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, sculptor

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, architect

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, and others. The first year's exhibition was conducted in former barracks at the Porte Maillot of the city gates of Paris, near the

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in a "Palais du Bois" hastily constructed by the Perret brothers. Its location varied afterwards. The Salon, together with the 1884

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, the 1903

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and others, was organized in opposition to the Academy's official Salon system. Annual exhibitions continued at least into the 1950s.

Participating artists

Participating artists included: * Edith Auerbach *

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* Marcelle Bergerol * Jules Cavaillès *

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* Marguerite Crissay * Mildred Crooks * Joseph Csaky * Alice Dannenberg *

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* Louis Dewis *

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* Raoul Dufy *

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L'Intransigeant, 17 May 1923, Paris, Page 1
/ref> * Frederick Carl Frieseke * Othon Friesz *

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''Giacometti: A Biography'' by James Lord, page 42 *

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* Natalia Goncharova * Louise Janin * Adolph Gottlieb *

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* Sonia Lewitska *

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* Olga Sacharoff *

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* Henriette Tirman *

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Sources

External links

Salon des Tuileries, Le Palais de Bois, 1928 catalogue

Gazette des Sept Arts, dir. Canudo, n. 8, Numéro consacré au premier Salon des Tuileries, 20 May 1923
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