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Camille Pissarro
He is the son of Frederick and Rachel Pissarro. His father was French Jewish descent meanwhile his mother was a native Creole. -
Photography Becomes Popular in France
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Edgar Degas is Born
Edgar Degas was born in Paris, France. He was the eldest of five children to the parents of Célestine Musson De Gas, a Creole from New Orleans, and Augustin De Gas, a banker. -
Paul Cézanne is Born
He was the eldest of three to the parents of Louis-Auguste Cézanne and Anne Elisabeth Honorine Auber. -
Claude Monet is Born
Claude Monet was born in Paris, France. He was the second child of Claude Adolphe Monet and Louise Justine Aubrée Monet. -
Pierre-Auguste Renoir is Born
He was the sixth child of a tailor Léonard Renoir and a seamstress Marguerite Merlet. -
Mary Cassat is Born
She was born in Allegheny City, Pennsylvania to the parents of Robert Simpson Cassat (latter Cassatt) and Katherine Kelso Johnson. Her father objected to her becoming a professional artist. -
Claude Monet Studies Art in Normandy
His family moved to Normandy where he met Eugène Boudin who became his mentor. Claude Monet learned how to use oil paints and the "en plein air" technique. -
Paris' New Look
Emperor Napoleon III commissioned Baron Haussman to transform Paris. Haussman teared down old, twisting streets dilapidated apartments, and replaced them with wide, tree-lined boulevards, and expansive gardens that Paris is famous for today. -
Académie Suisse
Camille Pissarro met and became friends with Claude Monet and Paul Cézanne -
Japanese Woodblock Prints
Japanese Woodblock Prints make their way to France and are show to Impressionist artists. -
Second Industrial Revolution
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Camille Pissarro Moves to England
After the outbreak of the war, moved to London. There he met the art dealer Paul Durand-Ruel who helped sell his art for most of his life. Durand-Ruel also put him in touch with Monet who was also staying in London at this time. They both viewed the paintings of John Constable and Joseph Mallord William Turner, which confirmed their belief that the "en plein air" style gave the truest depiction of light. -
Paul Cézanne Moves to Southern France
After the start of the Franco-Prussian War, Paul Cézanne left Paris. -
Edgar Degas Enlists in the Army
Degas enlisted in the National Guard, where his defense of Paris left him little time for painting -
Franco-Prussian War
This war was a culmination of years of tension over the issue of the vacant Spanish throne. France lost the war. -
Mary Cassatt Returns to the U.S.
After the outbreak of the Franco-Prussian War, she reluctantly returned home to live with her parents. She had trouble finding proper art supplies and did not have the support of her father to continue a career in art. -
Claude Monet Moves to England
Claude Monet took refuge in England where he studied the works of John Constable and Joseph Mallord William Turner, both of whose landscapes would inspire Monet in the study of color. -
Camille Pissarro Returns to France
Finds that his house, and along with many of his early oil paintings, had been destroyed by Prussian soldiers. -
Mary Cassat Moves to Europe
She attracted the attention of the Archbishop of Pittsburg, who commissioned her to paint two copies of the painting by Corregio in Parma, Italy. -
Claude Monet Returns to France
Monet and Camille Doncieux had married just before the war. After their stay in England and the Netherlands, they decided to move back to France. -
Paul Cézanne Moves Near Paris
He moved to Auvers in Val-d'Oise near Paris after the birth of his son. -
First Exhibition
The first exhibition of the 'Société Anonyme Coopérative des Artistes Peintres, Sculpteurs, Graveurs' (Association of Painters, Sculptors, and Engravers)s organized by Claude Monet, Pierre-Aguste Renoir and Camille Pissarro. Louis Leroy, an art critic, coined the term Impressionism after seeing "Impressionism: Sunset" by Claude Monet exhibited in the the Salon de Refuse in Paris. -
Second Exhibition
Claude Monet, Pierre-Auguste Renoir, and Paul Cezanne do not participate. Instead, Monet and Renoir submit work to the Salon. -
Third Exhibition
Financial disaster and therefore not a success. -
Fourth Exhibition
The publication of the magazine "La Vie Moderne" was aimed at promoting the works of Impressionist artists. -
Fifth Exhibition
The Impressionist artists could not agree on a title for the exhibition. Paul Cezanne, Claude Monet, Pierre-Auguste Renoir refused to participate. -
Sixth Exhibition
Discontent in the Impressionist group worsens.Many artists refuse to participate because of the sudden emphasis on Realism. Edgar Degas was a huge success at the exhibition. Some blamed him for the split in the group. He later resigns from the group. -
Seventh Exhibition
Durand-Ruyel attempted to restore the unity of the Impressionist group. Monet, Pissarro, and Cezanne exhibit their artwork. -
First Impressionist Exhibition in the U.S.
It was organized by art dealer Paul Durand-Ruel -
Eight and Last Exhibition
Camille Pissarro exhibits his first 'pointilliste' works and insists on including Georges Seurat and Paul Signac. Monet and Renoir again refuse to participate. -
Post-Impressionism
Famous post-Impressionist painters include Van Gogh, Cezanne, Gaugin, and Seraut. They continued using vivid colors, thick application of paint, distinctive brushstrokes and real-life subject matter, but they aimed to portray more emotion and expression in their paintings. -
Eiffle Tower Construction
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American Impressionism
Impressionism was seen as a valid art style in the United States. -
Camille Pissarro Dies
Pissarro experienced eye trouble which prevented him from working outdoors. He died at the age of 73. -
Paul Cézanne Dies
He was caught in the middle of a storm while painting outdoors. He fell ill and died a few days later at the age of 67. -
World War I
The assassination of Archeduke Franz Ferdinand of Austria by a Serbian nationalist caused in part the outbreak of the first World War. This war pittied Allied Powers (Great Britain, France, Russia, Italy and Japan) against Axis Powers (Germany, Austria-Hungary and the Ottoman Empire). The war ended in 1919. -
Edgar Degas Dies
In the last years of his life, he suffered from ailing eyesight. He dies at the age of 83. -
Pierre-Auguste Renoir Dies
He suffers a heart attack at the age of 73. -
Mary Cassatt Dies
Her diabetes affected her sight. She was no longer able to paint after 1914. -
Claude Monet Dies
He died of lung cancer at the age of 86. He is buried at Giverny, France.
