Eva Steynen Gallery presents Salon d'Anvers, a group exhibition with works by Annefoor Arsonne, Stef Kamil Carlens, Christine Clinckx, Juliet Jespers, Leon Jespers, Rudy Trouvé. The exhibition runs until December 21, 2024.
Christine Clinckx invited five guest artists, all of whom have a connection with Antwerp. The exhibition is also a meeting of two generations and their works, together they form one artistic biotope, from floor to ceiling!
Salon d'Anvers refers with a wink to the Salons for painting and sculpture between the end of the 18th
century and early 20th century. The first 'Salon d'Anvers' took place in 1789, the last in 1926. This
'public' art exhibitions had a strong influence on the arts. The most famous was the Salon the Paris. Similar sales exhibitions were also organized in other places and countries. Antwerp was also the first city in Belgium - at the time part of the Austrian Netherlands - who founded a Salon for Painting and Sculpture.
The Salons had an enormous impact on art life. New trends had virtually none at the start chance. In 1863, the first 'Salon des Refusés' took place in Paris, an exhibition of rejected people works of art, and later the 'Salon des Indépendants', which had a more private character. The latter was the preamble for the creation of artist groups of different tendencies that united, which took place throughout Europe around 1900.
The triennial Salon in Antwerp slowly adapted to new artistic trends and closed down from 1920 onwards in the competition of the Art Nouveau circle. This development is the beginning of a strong one differentiation in the arts.