Timeline

1894

Born in Miesbach, Bavaria, Germany

1913

At the Munich Art Academy he started out in Heinrich von Zügel's painting class but changed after a semester to Becker-Gundahl's class in drawing from the nude.

1915

Published "Sirius, eine Monatsschrift für Literatur and Kunst"

Published a portfolio of ten woodcuts, "Christian Schad", at the Sirius press

1916

Christian Schad moved to Geneva to join the Dada movement

1919

Experimented with what he called Schadographs (photography without a camera or lenses)

1920

Abandoning Dada, Schad turned to painting his first realistic pictures

1942

Worked as a cultural critic and for the theatre

1982

Died in Stuttgart, Germany