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While the Salon was dominated by the painters, Jacques Villon was one of the artists who helped organize the drawing section of the first salon and later would help the Puteaux Group gain recognition with showings at the Salon des Indépendants .
During the Salon's early years, established artists such as Pierre-Auguste Renoir threw their support behind the new exhibition and even Auguste Rodin displayed several drawings. Since its inception, the greats and future greats of the art world such as Paul Cézanne, Henri Matisse and Paul Gauguin and Pablo Picasso have been shown here.
After World War I, the Salon d'Automne was dominated by the works of the Montparnasse painters such as Marc Chagall, Amedeo ModiglianiAmedeo Clemente Modigliani ( July 12, 1884 January 24, 1920) was an Italian painter and sculptor. He was born in Livorno, Tuscany, Italy, the fourth child of the Jewish family of Flaminio Modigliani and his French-born wife, Eugenie Garsin and was raised, and Georges BraqueGeorges Braque ( May 13, 1882 August 31, 1963) was a French painter and sculptor, and with Pablo Picasso one of the inventors of cubism. Georges Braque Georges Braque was born in Argenteuil-sur-Seine, France. He grew up in Le Havre and studied in the even. Sculpture saw the likes of Constantin BrancusiConstantin Brancusi ( February 19, 1876 March 16, 1957), originally Constantin Brancui is the most famous Romanian sculptor, born in Hobia, Gorj, near Targu Jiu, where he placed his sculptural ensemble with The Table of Silence The Kiss Gate and The Endle, Aristide MaillolAristide Maillol (1861-1944), French Catalan sculptor and painter. Aristide Maillol was born on April 8, 1861, at Banyuls-sur-Mer, Roussillon, France near the Mediterranean Sea. Maillol studied in Paris, under renowned teacher Antoine Bourdelle and at the, Charles Despiau , and Ossip ZadkineOssip Zadkine (1890-1967) artist Born on July 14, 1890 in Smolensk, Russia of Jewish extraction, he is primarily known as a sculptor but also produced paintings and lithographs. After attending art school in London, England, Zadkine settled in Paris about emerge as new forces. In addition to painting and sculpture, at the Salon could be found the creations in the decorative artThe decorative arts are traditionally defined as ornamental and functional works in ceramic, wood, glass, metal, or textile. The class includes furniture, furnishings, interior design, and architecture. The decorative arts are often categorized in opposits such as the glassworks of René LaliqueBorn Rene Jules Lalique ( April 6, 1860 May 5, 1945) in Ay, Marne, France. He was a glass designer, renowned for his stunning creations of perfume bottles, vases, jewelry, chandeliers, clocks, and, in the latter part of his life, automobile hood ornaments as well as architectural designs by Le CorbusierLe Corbusier ( October 6, 1887 August 27, 1965) was the pseudonym of Charles Edouard Jeanneret-Gris . He was an architect famous for what is now called the International style, along with Ludwig Mies van der Rohe, Walter Gropius, and Theo van Doesburg.. Still an exhibition of world importance, the Salon d'Automne is now into its second century.