Chronology
28 March 1868 Cuno Amiet is born in Solothurn, Switzerland
1883 Graduates from the Kantonsschule Solothurn
1886–1888 Attends the Academy of Fine Arts Munich. Becomes a friend with Giovanni Giacometti
1888-1892 Studies at the Académie Julian under Adolphe-William Bouguereau, Tony Robert-Fleury and Gabriel Ferrier. Joines the Pont-Aven School
1893 Returns to Switzerland, where he sets up a studio in Hellsau
1894 Holds the first exposition at the Kunsthalle Basel
1898 Gets marrid to Anna Luder von Hellsau and moves to Oschwand
1900 Wins a silver medal in the Exposition Universelle
1919 Gets awarded an honorary doctorate from the University of Berne
1931 Fire in the MZnchner Glaspalast destroys 50 of his most significant works
6 July 1961 Dies in Oschwand
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