Chronology

1871 Born in Paris, France           

1880 His parents enter him in school            

1885 - 1890 Apprenticed to a stained glass artisan, and there he learns to restore medieval stained glass windows            

1891 - 1898 Studies at the 3ò4cole des Beaux-Arts, in Paris, France where Gustave Moreau becomes his mentor and friend

1894 Recipient, the Concours Chenavard first prize            

1903 Becomes a co-founder and participant in the first Salon d?Automne of 1903 along with Matisse and other artists who would later be called Fauves. Becomes the curator of the Musée Moreau
            
1910 Has his first solo exhibition at the Galerie Drouet            

1916 Begins to illustrate a number of books at the advice of his dealer, Vollard

1916 - 1936 Devotes himself entirely to printmaking, to the exclusion of painting for the first ten
           
1927 Resumes painting
           
1937 Has a large exhibition at the Petit Palais
           
1958 Dies in Paris, France on February 13th