The second Impressionist exhibition turned a one-shot deal into a reoccuring event.
Originally,the group of artists who put together the first exhibition of Impressionist art in 1874 (the Anonymous Society of Painters, Sculptors and Engravers, etc.) just wanted a public forum that called attention to their work and earn a bit of money. They fully intended to submit to the next Salon in 1875.
By 1876, it was clear the Salon jurors would not bend to accept their way of painting. They decided to regroup and rethink their strategy. Monet, Renoir, Degas, Morisot, Sisley and Pissarro remained at the core. Gustave Caillebotte, who started out as a collector, ended up as a partner in the enterprise.
They scheduled the show for April 1876 and took over three rooms in the Durand-Ruel Gallery on rue le Peletier, off of the Boulevard Haussman. The number of works increased by almost 100% (from 135 in the first show to 252 in the second show). And the number of artists declined from 30 to 19. This time the critics refered to the group as the Intransigents.
Artists Participating in the Second Impressionist Exhibition:
- Édouard Béliard
- Pierre-Isidore Bureau
- Gustave Caillebotte
- Félix-Adolphe Cals
- Edgar Degas
- Marcellin Desboutin
- Jacques François (an anonymous woman)
- Alphonse Legros
- Jean-Baptiste-Léopold Levert
- Ludovic-Napoléon Lepic
- Jean-Baptiste Millet (Jean-François Millet's brother)
- Claude Monet
- Berthe Morisot
- Léon-Auguste Ottin fils
- Camille Pissarro
- Pierre-Auguste Renoir
- Stanislas-Henri Rouart
- Alfred Sisley
- Charles Tillot