A life in paintings

1. 1840
   Born
2. 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
4. 1854
   Japan opens its ports

   A treaty with the United States ends more than two centuries of Japanese seclusion. Within a few years Japanese prints are reaching the West, where their flat colour and bold cropping change how painters compose.

   Sources: Wikipedia: Convention of Kanagawa · Wikipedia: Japonisme
6. 1867
   
8. 1869
   

   PRWorked with Pierre-Auguste RenoirCroissy-sur-Seine

   In summer 1869 Monet and Renoir, young and close friends, set up their easels side by side on the Seine west of Paris and painted almost the same views. They painted together again at Argenteuil in the 1870s.

   Source: National Gallery
9. 1870
   Franco-Prussian War

   War breaks out. Monet leaves for London, where he sees Turner’s paintings.

   Sources: Wikipedia: Franco-Prussian War · Wikipedia: Camille Pissarro · clarkart.edu
   JTWas influenced by Joseph Mallord William TurnerLondon

   Monet spent 1870 and 1871 in London, away from the Franco-Prussian War, and saw Turner's paintings there. The Musée d'Orsay traces Turner's effects of light and mist through Monet's later work.

   Source: Musée d'Orsay
11. 1872
    
13. 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
    ÉMWorked with Édouard ManetArgenteuil

    In July and August 1874 Manet stayed at his family's house in Gennevilliers, just across the Seine from Monet at Argenteuil. The two saw each other often that summer, sometimes joined by Renoir, and Manet took up their lighter palette and painting out of doors.

    Source: The Met
14. 1875
    
15. 1876
    GCWas supported by Gustave CaillebotteParis

    The wealthy Caillebotte bought Monet's paintings, helped fund the Impressionist exhibitions and even paid Monet's studio rent. His collection, left to the French state, opened at the Musée du Luxembourg in 1897 as the first Impressionist display in a French museum.

    Source: Musée d'Orsay
16. 1877
    
18. 1880
    
20. 1885
    JSWorked with John Singer SargentGiverny

    Sargent met Monet in Paris through his friend Paul Helleu. After visiting him at Giverny in 1885, Sargent began to paint out of doors in the Impressionist manner.

    Source: Wikipedia
22. 1926
    Died

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