Chronology

1877 Born: in Le Havre, France            

1891 Studied at the Municipal School of Beaux-Arts, Le Havre, France            

1900 Granted an annual scholarship by the Municipality of Le Havre, France . Studied in Bonnat?s studio at the Academy of Fine Arts, Paris, France            

1903 Exhibits at the Salon des Independants

1911 Executed woodcuts for illustrations of à Le Bestiaire é by Guillaume Apollinaire. Introduced to the dress designer Paul Poiret, who helps him to set up a small factory for making fabric designs            

1930 Awarded the Carnegie Prize for his canvas à L?avenue du Bois é            

1936 Commissionned to paint the large mural for the Electricity Pavilion at the International Fair in Paris

1937 Became a member of the Jury of the Carnegie Institutes and goes on his first trip to the United States            

1952 Won the first prize for painting at the 26th Venice Biennale, Venice, Italy

1953 Died: at Forcalquier, France