Art Timeline

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• http://www.artmovements.co.uk/impressionism.htm

1. Claude Monet 1840-1926

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   • http://www.tate.org.uk/art/artists/claude-monet-1652
   1. San Giorgio Maggiore at Dusk (1908 oil on canvas)
2. Paul Cézanne 1839-1906

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   • http://www.biography.com/people/paul-czanne-9542036
   1. Compotier Glass And Apples (1880 oil on canvas)
3. Vincent Van Gogh 1853-1890

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   • http://www.vangoghgallery.com/misc/biography.html
   1. The Starry Night (1889, oil on canvas)
4. French Revolution (1789-99)
5. Haussmann's renovation of Paris (1853-1927)
6. Economic crisis in Europe (1873)
7. Eiffel Tower opened (1889)

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• http://www.theartstory.org/movement-symbolism.htm

1. Paul Gaughin (1848-1903)

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   • http://www.theartstory.org/artist-gauguin-paul.htm
   1. Manao Tupapau (1892, oil on burlap mounted on canvas)
2. James Whistler (1834-1903)

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   • http://www.theartstory.org/artist-whistler-james-abbott-mcneill.htm
   1. Symphony in White, No.1: The White Girl (1862, oil paint)
3. Aubrey Beardsley (1872-1898)

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   1. How Sir Tristram Drank of the Love Drink (1893-4, Indian ink and pencil)
4. Wilhelm Wundt founds the first experimental psychology lab (1879)
5. The Orient-Express opened (1883)
6. Thomas Edison invents the incandescent electric light bulb (1880)

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• http://www.tate.org.uk/learn/online-resources/glossary/n/neo-impressionism

1. Georges Seurat (1859-91)

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   • https://www.britannica.com/biography/Georges-Seurat
   1. A Sunday on La Grande Jatte—(1884, oil on canvas)
2. Paul Signac (1863-1935)

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   • https://www.britannica.com/biography/Paul-Signac
   1. The Papal Palace, Avignon (1900, oil paint)
3. Théo Van Rysselberghe (1862-1926)

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   • https://www.britannica.com/biography/Theo-Van-Rysselberghe
   1. Portrait of Irma Sèthe (1894, oil on canvas)
4. First camera sold commercially (1888)
5. Charles Eastman invents plastic photographic film (1883)
6. Second (Socialist) International founded in Paris (1889)

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• http://www.theartstory.org/movement-fauvism.htm

1. Henri Mattisse (1869-1954)

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   1. Joy of Life (1905-06, oil on canvas)
2. Georges Braque (1882-1963)

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   1. Landscape at La Ciotat (1907, oil paint)
3. André Derain (1880-1954)

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   1. The Houses of Parliament (1905-1906, oil on canvas)
4. Marconi Sends First Wireless Transmission (1901)
5. First Crayola Crayons (1903)
6. Guglielmo Marconi sends radio-wave signals across the Atlantic Ocean from England to Canada (1901)

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• http://www.tate.org.uk/learn/online-resources/glossary/c/cubism

1. Pablo Picasso (1881-1973)

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   1. Bowl of Fruit, Violin and Bottle (1914 Oil on canvas)
   2. Albert Gleizes (1881-1953)

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      1. Portrait of Jacques Nayral (1911, oil painting)
2. Juan Gris (1887-1927)

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   1. Portrait of Picasso (1912, oil paint)
3. American women enabled to vote (1920)
4. Ten Rules of War Established at the Second Hague Peace Conference (1907)
5. Titanic Sinks (1912)

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• http://www.tate.org.uk/learn/online-resources/glossary/g/german-expressionism

1. Erich Heckel (1883-1970)

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   • https://www.moma.org/collection_ge/browse_results.php?criteria=O:AD:E:2569|A:AR:E:1&role=1
   1. Fränzi Reclining (1910, print, colour woodcut on paper)
2. Ernst Barlach (1870–1938)

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   • https://www.moma.org/collection_ge/browse_results.php?criteria=O:AD:E:335|A:AR:E:1&role=1
   1. The Woman at the Hearth (1910-11, lithograph)
3. Heinrich Campendonk (1889–1957)

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   • https://www.moma.org/collection_ge/browse_results.php?criteria=O:AD:E:940|A:AR:E:1&role=1
   1. The Fairytale (1916, Woodcut with watercolor additions)
4. WW1 (1914-18)
5. The National Socialist German Workers' Party was started (1920)
6. Hitler comes to power in Germany (1933)

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• http://www.theartstory.org/movement-dada.htm

1. Marcel Duchamp (1887-1968)

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   1. Fountain (1917, porcelain)
2. Tristan Tzara (1896-1963)

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   • http://www.arthistoryarchive.com/arthistory/dada/Tristan-Tzara.html
   1. Unpretentious Proclamation (1919, type on paper)
3. Francis Picabia (1879-1953)

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   • http://www.theartstory.org/artist-picabia-francis.htm
   1. (Very Rare Picture of Earth) (1915, Oil and metallic paint on board, and silver and gold leaf on wood, with artist's painted frame
4. Propertied British women over 30 had the vote (1918)
5. Prohibition in the United States (1920-33)
6. The Communist Party of China is created (1921)

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• http://www.theartstory.org/movement-surrealism.htm

1. Salvador Dali (1904-1989)

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   • http://www.biography.com/people/salvador-dal-40389
   1. The Persistence of Memory (1931, oil paint)
2. Max Ernst (1891-1976)

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   1. Celebes (1921, oil paint)
3. Hans Arp (1886-1966)

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   1. Collage with Squares Arranged According to the Laws of Chance (1916-17, Torn-and-pasted paper on blue-gray paper)
4. WW2 (1938-45)
5. Philo T. Farnsworth invents modern electronic television (1938)
6. Great Depression begins (1930)

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• http://www.theartstory.org/movement-constructivism.htm

1. Vladimir Tatlin (1885-1953)

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   • http://www.theartstory.org/artist-tatlin-vladimir.htm
   1. Monument to the Third International (1919-1920, Wood, iron, and glass)
2. Alexander Rodchenko (1891-1956)

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   • http://www.theartstory.org/artist-rodchenko-alexander.htm
   1. Pure Red Color, Pure Yellow Color, Pure Blue Color (1921, Oil on canvas)
3. Naum Gabo (1890-1977)

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   • http://www.naum-gabo.com/biography/
   1. Constructed Head no. 1 (1942, wood)
4. Russian Revolution starts (1917)
5. Joseph Stalin comes to power in Russia (1924)
6. Irish War of Independence (1919-21)

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• http://www.theartstory.org/movement-abstract-expressionism.htm

1. Jackson Pollock (1912-56)

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   • http://www.theartstory.org/artist-pollock-jackson.htm
   1. Autumn Rhythm: Number 30 (1950, oil on canvas)
2. Willem de Kooning (1904-97)

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   • http://www.theartstory.org/artist-de-kooning-willem.htm
   1. Woman I (1950-52, oil on canvas)
3. Clyfford Still (1904-80)

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   1. 1948-C (1948, oil on canvas)
4. First atom bomb is dropped on Hiroshima (1945)
5. European Economic Community established (1957)
6. American president John F Kennedy assassinated (1963)

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• http://arthistoryteachingresources.org/lessons/mexican-muralism/

1. Diego Rivera (1886- 1957)

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   1. Part Of Diego Rivera's Mural Depicting Mexico's History, (1929-45, fresco)
2. David Alfaro Siqueiros (1896-1974)

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   • https://www.britannica.com/biography/David-Alfaro-Siqueiros
   1. Mosaic mural (1952–53, water based paint)
3. José Clemente Orozco (1883-1949)

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   • http://www.theartstory.org/artist-orozco-jose-clemente.htm
   1. Maternity (1923-24, fresco)
4. Spanish Civil War starts (1936)
5. Mexican Revolution (1910-20)
6. The electric refrigerator is invented (1928)

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• http://www.theartstory.org/movement-expressionism.htm

1. Ernst Ludwig Kirchner (1880-1938)

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   1. Street, Berlin (1913, oil on canvas)
2. Wassily Kandinsky (1866-1944)

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   • http://www.theartstory.org/artist-kandinsky-wassily.htm
   1. Composition VII (1913, oil on canvas)
3. Edvard Munch (1863-1944)

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   1. The Scream (1893, tempera and oil paint)
4. Laszlo and Georg Biro pioneer the modern ballpoint pen (1938)
5. Spanish Flu Pandemic (1918)
6. Hitler joins the Nazi Party (1919)

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• http://www.theartstory.org/movement-neo-dada.htm

1. Robert Rauschenberg (1925-2008)

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   1. Bed (1955, Oil and pencil on pillow, quilt, and sheet on wooden supports)
2. Jasper Johns (1930- )

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   1. Flag (1954-55, Encaustic, oil, and collage on fabric mounted on plywood)
3. Edward Kienholz (1927-94)

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   • http://www.theartstory.org/artist-kienholz-edward.htm
   1. The Beanery (1965, Multimedia installation)
4. Berlin Wall Built (1961)
5. The first hydrogen bomb is successfully detonated by the United States (1952)
6. The U.S. Supreme Court rules that racial segregation is unconstitutional in public schools (1954)

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• http://www.theartstory.org/movement-pop-art.htm

1. Andy Warhol (1928-87)

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   1. Campbell's Soup Cans (1962, Synthetic polymer paint on thirty-two canvases)
2. Roy Lichtenstein (1923-97)

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   • http://www.theartstory.org/artist-lichtenstein-roy.htm
   1. Drowning Girl (1963, Oil and synthetic polymer paint on canvas)
3. Richard Hamilton (1922-2011)

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   • http://www.theartstory.org/artist-hamilton-richard.htm
   1. Just what is it that makes today's homes so different, so appealing? (1956, collage)
4. Neil Armstrong lands on the moon (1969)
5. The Peace Corps is created (1961)
6. The Cuban Missile Crisis (1962)

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• http://www.theartstory.org/movement-op-art.htm

1. Frank Stella (1936 - )

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   • http://www.theartstory.org/artist-stella-frank.htm
   1. Harran II (1967, Polymer and fluorescent polymer paint on canvas)
2. Josef Albers (1888-1976)

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   • http://www.theartstory.org/artist-albers-josef.htm
   1. Homage to the Square: Dissolving/Vanishing (1951, Oil on Masonite)
3. Victor Vasarely (1906-1997)

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   • http://www.artnet.com/artists/victor-vasarely/
   1. Tennis Player (1977, Serigraph, signed and numbered in pencil)
4. Martin Luther King, Jr. leads a peaceful civil rights march (1965)
5. Frank Pantridge develops the portable defibrillator for treating cardiac arrest patients (1965)

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• http://www.theartstory.org/movement-minimalism.htm

1. Carl Andre (1935 - )

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   • http://www.theartstory.org/artist-andre-carl.htm
   1. Equivalent I-VIII (1966, sand-lime bricks)
2. Dan Flavin (1933-96)

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   • http://www.theartstory.org/artist-flavin-dan.htm
   1. The Diagonal of May 25, 1963 (1963, yellow fluorescent light)
3. Donald Judd (1928-94)

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   • http://www.theartstory.org/artist-judd-donald.htm
   1. Untitled (1972, Copper, enamel and aluminum, 916 x 1555 x 1782mm)
4. Francis Crick and JD Watson receive Nobel prize for discovery of DNA structure (1962)
5. World's first solar power station opened in France (1969)

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• http://www.theartstory.org/movement-conceptual-art.htm

1. Joseph Beuys (1921-86)

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   • http://www.theartstory.org/artist-beuys-joseph.htm
   1. How to Explain Pictures to a Dead Hare (1965, Gold leaf, honey, dead hare, felt pad, iron, fir tree, miscellaneous drawings and clothing items)
2. Sol LeWitt (1928-2007)

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   • http://www.theartstory.org/artist-lewitt-sol.htm
   1. Buried Cube Containing an Object of Importance but Little Value (1968, Black and white photographs mounted on paper)
3. Walter de Maria (1935-2013)

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   • http://www.theartstory.org/artist-de-maria-walter.htm
   1. Mile Long Drawing (1968, chalk)
4. Martin Luther King Jr. is assassinated (1968)
5. James Russell invents compact discs (1965)

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• http://www.theartstory.org/movement-earth-art.htm

1. Robert Smithson (1938-73)

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   • http://www.theartstory.org/artist-smithson-robert.htm
   1. Spiral Jetty (1970, Mud, precipitated salt crystals, rocks, water coil)
2. Michael Heizer (1944 - )

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   • http://www.theartstory.org/artist-heizer-michael.htm
   1. North, East, South, West (1967/2002, depressions in gallery floor)
3. Maya Lin (1959 -)

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   • http://www.theartstory.org/artist-lin-maya.htm
   1. Groundswell (1993, Tempered Safety Glass)
4. Vietnam War ends (1975)
5. The United Kingdom abolishes the death penalty (1969)

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• http://www.theartstory.org/movement-performance-art.htm

1. Marina Abramović (1946 -)

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   • http://www.theartstory.org/artist-abramovic-marina.htm
   1. Rhythm 0 (1974, 72 objects including a feather, pen, book)
2. Chris Burden (1946-2015)

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   • http://www.theartstory.org/artist-burden-chris.htm
   1. Shoot (1971, .22 rifle and bullet)
3. Günter Brus (1938 -)

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   • http://www.tate.org.uk/art/artists/gunter-brus-827
   1. Ana (1964, female and paint)
4. Rolling Stone publishes its first magazine issue (1967)
5. Martin Cooper develops the first handheld cellphone (1973)
6. The Walt Disney World Resort is opened in Orlando, Florida (1971)

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• http://www.theartstory.org/movement-neo-expressionism.htm

1. Georg Baselitz (1938 -)

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   • http://www.theartstory.org/artist-baselitz-georg.htm
   1. Big Night down the Drain (1963, oil on canvas)
2. Julian Schnabel (1951 -)

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   1. The Student of Prague (1983, Oil, plates, horns and Bondo on wood)
3. Eric Fischl (1948 -)

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   • http://www.theartstory.org/artist-fischl-eric.htm
   1. Bayonne (1985, oil on canvas)
4. The Troubles in Ireland (1968-98)
5. The Berlin Wall is Demolished (1989)
6. The Apartheid ended (1994)

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• http://www.theartstory.org/movement-young-british-artists.htm

1. Tracey Emin (1963 -)

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   • http://www.theartstory.org/artist-emin-tracey.htm
   1. Everyone I Have Ever Slept With 1963-95 (1995, Appliqued tent, mattress and light)
2. Jenny Saville (1970 -)

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   • http://www.gagosian.com/artists/jenny-saville
   1. The Mothers (2011, oil on canvas)
3. Michael Landy (1963 -)

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   • http://www.tate.org.uk/art/artists/michael-landy-2409
   1. Creeping Buttercup (2002, etching on paper)
4. Tim Berners-Lee invents the worldwide web (1991)
5. Russia and the United States sign the START II Treaty (1993)
6. The Channel Tunnel is completed and opens (1994)

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• http://www.theartstory.org/definition-postmodernism.htm

1. Rachel Whiteread (1963 -)

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   • http://www.tate.org.uk/art/artists/rachel-whiteread-2319
   1. Untitled (Floor) (1994–5, cast made in resin)
2. Damien Hirst (1965 -)

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   • http://www.tate.org.uk/art/artists/damien-hirst-2308
   1. Mother and Child (Divided) (1993, Glass, painted steel, silicone, acrylic, monofilament, stainless steel, cow, calf and formaldehyde solution)
3. Gerhard Richter (1932 -)

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   • http://www.theartstory.org/artist-richter-gerhard.htm
   1. Clouds (1982, oil on canvas)
4. Apple revolutionizes music listening by unveiling its iPod MP3 music player (2001)
5. The Wikipedia online encyclopedia is founded (2001)
6. The online auction website Ebay is founded (1995)