▁cry st all ized ▁around ▁the ▁her itage ▁of ▁Im pression ism ▁centered ▁in ▁Paris . ▁Bur geon ing ▁was ▁a ▁new ▁avant - gar de ▁system , ▁the ▁international ▁logic ▁of ▁which — mer c ant ile ▁and ▁méd iat ique — put ▁into ▁question ▁the ▁modern ▁ide ology ▁elabor ated ▁upon ▁since ▁the ▁late ▁ 1 9 th ▁century . ▁What ▁had ▁begun ▁as ▁a ▁question ▁of ▁a est het ics ▁quickly ▁turned ▁political , ▁and ▁as ▁in ▁the ▁ 1 9 0 5 ▁Sal on ▁d ' Autom ne , ▁with ▁his ▁inf am ous ▁" Don at ello ▁chez ▁les ▁f au ves ", ▁the ▁critic ▁Louis ▁V aux cell es ▁( Les ▁Arts , ▁ 1 9 1 2 ) ▁was ▁most ▁imp licated ▁in ▁the ▁deliber ations . ▁Rec all ▁too , ▁it ▁was ▁V aux cell es ▁who , ▁on ▁the ▁occasion ▁of ▁the ▁ 1 9 1 0 ▁Sal on ▁des ▁Ind ép end ants , ▁wrote ▁dispar aging ly ▁of ▁' p all id ▁cub es ' ▁with ▁reference ▁to ▁the ▁paint ings ▁of ▁Met z inger , ▁G le izes , ▁Le ▁F au con nier , ▁Lé ger ▁and ▁D ela un ay . ▁ ▁The ▁Cub ist ▁contribution ▁to ▁the ▁ 1 9 1 2 ▁Sal on ▁d ' Autom ne ▁created ▁sc andal ▁regarding ▁the ▁use ▁of ▁government ▁owned ▁buildings , ▁such ▁as ▁the ▁Grand ▁Pal ais , ▁to ▁exhib it ▁such ▁art work . ▁The ▁ind ignation ▁of ▁the