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| 1871 |
| | | Whistler begins to paint his Nocturnes, a revolutionary series of night-time images on the river Thames | |
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| c. 1873 |
| | | French painter Edgar Degas finds inspiration in the onstage and backstage world of ballet dancers | |
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| 1874 |
| | | A group of French artists, including Renoir, Monet and Degas, exhibit their work independently in the Paris studio of the photographer Nadar | |
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| 1874 |
| | | French critic Louis Leroy uses the term 'impressionism' to ridicule Monet's Impression, Sunrise, and unwittingly names a movement | |
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| 1875 |
| | | US artist Thomas Eakins' depiction of the gruesome aspect of surgery, in his portrait of Dr Gross, offends many viewers | |
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| 1879 |
| | | The young daughter of an amateur archaeologist discovers the first known example of prehistoric art, in a cave at Altamira in Spain | |
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| 1883 |
| | | French artist Claude Monet moves to Giverny, where he creates and paints a famous lily pond | |
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| 1885 |
| | | The American portrait-painter John Singer Sargent makes London his home and begins an immensely successful career | |
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| 1885 |
| | | Leaving his family in Copenhagen, French artist Paul Gauguin returns to Paris to paint full-time | |
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| c. 1885 |
| | | French painter Georges Seurat develops the dotted style of impressionism that becomes known as Pointillism | |
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