Timeline

1849

Born at Gournay, Seine-et-Marne

1851

Moves to Strasbourg

1862

Attends courses at the Strasbourg Academy and wins regular prizes

1864 - 1867

Works with the lithographer, Auguste Munch

1868

Leaves Strasbourg for Saint-Quentin to work for the lithographer Moureau Sees portraits by Quentin La Tour in the Musée Lucyer and joins the La Tour school

1869

Sees works by Rubens in Louvre and enters Cabanel's studio at l'Ecole des Beaux-Arts in Paris

1870

Unable to return to Strasbourg then besieged by Germans, enlists and joins garrison of Neuf-Brisach and taken prisoner and interned at Dresden where he visits the Dresden museums

1871

Returns to Strasbourg

1872

Moves to Paris and re-enters l'Eocle des Beaux-Arts with a grant from the Department of Seine-et-Oise. Works in the studio of Jules Chéret

1877 - 1878

Goes to London with his wife and works for Marcus Ward & Co.
Birth of his daughter, Elise

1877

Marries Sophie Desmousseaux, daughter of a Paris tanner. Obtains first prize for a drawing and his name is put forward for the Prix de Rome

1878

Exhibits Le Premier Voile at the salon and it is acquired by the state

1881

Birth of his first son, Eugene Leon Carriere (died 1885)

1882

Birth of Marguerite

1885

The Sick Child gains a medal at the Salon and is bought by the state

1886

Birth of Nelly

1887

Travels to Belgium and Holland to see Rembrandts with Jean-Louis Henri Devillez

1888

Birth of son, Jean-Rene

1889

Birth of Lucie
Represented at the Exposition Universelle and made Chevalier de la Légion d'Honneur by Georges Clemenceau

1890

Leaves the Salon des Artistes Francais and associates himself with the Societe Nationale des Beaux-Arts

One man exhibition which includes his portrait of Gauguin and attends Gauguins's farewell banquet before he leaves for Tahiti, and Gauguin offers him his portrait in exchange

1891

One man exhibition which includes his portrait of Gauguin and attends Gauguins's farewell banquet before he leaves for Tahiti, and Gauguin offers him his portrait in exchange

1892

A Materniteé acquired by the state for the Musée du Luxembourg

A Materniteé acquired by the state for the Musée du Luxembourg

1893

La Famille acquired for the Luxembourg. Paints the Symbolist writer Charles Morice and visits Brittany

La Famille acquired for the Luxembourg. Paints the Symbolist writer Charles Morice and visits Brittany

1894

Lithographs for L'Estampe Originale

Lithographs for L'Estampe Originale

1895

Writes the preface for the Art Nouveau exhibition at the Galerie Bing. Exhibits in Brussels, Geneva and London. First of a regular series of winter visits to Pau, which continue until 1902

Writes the preface for the Art Nouveau exhibition at the Galerie Bing. Exhibits in Brussels, Geneva and London. First of a regular series of winter visits to Pau, which continue until 1902

Travels in Spain with Devillez. Sets up Academie Carriere, Cours du Vieux-Colombier, attended by Matisse, Derain, Puy and others

1898

Travels in Spain with Devillez. Sets up Academie Carriere, Cours du Vieux-Colombier, attended by Matisse, Derain, Puy and others

Birth of Arsene Carriere

1899

Birth of Arsene Carriere

1900

Exhibition at Bernheim-Jeune, rue Laffitte

Exhibition at Bernheim-Jeune, rue Laffitte

1901

His Christ on the Cross offered to the State by public subscription. In March he expounds his evolutionary thought in a lecture at the Museum of Natural History 'Man the Visionary and Reality'

His Christ on the Cross offered to the State by public subscription. In March he expounds his evolutionary thought in a lecture at the Museum of Natural History 'Man the Visionary and Reality'

1902

Undergoes the first operation for cancer of the throat

Undergoes the first operation for cancer of the throat

1903

Travels in Italy
Becomes first President of the newly founded Salon d'Automne. In December a banquet is held in his honour with 500 guests

1905

Second throat operation, although in still at work on portraits nad decorative panels

1906

Carriere dies age 57
Post humous exhibitions at the Salon de la Societe Nationale and Salon d'Automne. Exhibition and sale of works from his studio at the Hotel Drouot

1907

Major retrospective at the Ecole Nationale des Beaux-Arts