1848................................................. Failed revolutions across Europe;
Louis-Philippe is overthrown.
1852................................................. Louis Napoleon declares himself
Emperor Napoleon III, establishing the
Second Empire in France.
1854 í1855 ...................................... Interior of My Studio: A Real Allegory
of Seven Years of My Life as a Painter
by Courbet.
1855................................................. Universal Exhibition in Paris; Courbet’s
Pavilion of Realism.
1863................................................. Salon des Refusés, show of rejected
Salon paintings; Manet’s Luncheon on
the Grass.
1870–1871....................................... Franco-Prussian War; siege of Paris
(September 19, 1870).
1871................................................. Revolt in Paris leads to civil war
(the Commune).
1873................................................. Impression: Sunrise by Monet, the
painting that would give its name
to Impressionism.
1874................................................. First of eight pioneering exhibitions of
Impressionists (the last in 1886).
1876................................................. L’Absinthe (At the Café) by Degas.
1880 í1887 ...................................... Rodin at work on the The Gates of Hell.
1881................................................. Luncheon of the Boating Party
by Renoir.
1884 í1886 ...................................... Sunday Afternoon on the Island of the
Grande Jatte by Seurat.
1889................................................. The Starry Night by Van Gogh.
1905................................................. First application of the term Fauve to
the art of Henri Matisse.