Chronology

13 May 1882 Georges Braque is born in Argenteuil, Val-d'Oise

1897 – 1899 Studies artistic painting during evenings at the 3ò4cole des Beaux-Arts, in Le Havre

1902 Awarded a decorator certificate. Moves to rue Lepic and enrolls in the Académie Humbert, where he meets Francis Picabia and Marie Laurencin

1903 Goes back to the Académie Humbert. He studies the impressionists at the Musée du Luxembourg and in the Durand-Ruel and Vollard galleries

1904 Moves to rue d?Orsel in Montmartre and begins to work exclusively with nature. His first works are influenced by impressionism

1905 Adopts a Fauvist style

1906 Travels to L'Estaque, to Antwerp, and to Le Havre

1907 Exhibits works of the Fauve style in the Salon des Indépendants

1909 Begins to work closely with Pablo Picasso

1912 Invents the papier collé technique

1914 Enlists with the French Army

1915 Receives a severe head injury in battle at Carency and sufferes temporary blindness

1916 Resumes painting

1923 Creates the stage set for the ballet Les Fàcheux, by Boris Kochno

1925 Moves to his new house in rue Douanier, built for him by the architect Auguste Perret. He creates the stage set for Diaghilev?s ballet, Zephyr et Flore            

1929 Sets up an atelier in his house in Varengeville-sur-Mer            

1937  Wins1st Prize, Carnegie International, Pittsburgh, PA.            

1947 Aimé Maeght becomes his art dealer and holds an exhibition of Braque?s works from 30 May through 30 June

31 August 1963 Dies in Paris