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*[[1763]] - [[Renée-Pélagie de Montreuil]], wealthy heir to a “président” at the Cour des Aides marries [[Marquis de Sade]]. *[[1763]] - [[Renée-Pélagie de Montreuil]], wealthy heir to a “président” at the Cour des Aides marries [[Marquis de Sade]].
*[[1863]] - [[Salon des Refusés]], [[Paris]], organized by painters who had been refused at the official Salon *[[1863]] - [[Salon des Refusés]], [[Paris]], organized by painters who had been refused at the official Salon
-*[[1965]] - 2nd [[Paris Festival of Free Expression ]] opens at the American Center+*[[1965]] - 2nd [[Paris Festival of Free Expression ]] opens at the American Center in Paris
*[[1978]] - [[Charlie Chaplin]]'s stolen body found *[[1978]] - [[Charlie Chaplin]]'s stolen body found

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James Whistler's painting Symphony in White, No. 1: The White Girl (1862) caused controversy when exhibited in London and, later, at the Salon des Refusés in Paris. The painting epitomizes his theory that art should essentially be concerned with the beautiful arrangement of colors in harmony, not with the accurate portrayal of the natural world.
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James Whistler's painting Symphony in White, No. 1: The White Girl (1862) caused controversy when exhibited in London and, later, at the Salon des Refusés in Paris. The painting epitomizes his theory that art should essentially be concerned with the beautiful arrangement of colors in harmony, not with the accurate portrayal of the natural world.

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