.
Gustave Caillebotte, Paris Street; Rainy Day, 18771875
Who governs:
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In 1875, Victor Hugo is 73 years old and Marcel Proust is 4 years old.
The world around · Paris, 1870s
- Who governs
- The Third Republic is new and fragile. Monarchists hold a majority in parliament until 1877.
- Everyday life
- Most French people still live in the countryside. Paris is being rebuilt along Haussmann's wide boulevards.
- Arts and ideas
- The Impressionists show outside the official Salon, and Zola is writing his Rougon-Macquart novels.
- Meanwhile
- Germany has just united under Prussia, and Japan is racing to modernise.
Politics and power1 here in 1875
Arts and ideas12 here in 1875
Everyday life2 here in 1875
Documented in this moment
1875 · Carmen opens at the Opéra-Comique
Bizet's opera gets a cool reception. Three months later he dies, aged 36.
