ObeliskTimeline of Art
Prehistory
40000 BCEUpper PaleolithicNeolithicNorte Chico CivilizationIndus Valley CivilizationBronze AgeIron Age0 CE
Ancient World
4000 BCEAncient EgyptMesopotamiaAegean CivilizationsAncient ChinaKingdom of KushLapita ExpansionOlmec CivilizationThe CeltsAncient GreeceThe EtruscansAncient RomeThe IberiansTeotihuacan CultureClassical India500 CE
Middle Ages
300 CEByzantine ArtMedieval ArtTang DynastyMedieval Persian ArtIslamic Dynastic ArtViking AgeClassical OceaniaIgbo-UkwuKhmer ArtSong DynastyGothic ArtInca EmpireYuan DynastyThe Aztecs1500
Age of Exploration
1300Italian RenaissanceMing DynastyKingdom of KongoNorthern RenaissanceKingdom of BeninSpanish RenaissanceMughal ArtMannerismBaroqueEdo PeriodQing DynastyAcademic ArtThe EnlightenmentWestern Esoteric ArtRococoNeoclassicism1850
Industrial Revolution
1800Oceanic ArtRomanticismOrientalismHudson River SchoolEarly PhotographyBarbizon SchoolPre RaphaelitesRealismImpressionismMeiji ArtEarly ModernismPost-Impressionism1900
Contemporary Art
1960Pop ArtPost ModernismShona SculptureContemporary Indigenous Australian ArtZaire School of Popular Painting2020
, Migrant Mother

Social Realism

Realism as a weapon

Pedro Figari, The Artists

Pedro Figari

Painting from memory

1861-1938
Horace Pippin, The Artists

Horace Pippin

1888-1946
Clare Atwood, The Artists

Clare Atwood

1866-1962
Dorothea Lange, The Artists

Dorothea Lange

Iconic photographer bar None

1895-1965
Edward Hopper, The Artists

Edward Hopper

1882-1967
Margaret Bourke-White, The Artists

Margaret Bourke-White

1904-1971
Charles White, The Artists

Charles White

Images of dignity

1918-1979
Laura Gilpin, The Artists

Laura Gilpin

1891-1979
Romare Bearden, The Artists

Romare Bearden

1911-1988
Gordon Parks, The Artists

Gordon Parks

Modern Day Polymath

1912-2006
Elizabeth Catlett, The Artists

Elizabeth Catlett

1915-2012
Barkley L. Hendricks, The Artists

Barkley L. Hendricks

1945-2017
A Gathering (Tertulia), Pedro Figari

A Gathering (Tertulia)

Pedro Figari, c. 1900
Pericón, Pedro Figari

Pericón

Pedro Figari, c. 1900
The Gaucho Candioti, Pedro Figari

The Gaucho Candioti

Pedro Figari, c. 1900
Olympia in War Time: Royal Army Clothing Depot, Clare Atwood

Olympia in War Time: Royal Army Clothing Depot

Clare Atwood, 1918
Devonshire House 1918: VAD workers filing papers in the ballroom, Clare Atwood

Devonshire House 1918: VAD workers filing papers in the ballroom

Clare Atwood, 1919
Victoria Station 1918: The Green Cross Corps, Clare Atwood

Victoria Station 1918: The Green Cross Corps

Clare Atwood, 1919
Christmas Day in the London Bridge YMCA Canteen, Clare Atwood

Christmas Day in the London Bridge YMCA Canteen

Clare Atwood, 1920
Off for the Honeymoon, Pedro Figari

Off for the Honeymoon

Pedro Figari, c. 1920
Cactus, Tina Modotti

Cactus

Tina Modotti, 1925
Creole Dance, Pedro Figari

Creole Dance

Pedro Figari, c. 1925
The Dance (Bailongo), Pedro Figari

The Dance (Bailongo)

Pedro Figari, c. 1925
Two Women from Tehuantepec with jicalpextle, Tina Modotti

Two Women from Tehuantepec with jicalpextle

Tina Modotti, c. 1925

Workers Parade

Tina Modotti, 1926
Child in Sombrero, Tina Modotti

Child in Sombrero

Tina Modotti, c. 1927
Hands Washing, Tina Modotti

Hands Washing

Tina Modotti, c. 1927
Untitled, Tina Modotti

Untitled

Tina Modotti, c. 1928
Woman with Flag, Tina Modotti

Woman with Flag

Tina Modotti, 1928
Tehuantepec Type, Tina Modotti

Tehuantepec Type

Tina Modotti, c. 1929
Ladle B, Otis Steel Mill, Cleveland, Margaret Bourke-White

Ladle B, Otis Steel Mill, Cleveland

Margaret Bourke-White, 1930
Brother Brown, Loïs Mailou Jones

Brother Brown

Loïs Mailou Jones, 1931
Hotel Room, Edward Hopper

Hotel Room

Edward Hopper, 1931
Room in New York, Edward Hopper

Room in New York

Edward Hopper, 1932
Preparing the Candombe (Decoration), Pedro Figari

Preparing the Candombe (Decoration)

Pedro Figari, c. 1935
At the time of the Louisville Flood, Louisville, Kentucky, Margaret Bourke-White

At the time of the Louisville Flood, Louisville, Kentucky

Margaret Bourke-White, 1937
Seated Man in Yellow Overalls, Loïs Mailou Jones

Seated Man in Yellow Overalls

Loïs Mailou Jones, 1939
Nighthawks, Edward Hopper

Nighthawks

Edward Hopper, 1942
School Studies, Horace Pippin

School Studies

Horace Pippin, 1944
A Chance Meeting in the Desert, Laura Gilpin

A Chance Meeting in the Desert

Laura Gilpin, 1950
Sharecropper, Elizabeth Catlett

Sharecropper

Elizabeth Catlett, 1952
Southern Pasture, Benny Andrews

Southern Pasture

Benny Andrews, 1963
Sunday After Sermon, Romare Bearden

Sunday After Sermon

Romare Bearden, 1969
Mourners, Benny Andrews

Mourners

Benny Andrews, 1974
Blood (Donald Formey), Barkley L. Hendricks

Blood (Donald Formey)

Barkley L. Hendricks, 1975
Harriet, Elizabeth Catlett

Harriet

Elizabeth Catlett, 1975
Next Movement
Expressionism, Modernism

Expressionism

A more authentic, anxious, and grotesque reality

1905-1933

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