Art Timeline

Art Timeline

1. Impressionism (1872-1892)

   • http://www.artmovements.co.uk/impressionism.htm
   • Claude Monet 1840-1926
     • http://www.tate.org.uk/art/artists/claude-monet-1652
     • San Giorgio Maggiore at Dusk (1908 oil on canvas)
   • Paul Cézanne 1839-1906
     • http://www.biography.com/people/paul-czanne-9542036
     • Compotier Glass And Apples (1880 oil on canvas)
   • Vincent Van Gogh 1853-1890
     • http://www.vangoghgallery.com/misc/biography.html
     • The Starry Night (1889, oil on canvas)
   • French Revolution (1789-99)
   • Haussmann's renovation of Paris (1853-1927)
   • Economic crisis in Europe (1873)
   • Eiffel Tower opened (1889)

2. Symbolism (1880-1910)

   • http://www.theartstory.org/movement-symbolism.htm
   • Paul Gaughin (1848-1903)
     • http://www.theartstory.org/artist-gauguin-paul.htm
     • Manao Tupapau (1892, oil on burlap mounted on canvas)
   • James Whistler (1834-1903)
     • http://www.theartstory.org/artist-whistler-james-abbott-mcneill.htm
     • Symphony in White, No.1: The White Girl (1862, oil paint)
   • Aubrey Beardsley (1872-1898)
     • http://www.theartstory.org/artist-beardsley-aubrey.htm
     • How Sir Tristram Drank of the Love Drink (1893-4, Indian ink and pencil)
   • Wilhelm Wundt founds the first experimental psychology lab (1879)
   • The Orient-Express opened (1883)
   • Thomas Edison invents the incandescent electric light bulb (1880)

3. Neo-Impressionism (1886-1906)

   • http://www.tate.org.uk/learn/online-resources/glossary/n/neo-impressionism
   • Georges Seurat (1859-91)
     • https://www.britannica.com/biography/Georges-Seurat
     • A Sunday on La Grande Jatte—(1884, oil on canvas)
   • Paul Signac (1863-1935)
     • https://www.britannica.com/biography/Paul-Signac
     • The Papal Palace, Avignon (1900, oil paint)
   • Théo Van Rysselberghe (1862-1926)
     • https://www.britannica.com/biography/Theo-Van-Rysselberghe
     • Portrait of Irma Sèthe (1894, oil on canvas)
   • First camera sold commercially (1888)
   • Charles Eastman invents plastic photographic film (1883)
   • Second (Socialist) International founded in Paris (1889)

4. Fauvism (1899-1908)

   • http://www.theartstory.org/movement-fauvism.htm
   • Henri Mattisse (1869-1954)
     • http://www.theartstory.org/artist-matisse-henri.htm
     • Joy of Life (1905-06, oil on canvas)
   • Georges Braque (1882-1963)
     • http://www.theartstory.org/artist-braque-georges.htm
     • Landscape at La Ciotat (1907, oil paint)
   • André Derain (1880-1954)
     • http://www.theartstory.org/artist-derain-andre.htm
     • The Houses of Parliament (1905-1906, oil on canvas)
   • Marconi Sends First Wireless Transmission (1901)
   • First Crayola Crayons (1903)
   • Guglielmo Marconi sends radio-wave signals across the Atlantic Ocean from England to Canada (1901)

5. Cubism (1907-1922)

   • http://www.tate.org.uk/learn/online-resources/glossary/c/cubism
   • Pablo Picasso (1881-1973)
     • http://www.theartstory.org/artist-picasso-pablo.htm
     • Bowl of Fruit, Violin and Bottle (1914 Oil on canvas)
     • Albert Gleizes (1881-1953)
       • http://www.tate.org.uk/art/artists/albert-gleizes-1178
       • Portrait of Jacques Nayral (1911, oil painting)
   • Juan Gris (1887-1927)
     • http://www.theartstory.org/artist-gris-juan.htm
     • Portrait of Picasso (1912, oil paint)
   • American women enabled to vote (1920)
   • Ten Rules of War Established at the Second Hague Peace Conference (1907)
   • Titanic Sinks (1912)

6. German Expressionism (1905-35)

   • http://www.tate.org.uk/learn/online-resources/glossary/g/german-expressionism
   • Erich Heckel (1883-1970)
     • https://www.moma.org/collection_ge/browse_results.php?criteria=O:AD:E:2569|A:AR:E:1&role=1
     • Fränzi Reclining (1910, print, colour woodcut on paper)
   • Ernst Barlach (1870–1938)
     • https://www.moma.org/collection_ge/browse_results.php?criteria=O:AD:E:335|A:AR:E:1&role=1
     • The Woman at the Hearth (1910-11, lithograph)
   • Heinrich Campendonk (1889–1957)
     • https://www.moma.org/collection_ge/browse_results.php?criteria=O:AD:E:940|A:AR:E:1&role=1
     • The Fairytale (1916, Woodcut with watercolor additions)
   • WW1 (1914-18)
   • The National Socialist German Workers' Party was started (1920)
   • Hitler comes to power in Germany (1933)

7. Dada (1916-24)

   • http://www.theartstory.org/movement-dada.htm
   • Marcel Duchamp (1887-1968)
     • http://www.theartstory.org/artist-duchamp-marcel.htm
     • Fountain (1917, porcelain)
   • Tristan Tzara (1896-1963)
     • http://www.arthistoryarchive.com/arthistory/dada/Tristan-Tzara.html
     • Unpretentious Proclamation (1919, type on paper)
   • Francis Picabia (1879-1953)
     • http://www.theartstory.org/artist-picabia-francis.htm
     • (Very Rare Picture of Earth) (1915, Oil and metallic paint on board, and silver and gold leaf on wood, with artist's painted frame
   • Propertied British women over 30 had the vote (1918)
   • Prohibition in the United States (1920-33)
   • The Communist Party of China is created (1921)

8. Surrealism (1924-66)

   • http://www.theartstory.org/movement-surrealism.htm
   • Salvador Dali (1904-1989)
     • http://www.biography.com/people/salvador-dal-40389
     • The Persistence of Memory (1931, oil paint)
   • Max Ernst (1891-1976)
     • http://www.theartstory.org/artist-ernst-max.htm
     • Celebes (1921, oil paint)
   • Hans Arp (1886-1966)
     • http://www.theartstory.org/artist-arp-hans.htm
     • Collage with Squares Arranged According to the Laws of Chance (1916-17, Torn-and-pasted paper on blue-gray paper)
   • WW2 (1938-45)
   • Philo T. Farnsworth invents modern electronic television (1938)
   • Great Depression begins (1930)

9. Constructivism (1915-38)

   • http://www.theartstory.org/movement-constructivism.htm
   • Vladimir Tatlin (1885-1953)
     • http://www.theartstory.org/artist-tatlin-vladimir.htm
     • Monument to the Third International (1919-1920, Wood, iron, and glass)
   • Alexander Rodchenko (1891-1956)
     • http://www.theartstory.org/artist-rodchenko-alexander.htm
     • Pure Red Color, Pure Yellow Color, Pure Blue Color (1921, Oil on canvas)
   • Naum Gabo (1890-1977)
     • http://www.naum-gabo.com/biography/
     • Constructed Head no. 1 (1942, wood)
   • Russian Revolution starts (1917)
   • Joseph Stalin comes to power in Russia (1924)
   • Irish War of Independence (1919-21)

10. Abstract Expressionism (1943-1965)

    • http://www.theartstory.org/movement-abstract-expressionism.htm
    • Jackson Pollock (1912-56)
      • http://www.theartstory.org/artist-pollock-jackson.htm
      • Autumn Rhythm: Number 30 (1950, oil on canvas)
    • Willem de Kooning (1904-97)
      • http://www.theartstory.org/artist-de-kooning-willem.htm
      • Woman I (1950-52, oil on canvas)
    • Clyfford Still (1904-80)
      • http://www.theartstory.org/artist-still-clyfford.htm
      • 1948-C (1948, oil on canvas)
    • First atom bomb is dropped on Hiroshima (1945)
    • European Economic Community established (1957)
    • American president John F Kennedy assassinated (1963)

11. Mexican Muralists (1920-50)

    • http://arthistoryteachingresources.org/lessons/mexican-muralism/
    • Diego Rivera (1886- 1957)
      • http://www.diegorivera.org/
      • Part Of Diego Rivera's Mural Depicting Mexico's History, (1929-45, fresco)
    • David Alfaro Siqueiros (1896-1974)
      • https://www.britannica.com/biography/David-Alfaro-Siqueiros
      • Mosaic mural (1952–53, water based paint)
    • José Clemente Orozco (1883-1949)
      • http://www.theartstory.org/artist-orozco-jose-clemente.htm
      • Maternity (1923-24, fresco)
    • Spanish Civil War starts (1936)
    • Mexican Revolution (1910-20)
    • The electric refrigerator is invented (1928)

12. Expressionism (1905-1933)

    • http://www.theartstory.org/movement-expressionism.htm
    • Ernst Ludwig Kirchner (1880-1938)
      • http://www.theartstory.org/artist-kirchner-ernst-ludwig.htm
      • Street, Berlin (1913, oil on canvas)
    • Wassily Kandinsky (1866-1944)
      • http://www.theartstory.org/artist-kandinsky-wassily.htm
      • Composition VII (1913, oil on canvas)
    • Edvard Munch (1863-1944)
      • http://www.theartstory.org/artist-munch-edvard.htm
      • The Scream (1893, tempera and oil paint)
    • Laszlo and Georg Biro pioneer the modern ballpoint pen (1938)
    • Spanish Flu Pandemic (1918)
    • Hitler joins the Nazi Party (1919)

13. Neo Dada (1952-70)

    • http://www.theartstory.org/movement-neo-dada.htm
    • Robert Rauschenberg (1925-2008)
      • http://www.theartstory.org/artist-rauschenberg-robert.htm
      • Bed (1955, Oil and pencil on pillow, quilt, and sheet on wooden supports)
    • Jasper Johns (1930- )
      • http://www.theartstory.org/artist-johns-jasper.htm
      • Flag (1954-55, Encaustic, oil, and collage on fabric mounted on plywood)
    • Edward Kienholz (1927-94)
      • http://www.theartstory.org/artist-kienholz-edward.htm
      • The Beanery (1965, Multimedia installation)
    • Berlin Wall Built (1961)
    • The first hydrogen bomb is successfully detonated by the United States (1952)
    • The U.S. Supreme Court rules that racial segregation is unconstitutional in public schools (1954)

14. Pop Art (1955-1972)

    • http://www.theartstory.org/movement-pop-art.htm
    • Andy Warhol (1928-87)
      • http://www.theartstory.org/artist-warhol-andy.htm
      • Campbell's Soup Cans (1962, Synthetic polymer paint on thirty-two canvases)
    • Roy Lichtenstein (1923-97)
      • http://www.theartstory.org/artist-lichtenstein-roy.htm
      • Drowning Girl (1963, Oil and synthetic polymer paint on canvas)
    • Richard Hamilton (1922-2011)
      • http://www.theartstory.org/artist-hamilton-richard.htm
      • Just what is it that makes today's homes so different, so appealing? (1956, collage)
    • Neil Armstrong lands on the moon (1969)
    • The Peace Corps is created (1961)
    • The Cuban Missile Crisis (1962)

15. Op Art (1964 - )

    • http://www.theartstory.org/movement-op-art.htm
    • Frank Stella (1936 - )
      • http://www.theartstory.org/artist-stella-frank.htm
      • Harran II (1967, Polymer and fluorescent polymer paint on canvas)
    • Josef Albers (1888-1976)
      • http://www.theartstory.org/artist-albers-josef.htm
      • Homage to the Square: Dissolving/Vanishing (1951, Oil on Masonite)
    • Victor Vasarely (1906-1997)
      • http://www.artnet.com/artists/victor-vasarely/
      • Tennis Player (1977, Serigraph, signed and numbered in pencil)
    • Martin Luther King, Jr. leads a peaceful civil rights march (1965)
    • Frank Pantridge develops the portable defibrillator for treating cardiac arrest patients (1965)

16. Minimalism (1960-69)

    • http://www.theartstory.org/movement-minimalism.htm
    • Carl Andre (1935 - )
      • http://www.theartstory.org/artist-andre-carl.htm
      • Equivalent I-VIII (1966, sand-lime bricks)
    • Dan Flavin (1933-96)
      • http://www.theartstory.org/artist-flavin-dan.htm
      • The Diagonal of May 25, 1963 (1963, yellow fluorescent light)
    • Donald Judd (1928-94)
      • http://www.theartstory.org/artist-judd-donald.htm
      • Untitled (1972, Copper, enamel and aluminum, 916 x 1555 x 1782mm)
    • Francis Crick and JD Watson receive Nobel prize for discovery of DNA structure (1962)
    • World's first solar power station opened in France (1969)

17. Conceptualism (1960s - )

    • http://www.theartstory.org/movement-conceptual-art.htm
    • Joseph Beuys (1921-86)
      • http://www.theartstory.org/artist-beuys-joseph.htm
      • How to Explain Pictures to a Dead Hare (1965, Gold leaf, honey, dead hare, felt pad, iron, fir tree, miscellaneous drawings and clothing items)
    • Sol LeWitt (1928-2007)
      • http://www.theartstory.org/artist-lewitt-sol.htm
      • Buried Cube Containing an Object of Importance but Little Value (1968, Black and white photographs mounted on paper)
    • Walter de Maria (1935-2013)
      • http://www.theartstory.org/artist-de-maria-walter.htm
      • Mile Long Drawing (1968, chalk)
    • Martin Luther King Jr. is assassinated (1968)
    • James Russell invents compact discs (1965)

18. Land Art (1967-79)

    • http://www.theartstory.org/movement-earth-art.htm
    • Robert Smithson (1938-73)
      • http://www.theartstory.org/artist-smithson-robert.htm
      • Spiral Jetty (1970, Mud, precipitated salt crystals, rocks, water coil)
    • Michael Heizer (1944 - )
      • http://www.theartstory.org/artist-heizer-michael.htm
      • North, East, South, West (1967/2002, depressions in gallery floor)
    • Maya Lin (1959 -)
      • http://www.theartstory.org/artist-lin-maya.htm
      • Groundswell (1993, Tempered Safety Glass)
    • Vietnam War ends (1975)
    • The United Kingdom abolishes the death penalty (1969)

19. Performance Art (1960s -)

    • http://www.theartstory.org/movement-performance-art.htm
    • Marina Abramović (1946 -)
      • http://www.theartstory.org/artist-abramovic-marina.htm
      • Rhythm 0 (1974, 72 objects including a feather, pen, book)
    • Chris Burden (1946-2015)
      • http://www.theartstory.org/artist-burden-chris.htm
      • Shoot (1971, .22 rifle and bullet)
    • Günter Brus (1938 -)
      • http://www.tate.org.uk/art/artists/gunter-brus-827
      • Ana (1964, female and paint)
    • Rolling Stone publishes its first magazine issue (1967)
    • Martin Cooper develops the first handheld cellphone (1973)
    • The Walt Disney World Resort is opened in Orlando, Florida (1971)

20. Neo-German Expressionism (1977-94)

    • http://www.theartstory.org/movement-neo-expressionism.htm
    • Georg Baselitz (1938 -)
      • http://www.theartstory.org/artist-baselitz-georg.htm
      • Big Night down the Drain (1963, oil on canvas)
    • Julian Schnabel (1951 -)
      • http://www.theartstory.org/artist-schnabel-julian.htm
      • The Student of Prague (1983, Oil, plates, horns and Bondo on wood)
    • Eric Fischl (1948 -)
      • http://www.theartstory.org/artist-fischl-eric.htm
      • Bayonne (1985, oil on canvas)
    • The Troubles in Ireland (1968-98)
    • The Berlin Wall is Demolished (1989)
    • The Apartheid ended (1994)

21. YBA (1988 -)

    • http://www.theartstory.org/movement-young-british-artists.htm
    • Tracey Emin (1963 -)
      • http://www.theartstory.org/artist-emin-tracey.htm
      • Everyone I Have Ever Slept With 1963-95 (1995, Appliqued tent, mattress and light)
    • Jenny Saville (1970 -)
      • http://www.gagosian.com/artists/jenny-saville
      • The Mothers (2011, oil on canvas)
    • Michael Landy (1963 -)
      • http://www.tate.org.uk/art/artists/michael-landy-2409
      • Creeping Buttercup (2002, etching on paper)
    • Tim Berners-Lee invents the worldwide web (1991)
    • Russia and the United States sign the START II Treaty (1993)
    • The Channel Tunnel is completed and opens (1994)

22. Contemporary (1960s -)

    • http://www.theartstory.org/definition-postmodernism.htm
    • Rachel Whiteread (1963 -)
      • http://www.tate.org.uk/art/artists/rachel-whiteread-2319
      • Untitled (Floor) (1994–5, cast made in resin)
    • Damien Hirst (1965 -)
      • http://www.tate.org.uk/art/artists/damien-hirst-2308
      • Mother and Child (Divided) (1993, Glass, painted steel, silicone, acrylic, monofilament, stainless steel, cow, calf and formaldehyde solution)
    • Gerhard Richter (1932 -)
      • http://www.theartstory.org/artist-richter-gerhard.htm
      • Clouds (1982, oil on canvas)
    • Apple revolutionizes music listening by unveiling its iPod MP3 music player (2001)
    • The Wikipedia online encyclopedia is founded (2001)
    • The online auction website Ebay is founded (1995)

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