A life in paintings

1. 1830
   Born
3. 1839
   Photography is announced

   Daguerre’s process is made public in Paris. Painting no longer has to be the only way to record how things look.

   Source: Wikipedia
5. 1841
   Paint in tubes

   The collapsible metal paint tube is patented, making it practical to paint outdoors.

   Sources: Wikipedia: John G. Rand · Wikipedia: Paint tube
7. 1863
   Salon des Refusés

   Paintings rejected by the official Salon are shown in a separate exhibition, and crowds come to see them.

   Source: Wikipedia
9. 1867
   
11. 1870
    Franco-Prussian War

    War breaks out. Pissarro moves his family to London; soldiers damage or destroy most of the paintings left in his house.

    Sources: Wikipedia: Franco-Prussian War · Wikipedia: Camille Pissarro · clarkart.edu
13. 1872
    PCWorked with Paul CézannePontoise and Auvers-sur-Oise

    Pissarro settled at Pontoise in 1872; Cézanne moved to neighbouring Auvers and they often painted side by side, sometimes the same motif. It began as master and pupil (Cézanne copied a Pissarro in 1872) and became mutual: Pissarro wrote, 'He became influenced by me at Pontoise and I by him.' Cézanne later styled himself 'pupil of Pissarro'.

    Source: Musée d'Orsay
15. 1874
    The first Impressionist exhibition

    A group of painters show their work independently of the Salon. A critic mocks them as ‘Impressionists’ and the name sticks.

    Sources: Wikipedia · Britannica
17. 1876
    GCWas supported by Gustave CaillebotteParis

    Pissarro's works were among the seventy-odd paintings Caillebotte bought and bequeathed to the state.

    Source: Musée d'Orsay
19. 1886
    The last Impressionist exhibition

    Seurat shows a huge picture made of dots, and the group splits over it.

    Sources: Wikipedia: Impressionism · Wikipedia: Georges Seurat
20. 1887
    
21. 1888
    
23. 1894
    
25. 1898
    
27. 1903
    Died

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