Van Gogh and the Post-Impressionists for Kids: Their Lives and Ideas, 21 Activities
Time Line 1848 Paul Gauguin born in Paris on June 7 1853 Vincent van Gogh born in Zundert the Netherlands on March 30 1857 Theo van Gogh born on May 1 1863 Paul Signac born in Paris on November 11 1864 Henri de Toulouse Lautrec born in Albi France on November 24 1867 The Paris World's Fair introduces Japanese art to the West 1868 Émile Bernard born in Lille France on April 28 1869 Van Gogh starts apprenticeship at art gallery in The Hague 1873 Van Gogh is transferred to London branch of art gallery 1874 First Impressionist exhibition 1875 Van Gogh is transferred to Paris branch of
art gallery 1876 Van Gogh becomes schoolteacher in Eng land 1878 Toulouse Lautrec breaks his leg at age 13 Breaks second leg one year later 1879 Van Gogh preaches in the Borinage 1880 Van Gogh decides to become an artist and practices drawing on his own Gauguin exhibits with the Impressionists 1881 Van Gogh returns to live with his parents and falls in love with his cousin Pablo Picasso is born 1885 Van Gogh paints The Potato Eaters 1886 Van Gogh moves to Paris meets Toulouse Lautrec and Émile Bernard Bernard begins walking tour through Brittany 1887 Signac meets van Gogh at Tanguy’s art sup ply store 1888 Van Gogh moves to Arles France Gauguin joins him there After weeks of tension van Gogh has a breakdown and cuts off part of his
1889 Van Gogh voluntarily enters a mental asy lum where he paints The Starry Night 1890 Van Gogh sells his first and only painting The Red Vineyard In May he moves to Auvers sur Oise paints Portrait of Dr Gachet Van Gogh shoots himself and dies two days later at age 37 1891 Gauguin moves to Tahiti 1899 Toulouse Lautrec commited to a mental asy lum 1901 Toulouse Lautrec dies at age 36 1903 Gauguin dies in Hiva Oa at age 54 1928 Andy Warhol is born 1D
WBUS C 1935 Signac dies in Paris at age 71 1939 World War II begins Van Gogh's paintings hidden in bunkers on the Dutch coast 1941 Bernard dies in Paris at age 72 1973 Van Gogh Museum opens in Amsterdam 1990 Van Gogh's Portrait of Dr Gachet sells for record 82 5 million 2003 Worldwide people turn out to celebrate van Gogh's 150th birthday
