- Partons, madame... ces nudités sont révoltantes... (à part) je reviendrai tout seul!..

Trustman, Benjamin A., Trustman, Julia M. · 1866

Bourgeois hypocrisy was also in the Arts. The husband forbids his wife to look at the naked figures exhibited in the art show, while promising to himself to return at a later date to enjoy this eroticism in the Arts. Times have changed however when comparing the wife's reaction to the initial blue stocking movement... in 1866 she peeks anyway! The Salon was for most artists the only possibility to present their works to a greater public. The Salon of 1834 for example attracted some 30’000 visitors already on the opening day. During the entire period of two months, a total of one million spectators went to the show. On certain days the ticket price was reduced to 20 sous or was even free of charge, attracting a large number of visitors. During the World Fair, which lasted from May 15 to November 15, 1855 thousands of visitors from Paris and abroad as well as from the French provinces visited the Salons.