Henri Rousseau Timeline Game
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About This Challenge
Henri Rousseau was a French painter known for his lush jungle scenes, despite never having visited the tropics himself. In the same way that Rousseau created fantastical worlds in his art, this timeline game challenges players to arrange events in their correct chronological order.
- Players must correctly place key events from history in the timeline
- Events range from ancient civilizations to modern day milestones
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- May 21, 1844: Henri Rousseau is born in Laval, France
- 1863: Rousseau joins the army and serves for four years
- 1871: Rousseau begins working as a toll collector in Paris
- 1875: Rousseau starts painting in his spare time
- 1885: Rousseau retires from his job as a toll collector
- 1886: Rousseau exhibits his paintings at the Salon des Indépendants
- 1891: Rousseau's work is ridiculed by critics
- 1897: Rousseau's painting 'The Sleeping Gypsy' is exhibited at the Salon des Indépendants
- 1905: Rousseau's work is praised by avant-garde artists such as Picasso and Kandinsky
- 1908: Rousseau's first solo exhibition is held at Galerie Bernheim-Jeune in Paris
- 1913: Rousseau's painting 'The Dream' is exhibited at the Armory Show in New York
- September 2, 1910: Rousseau dies in Paris
- 1920s: Rousseau's work becomes influential to the Surrealist movement
- 1942: Rousseau's work is featured in a major retrospective at the Museum of Modern Art in New York
- 1989: Rousseau's painting 'The Dream' is sold for a record price at auction
- Present day: Rousseau's work continues to be celebrated and studied by art historians and critics