Major Historical Events
French Revolution Begins - 1789
Industrial Age - 1800
Battle of Trafalgar - Oct. 21 1805
France Revolutionized - 1815
Victorian Era in England - 1837
Charles Darwin Writes Origin of the Species -1859
Aesthetic Movement - 1870
Charles Darwin Writes The Descent of Man - 1871
Arts and Crafts Movement Begins - 1880
World War One - 1914
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Our favorite painting. :) Starry Nights
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Major Art Styles and Events 1770 - Benjamin West paints The Death of General Wolfe 1784 - Jacques-Louis David paints The Oath of Horatii
1787 - Jacques-Louis David paints The Death of Socrates
1793 - Jacques-Louis David paints The Death of Marat
1815 - JMW Turner Paints Dido Building Carthage 1817 - Death on a Pale Horse is painted by Benjamin West 1822 - JMW Turner paints The Battle of Trafalgar
1838 - JMW Turner paints The Fighting Temeraire 1844 - Gustave Courbet paints The Wounded Man and The Hammock 1849 - Gustave Courbet paints A Burial at Ornans
1873 - Claude Monet paints Impression Sunrise and Wild Poppies 1874 - Fishing Boats Leaving the Harbor is painted by Claude Monet
1881 - Luncheon of the Boating Party by Pierre Auguste Renior painted
1884 - Bathing at Asnieres by George Seurat is finished
1884 - George Seurat begins work on A Sunday Afternoon on the Island of La Grande Jatte
1885 - Vincent Van Gogh paints is first painting, Potato Eaters
1886 - A Sunday Afternoon on the Island of La Grande Jatte is finished
1888 - Vincent Van Gogh begins suffering from illness
1889 - Vincent Van Gogh paints both Starry Night and Sunflowers
1891 - The Circus is started by George Seurat but never finished
1896 - Pablo Picasso Does his second painting, Science and Charity
1897 - Henri Matisse paints Dinner Table
1910 - Picasso paints Girl with Mandolin and helps to develop Analyitical Cubism 1910 - Umberto Boccioni changes style to Futurism 1910 - Hanri Matisse paints Still Life with Geraniums 1912 - Picasso paints Still Life with Chair Caning
1919 - Pierre Auguste Renior finishes The Great Bathers
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