Facts about Impressionist Exhibitions

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   Paul Cézanne participated in the first and third Impressionist exhibitions but largely withdrew from the group shows thereafter.

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   Georges Seurat and Paul Signac showed pointillist works at the eighth and final Impressionist exhibition in 1886, marking a shift toward Post-Impressionism.

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   First Impressionist exhibition in 1874 was held in the studio of photographer Nadar on the Boulevard des Capucines in Paris.

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   A defining feature of the Impressionist exhibitions was that artists financed and organized them collectively, sharing costs and profits among members.

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   Claude Monet, Edgar Degas, and Camille Pissarro were among the core artists who participated in multiple of the Impressionist group exhibitions.

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   The eight Impressionist exhibitions were held in Paris between 1874 and 1886, organized independently of the official French Salon.

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