Chronology

20 July 1847 Max Liebermann is born in Berlin

1869 Studies painting and drawing in Weimar

1870–1871 During the Franco-Prussian War serves as a medic with the Order of St. John near Metz

1872 Goes to Paris to study painting

1876-1877 Studies painting and drawing in the Netherlands

1884 Returns to Berlin. Also marries to Martha Marckwald

1899 Founds Berlin Secessionists, a group of artists removed from government support

1907 Gives a solo exhibition at the Prussian Academy of Arts in Berlin

1908 Elected to the academy

1920 Elected president of the Prussian Academy of Arts

1933 Resigns when the academy decides to no longer exhibit works by Jewish artists, before he would have been forced to do so under laws restricting the rights of Jews

8 February 1935 Dies in Berlin