Impressionism was an art movement which began in Paris in the last quarter of the 19th century. The impressionists tried to capture the momentary effects of light on colours and forms, often painting outdoors. They frequently used bright colours with a thick application to capture landscapes and contemporary everyday life in cafés, the theatre, and the boulevards of Paris.
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1830 - 1903Life of the impressionist painter Camille Pissarro.
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1834 - 1917Life of the French impressionist painter Edgar Degas.
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1839 - 1899Life of the Franco-British impressionist painter Alfred Sisley.
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1839 - c. 1906Life of French post-impressionist artist Paul Cézanne.
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1840 - 1926Life of the impressionist painter Claude Monet.
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1841 - 1895The life of the French impressionist painter Berthe Morisot.
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1841 - 1919Life of the French impressionist painter Pierre-Auguste Renoir.
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1844 - 1926Life of the American impressionist painter Mary Cassatt.
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1848 - 1894Life of the French impressionist painter Gustave Caillebotte.
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c. 1860 - c. 1885The most important period of impressionist art in France.
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Apr 1861Paul Cézanne moves to Paris to become an artist.
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Nov 1862Paul Cézanne returns to Paris to pursue a career as an artist.
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1865The impressionist painter Mary Cassatt moves to Paris.
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1869Renoir and Monet work together at La Grenouillère.
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1871 - 1892Alfred Sisley works with Monet and Renoir in Argenteuil.
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1872Claude Monet produces his first masterpiece, 'Impression, Sunrise'.
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1872Paul Cézanne begins to work alongside Pisarro at Pontoise and Auvers-sur-Oise.
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1874 - 1886The Impressionist painters hold eight independent exhibitions in Paris.
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1875The impressionist painter Gustave Caillebotte creates his first masterpiece, The Floor Planers.
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1876Edgar Degas paints his 'The Star'.
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1876Pierre-Auguste Renoir paints one of his most famous works, 'Dance at La Moulin de la Galette'.
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1876Alfred Sisley paints his impressionist series of the floods at Marly.
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1877Gustave Caillebotte creates his impressionist masterpiece, Paris Street, Rainy Day.
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1877Claude Monet paints a series of paintings at Paris' Gare Saint-Lazare.
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1879Mary Cassatt paints her 'Woman with a Pearl Necklace in a Loge'.
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1881Pierre-Auguste Renoir paints 'Luncheon of the Boating Party'.
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1881Camille Pissarro paints his "Young Girl with a Stick".
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1886Edgar Degas paints his 'The Tub'.
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1889Pierre-Auguste Renoir paints with Paul Cézanne in the south of France.
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c. 1890Mary Cassatt creates her celebrated pastel on paper, 'Mother and Child'.
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Nov 1895Paul Cézanne has his first solo exhibition of 150 works in Paris.
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1896The French state inherits Gustave Caillebotte's impressive collection of impressionist paintings.
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1904Paul Cézanne has an entire room dedicated to his work at the Salon d’Automne.
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1911The Louvre acquires 19 of Edgar Degas’ works.
