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Introduction to Post-Impressionism Timeline Game

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Summoning Knowledge...

About This Challenge

Welcome to our interactive timeline game, designed to introduce you to the fascinating world of Post-Impressionism. In this game, you will have the opportunity to learn about key events and artists from this important artistic movement.

  • Players will explore the works of renowned Post-Impressionist painters such as Vincent van Gogh and Paul Cézanne.
  • The game challenges players to place significant events in the history of Post-Impressionism in their correct chronological order.

Game Details: a timeline game where you place events in their correct chronological order

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  • 1886: Exhibition of works by Georges Seurat, Camille Pissarro, and Paul Cézanne at the 8th Impressionist exhibition in Paris
  • 1886: Vincent van Gogh moves to Paris and begins experimenting with Pointillism and Divisionism techniques
  • 1888: Paul Gauguin travels to Pont-Aven in Brittany and begins developing his Synthetist style
  • 1888: Vincent van Gogh cuts off his ear and is hospitalized in Arles
  • 1895: Paul Cézanne's solo exhibition at Galerie Vollard in Paris
  • 1891: Paul Gauguin travels to Tahiti and begins incorporating Polynesian motifs in his paintings
  • 1893: Henri de Toulouse-Lautrec's first exhibition at the gallery owned by Maurice Joyant
  • 1895: Paul Gauguin's first solo exhibition at Galerie Durand-Ruel in Paris
  • 1890: Vincent van Gogh's suicide in Auvers-sur-Oise
  • 1891: Henri de Toulouse-Lautrec creates iconic posters for the Moulin Rouge cabaret in Paris
  • 1907: Paul Cézanne's posthumous retrospective exhibition at the Salon d'Automne in Paris
  • 1891: Georges Seurat's death at the age of 31
  • 1893: Paul Gauguin's return to France from Tahiti and settling in Arles
  • 1891: Vincent van Gogh's posthumous exhibition at Galerie Bernheim-Jeune in Paris
  • 1899: Paul Cézanne's exhibition at the Salon des Indépendants in Paris
  • 1901: Henri de Toulouse-Lautrec's death from complications of alcoholism and syphilis
  • 1901: Paul Gauguin's final years spent in the Marquesas Islands, where he continued to paint
  • 1910: Post-Impressionism recognized as a distinct art movement in art history
  • 20th century: Legacy of Post-Impressionism influences future art movements such as Fauvism and Cubism

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