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Odilion Redon was born.
Born in Bordeaux, France. Influenced by the Post-Impressionism and Symbolism period. -
Paul Signac was born.
Born in Paris, France. He was a Neo-Impressionist painter and with the help of Georges Seuruat developed the Pointillist style. -
Odilion Redon's artistic career was interuppted when he joined the army to serve in the Franco-Prussian War.
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Aubrey Beardsley was born.
He was born in Brighton, UK. Beardsley was an illustrator and author. His drawings using black ink were influenced by the style of Japanese woodcuts. -
Paul Signac began his artistic career.
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Aubrey Beardsley took up art as a profession.
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Aubrey Beardsley died.
Died in Menton, France from tuberculosis. -
Yves Tanguy was born.
Yves was born in Paris, France.He was a surrealist painter. -
Ansel Adams was born.
Born in San Francisco, California. He was was an American photographer and environmentalist. -
Walker Evans was born.
Born in St. Louis, Missouri. He was a photographer known best for his photography for the Farm Security Administration documenting the hardships and poverty of the Great Depression. -
Odilion Redon died.
Died in Paris, France. -
Yves Tanguy was introduced to surrealism through his friend Jacques Prévert
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Ansel Adams' first acknowledged photograph 'Monolith, The Face of Halfdome'
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Walker Evans began photography.
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Cy Twombly was born.
Born in Lexington City,VA. His works were large-scale, freely scribbled, calligraphic and graffiti-like works on solid fields of mostly gray, tan, or off-white colors. Influenced by modern art period. -
Robert Indiana was born.
Born Robert Clark in New Castle, Indiana. He's associated with the Pop Art movement. -
Claes Oldenburg was born.
Born in Stockholm, Sweden. He was influenced by the modern art and pop art period. Known for his public art installations typically featuring very large replicas of everyday objects. -
Christo was born.
Born Hristo Vladimirov Yavachev in Gabrovo, Bulgaria. His style is enviromental art. -
Paul Signac died.
Died in Paris, France from septicemia. -
Cy Twombly got his first solo exhibition in New York.
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Yves Tanguy died.
Died of a fatal stroke in Woodbury, Connecticut. -
Claes Oldenburg got involoved with the Pop Art movement in the 1960s.
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Christo married Jeanne-Claude.
Christo and Jeanne-Claude worked together to create environmental pieces of art. -
Robert Indiana created his most famous painting.
"LOVE" print, first created for the Museum of Modern Art's Christmas card in 1965. Well-known for this painting. -
Walker Evans died.
Died in New Haven, Connecticut. -
Ansel Adams died.
Died in Monterey, California from cardiovascular disease. -
Cy Twombly died.
Died in Rome, Italy after a long battle of cancer.
