Paris 1874: Inventer l'Impressionnisme. Occident The first materials were organic

The first materials were organic – primarily shells and animal teeth

A painter with precocious talent

from Giacometti to Lucian Freud

of purely local manufacture

Paris 1874: Inventer l'Impressionnisme. Occident The first materials were organic150 years ago, on April 15, 1874, the first Impressionist exhibition opened in Paris. To celebrate this anniversary, the Muse d'Orsay is presenting some 130 works, and taking a fresh look at this key date, considered the launching pad for the avant garde. "Hungry for independence," Monet, Renoir, Degas, Morisot, Pissarro, Sisley, and Czanne decided to break the rules by organizing their own exhibitions, outside of official channels: Impressionism was