Chronology

January 12, 1849 Jean Béraud is born in Saint Petersburg

1870 Studies law at the Lycée Bonaparte

1871 Studies under Léon Bonnat

1872 Exhibits at the Salon for the first time

1889 Awarded with a gold medal from the Society of French Artists and with a gold medal at the Universal Exhibition

1890 Participates in the creation of the National Society of Fine Arts

1894 Receives the Légion d'honneur

October 4, 1935 Dies in Paris