Birth of the Avant Garde [...]
The official birthday of the Avant Garde is May 17, 1863, the opening of the Salon des Refusés, in Paris, organized by painters who had been refused at the annual Salon of officially sanctioned "academic" art. Later Salon des Refusés were held in 1874, 1875 and 1886. By 1881, the French government withdrew its support from the official Salons, which continued anyway. --http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Avant_garde [Sept 2004]
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