Where was Claude Monet’s first Impressionist exhibition held in 1874?

Claude Monet’s first Impressionist exhibition in 1874 was held at Nadar’s studio in Paris.

The exhibition opened in April 1874 at the former studio of photographer Félix Nadar on Boulevard des Capucines. Monet showed several works, including Impression, Sunrise, which later supplied the name for the Impressionist movement through a critic’s satirical review.

The artists organized the event independently of the official Paris Salon, whose jury system often rejected or marginalized experimental work. The group exhibition included artists such as Pierre-Auguste Renoir, Edgar Degas, Camille Pissarro, Alfred Sisley, and Berthe Morisot.

A common mistake is to picture the exhibition as taking place in a museum. It was instead staged in a commercial photographer’s premises, an unconventional setting that reflected the artists’ wish to present their work outside official institutions.