The Volpini Exhibition, 1889

Poster of the 1889 exhibition by the "Impressionist and Synthetist Group", at the Café des Arts.[1]

The Volpini Exhibition was an exhibition of paintings arranged by Paul Gauguin and his circle held at the Café des Arts on the Champ de Mars, not far from the official art pavilion of the 1889 Exposition universelle in Paris.[2] A poster and an illustrated catalogue were printed, but the show of "Paintings by the Impressionist and Synthetist Group", held in June and early July 1889, was ignored by the press and proved to be a failure.

  1. ^ Printed by E. Watelet, 1889. 39.8 x 28.6 cm
  2. ^ Lucie-Smith, Edward (1972). Symbolist Art. London: Thames & Hudson, p. 94. ISBN 0500201250